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Vector VS images and illustrations
zsooofija:
--- Quote from: Uncle Pete on July 07, 2020, 13:45 ---
--- Quote from: zsooofija on July 07, 2020, 13:33 ---
--- Quote from: ShadySue on July 07, 2020, 13:05 ---I have no experience of selling vectors via Alamy and I don't know anyone who does.
But I will caution you that at least for photos, the price on Alamy's page and the real price paid are very seldom the same, by a considerable margin.
It's all about the discount the buyer has negotiated.
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Thanks.
Most of my sales correspond to the price shown here (unfortunately), so that's not the problem (I mean it is, but not for me). Do you get $9.99 or lower downloads for images? (I am talking about sales price, so ~$4 comission)
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Yes I do, I get some lower partner sales. I have no idea what a price is supposed to be on Alamy.
Never sold a vector, I have roughly 200 illustrations 191 are jpegs, one sale: Country: Worldwide
Usage: Personal use, Personal prints, cards and gifts. Non-commercial use only, not for resale. $19.99
My 20 best selling images on SS, including some illustrations, not one has ever sold on Alamy. Some of the same images, have sales on Adobe and IS over the years.
Alamy is a nice 40% when something sells, or 50% for some of mine, but don't count on many sales, or the same things that sell on Microstock. Just like I sell different subjects and images on Adobe.
Everyone is different, maybe you'l ldo better? I'm not an original art illustrator like you.
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Maybe it's time to replace my vectors. 19.99 sounds twice as better than 9.99.
Noedelhap:
I sell vectors there and I often get $4 for them. I don't sell a whole lot there. Used to get some nice extra big commissions from them a few years back, but it's mostly the $4 ones nowadays.
Shelma1:
I just don’t understand why vectors are priced at a small fraction of every other type of image. It makes no sense.
Noedelhap:
--- Quote from: zsooofija on July 07, 2020, 13:54 ---
--- Quote from: Uncle Pete on July 07, 2020, 13:45 ---
--- Quote from: zsooofija on July 07, 2020, 13:33 ---
--- Quote from: ShadySue on July 07, 2020, 13:05 ---I have no experience of selling vectors via Alamy and I don't know anyone who does.
But I will caution you that at least for photos, the price on Alamy's page and the real price paid are very seldom the same, by a considerable margin.
It's all about the discount the buyer has negotiated.
--- End quote ---
Thanks.
Most of my sales correspond to the price shown here (unfortunately), so that's not the problem (I mean it is, but not for me). Do you get $9.99 or lower downloads for images? (I am talking about sales price, so ~$4 comission)
--- End quote ---
Yes I do, I get some lower partner sales. I have no idea what a price is supposed to be on Alamy.
Never sold a vector, I have roughly 200 illustrations 191 are jpegs, one sale: Country: Worldwide
Usage: Personal use, Personal prints, cards and gifts. Non-commercial use only, not for resale. $19.99
My 20 best selling images on SS, including some illustrations, not one has ever sold on Alamy. Some of the same images, have sales on Adobe and IS over the years.
Alamy is a nice 40% when something sells, or 50% for some of mine, but don't count on many sales, or the same things that sell on Microstock. Just like I sell different subjects and images on Adobe.
Everyone is different, maybe you'l ldo better? I'm not an original art illustrator like you.
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Maybe it's time to replace my vectors. 19.99 sounds twice as better than 9.99.
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Vectors might be more desirable than jpgs versions. A photo is a photo, but a rasterized vector is basically less useful than the vector itself.
The pricing discrepancy is odd, I agree. But if vectors are more in demand than their jpg versions, it's better to sell the vectors.
zsooofija:
--- Quote from: Noedelhap on July 08, 2020, 04:56 ---
--- Quote from: zsooofija on July 07, 2020, 13:54 ---
--- Quote from: Uncle Pete on July 07, 2020, 13:45 ---
--- Quote from: zsooofija on July 07, 2020, 13:33 ---
--- Quote from: ShadySue on July 07, 2020, 13:05 ---I have no experience of selling vectors via Alamy and I don't know anyone who does.
But I will caution you that at least for photos, the price on Alamy's page and the real price paid are very seldom the same, by a considerable margin.
It's all about the discount the buyer has negotiated.
--- End quote ---
Thanks.
Most of my sales correspond to the price shown here (unfortunately), so that's not the problem (I mean it is, but not for me). Do you get $9.99 or lower downloads for images? (I am talking about sales price, so ~$4 comission)
--- End quote ---
Yes I do, I get some lower partner sales. I have no idea what a price is supposed to be on Alamy.
Never sold a vector, I have roughly 200 illustrations 191 are jpegs, one sale: Country: Worldwide
Usage: Personal use, Personal prints, cards and gifts. Non-commercial use only, not for resale. $19.99
My 20 best selling images on SS, including some illustrations, not one has ever sold on Alamy. Some of the same images, have sales on Adobe and IS over the years.
Alamy is a nice 40% when something sells, or 50% for some of mine, but don't count on many sales, or the same things that sell on Microstock. Just like I sell different subjects and images on Adobe.
Everyone is different, maybe you'l ldo better? I'm not an original art illustrator like you.
--- End quote ---
Maybe it's time to replace my vectors. 19.99 sounds twice as better than 9.99.
--- End quote ---
Vectors might be more desirable than jpgs versions. A photo is a photo, but a rasterized vector is basically less useful than the vector itself.
The pricing discrepancy is odd, I agree. But if vectors are more in demand than their jpg versions, it's better to sell the vectors.
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I have no idea if vectors sell better or not (I only have vectors so I can not compare). But also crosses my mind that maybe the demand for vectors is not 5-36 times bigger than demand for JPG. That's why I am thinking of the replacement.
I'm just waiting for some more feedback.
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