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I just got a call from a nice lady who wanted to buy a photo of mine from Istock. My bestseller!!  It´s available as Rf and Extended but she told me they advised her to contact me directly. 

I told her to email all the details how she will use it and so on, so I could think about it.  waiting for it rigth now..

It´s been sold 900 times already, so I doubt she wanna buy the full rights for all times....

Could there be any point in buying it as Rm when it´s on the micros as extended.

Any advice is welcomed:)

I´ll let you know what she says in the email later on...

This gets complicated because when they trademark the logo, part of the image copyright is being attached to them (I would guess). This renders any other use or sale of the image complicated at best.... I've always wondered how this could be resolved. If this disallows you from selling a best seller, they should buy the rights and it should be expensive, it seems.

I'd go even higher, go for low 5 figure rates if you have to take the image off the sites and grant exclusivity.

I'd agree with ppdd above __ it could get really complicated unless they buy the image outright.

Yes, get as much information as you can about the company, their size and how they intend to use the image. The more you know the better your negotiating position.

As far as price is concerned I'd want at least 3-5 years earnings on all sites for any image, preferably more for a best-seller. How unique the image is, whether it could be easily replicated by you or others would also be obvious factors in it's earning potential.

Lots of photographer's would handle this issue differently so it's about what's most feasible for you.

First, it's not your problem if they cannot register it as a trade mark or service mark.

If they are willing to pay a price you're asking for then why would you care?

The terms of the agreement are the key. Like I mentioned before: If it works for them, you can remain copyright holder and technically add them to your copyright registration (if you even did that in the first place...?). It should be enough for them to obtain usage rights. Please bear in mind that I have no clue if we're talking about an international corporation that wants the image or some local hardware store.

Secondly, think about asking $49.000 (that's 5 figures right?) because there is a big chance that the potential buyer will tell you to go to hell.

Be realistic. It's one picture. Rarely one picture alone makes any photographer wealthy - as much as we all would like to achieve that...

If you made $5000 out of your image so far and you can get another $5000 in one hit - I'd go for it. That's $10.000 for one image. Only the high rollers in microstock get earnings like these.

Also consider if the local hardware store can even afford $5000 for an image and secondly as much as you would like to help them out, always consider the lowest price you would go for! Don't undersell yourself.

That doesn't really sound like a 'logo' then. Probably be ok.  Obviously they aren't concerned with exclusivity.  They just want you to ok their 'logo' where IS won't.  Why would you charge them more than a regular IS sale?  Just call it a $50 or $100 rm license.

nice dilemma!

i'd say if they're istock shoppers, they might go into sticker shock with $5000 and probably expected something on the line of $50. however, since you're doing this privately, you can always justify a higher price with the need to draw up a separate contract. at the same time you can place a lot of restrictions on this logo usage, ie. a time limit with renewal royalty fees, etc. however, if it's an exclusive sale, then sure go for the higher #.

also consider how long it took you to create the image - if you ask too much, they can probably do better by hiring someone to duplicate your image.

steve

How long an image took to create is irrelevant when pricing for stock. One has to consider that many images never sell or sell very few times.

Maybe a wood sign now, but I take that to mean it's their logo on the wood sign. What about business cards? What about everything else they use a logo for? I don't appreciate your insinuating that my advice would be "ripping them off". Neither one of us has all the information, only what magnum has said so far. You don't know any more than I do. You don't know they are designing in Word. That's pretty presumptuous.

So don't take that uppity tone with me, mister!    You remind me of Andy Rooney.  

This might help you. At least it'll give you an idea what to charge them. You need to find out what the usage will be.

http://www.photographersindex.com/stockprice.htm

The heat is on... Im really glad I asked

They seems to accept a Rm for $2000 but they want it out of the circulation and asked how much that would be. Alot more I said, will have to check my statistics...
They are possibly intrested in a custom work for $2000. 

They´re having a deadline on tuseday, so I´m kind of in a nice position here:)

Im glad it isn´t april 1:st today...

Like Sean said It´s a simple woodsign 

Yeah, really. If I had more clients like that, I'd spend a lot less time working on stock. Most people that contact me don't even want to pay 2k for a children's book.