I have a request from a client who wishes to buyout an image . I have to transfer all rights to my image except attribution to the buyer. My question is how much should I ask for to sell the rights? The norm for this kind of use is to charge about 5x the highest possible use - 150credits on 123rf . Any idea?
Thanks
ALex

some things to consider -

who's the client - how well is this inage doing for you

I would roughly say from $800 and up from there

My last (and only) one was for $25,000.  Granted, it was a RM image and this was a few years ago and times have changed, blah, blah, blah.  But, anything less than $1000 seems way to little as does $1,000.  Maybe I'm living in the past.  Remember, you can sell that image over the course of a lifetime, potentially.

You can always ask the agency what kind of deals have been done in the past. 

I guess the only answer that matters is to do what you feel comfortable with. 

I think that 7-10x maximum projected yearly earnings would be probably the worth of the image.

However you don't want to sell something too cheap. i.e. if its sold once for 20cents your not going to both to sell the rights for $2
So I would set a value of a minimum of $500

It also comes down to how hard it was to shoot and how unique it is. If its a sunset or a carrot isolated on white I'd set my minimum price lower than if it was a photo of Ghandi and Elvis playing chess on the surface of mars.

You could take the money and pay off your homeloan and financially you would be better off than keeping the image.

Dreamtime have sell the rights option, check out their recommended prices aswell.

well I guess it depends on how unique this corn image is, and how easily could it be found elsewhere for cheaper?