Hi all.  I have had one sale at Alamy and it was a year ago this month.  It was a nice size sale, but my profit was under the $175 payout.  I thought just maybe I could pay a processing fee to finally after a year get a payout.  No luck.  The person / persons I've been e-mailing with have given me brief answers that are basically that I'm out of luck.  I've been told to submit more images so I can make more sales.  Period!  I even checked the contract to see if I terminated my contract with them if I would get a final payout and I couldn't find anything regarding that.

It's so frustrating knowing I have over $100 hat's been sitting out there earning interest for another company which they already made a chunk of change on and I can't touch it!

Anyone have any info on what I could do?

Thanks bunches,
Connie

The Alamy payout was $250 and is now $150. Payments occur automatically at the end of the month when your balance is over $150.
These are the terms we agreed to when we signed up, so there's unlikely there's anything you can do.
I don't know what happens if you quit your account: there's a 6 month tie in for your images anyway, so you can't just quit in a moment. (That's in our contract too.)

Deja Vu, didn't I read this same message just a few minutes ago, somewhere else?

Quote from: ShadySue on April 07, 2012, 02:14
The Alamy payout was $250 and is now $150. Payments occur automatically at the end of the month when your balance is over $150.
These are the terms we agreed to when we signed up, so there's unlikely there's anything you can do.
I don't know what happens if you quit your account: there's a 6 month tie in for your images anyway, so you can't just quit in a moment. (That's in our contract too.)

It's $175.  But whatever.

Quote from: strikerx98 on April 07, 2012, 05:37

Quote from: ShadySue on April 07, 2012, 02:14
The Alamy payout was $250 and is now $150. Payments occur automatically at the end of the month when your balance is over $150.
These are the terms we agreed to when we signed up, so there's unlikely there's anything you can do.
I don't know what happens if you quit your account: there's a 6 month tie in for your images anyway, so you can't just quit in a moment. (That's in our contract too.)

It's $175.  But whatever.

If you have $175 in your cleared balance, you should get a payout.

Added: to be more helpful, this is what the last three lines of my current balance of account looks like:
Balance carried forward:    $364.73
Cleared balance:            $104.41
Next payment date:    Not due

i.e. I have £260.32 of uncleared sales, and need $45.51 from that to 'clear' before I will get paid, at the beginning of the next month after I reach $150 cleared.

What do the bottom three lines in your balance say?

If you have $175 in your cleared balance, what exactly did their support tell you, if there is no 'next payment date' due?

Sometimes payments take a long time to get through to Alamy, (which is why your 'balance carried forward' is usually higher than your 'cleared' balance). I usually find a nice note to Support after about six (for direct sales) -nine (for 'agency' sales) months does the trick.

Submit more photos in order to increase your chances for new sales.
In average, there is one sale monthly every 1,000 images.

Stefano
www.stefanopolitimarkovina.com

I have a $163 cleared balance this month 

If you leave the agency, they will pay you out once your balance is cleared.  The best strategy is to upload more images and continue to contribute.