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What works in Alamy?
madelaide:
I have been accepted to Alamy months ago, but didn't upload anything after that because of the lack of watermarks.
Now that I plan to finally start making images ready for them, I would like to know what is people's experience with RF vs RM there. Most of what I will upload will be travel images, either urban or nature or wildlife. My tendency is to have all of those as RM, but I would like to know people's experiences.
For those of you who have been having sales in Alamy, what are your experiences with RM in Alamy?
Regards,
Adelaide
hali:
congrats, Alamy is a good site. i like them. i am new too, so i can't say anything re sales, but i do distinguish RM and RF by setting aside anything that is unique is for RM. generic images which i give to everyone else too, i set it as RF.
also, lately, i had a few images without a MR, this i was told should only be RM.
eg. people in your travel images, which you do not have MR, should be RM.
with restrictions set for all except editorials.
one last thing, if you are not sure, write to Alamy. they are very responsive.
i had one of their support person email me to help me with the restrictions setting, and even went in to change it for me so i can see the right things to mark in the future.
as i said , Alamy is a good site to work with.
davey_rocket:
So if I'm reading this right, you submit the same RF pictures to Alamy that you do to other sites... do you mean other micro sites or are they other macro sites. I know with PSC you couldn't sell a picture on their site if it was listed for less than $50 anywhere else. Is Alamy not the same?
charlesknox:
I upload mostly my editorial images to them. Uploading is amazing easy and they hardly ever reject anything i submit to them.
Last month i looked to check my account balance and saw i sold one of my images back in may. Didnt make that much just 54 dollars but it was pretty cool when you could see where exactly the image went(rm).
Apparently alamy has a 3 month delay for payment so someone might have bought an image from you but you only find out when the payment goes through.
Here's a link to the pic i sold. Just a standard Event picture at the 2008 Saint patricks day parade in montreal.
http://www.alamy.com/image-details-popup.asp?Imageid={8698D7B2-F9E3-44AD-8490-3698F7576620}
Goodluck!
madelaide:
--- Quote from: davey_rocket on October 15, 2008, 19:37 ---So if I'm reading this right, you submit the same RF pictures to Alamy that you do to other sites... do you mean other micro sites or are they other macro sites.
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I have separate portfolios for macro and microstock. The images I will upload to Alamy are my macrostock ones, which I sell at TSS/MyLoupe, FP and Shutterpoint (a mix of RM and RF in the first two, the later only takes RF). If I sell RM in one place, I remove the image from where I have it as RF, and vice-versa.
--- Quote from: hali on October 15, 2008, 18:54 ---congrats, Alamy is a good site. i like them. i am new too, so i can't say anything re sales, but i do distinguish RM and RF by setting aside anything that is unique is for RM. generic images which i give to everyone else too, i set it as RF.
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Yes, I also set some generic ones as RF, especially when it's plants or animals. Places and famous landscapes I prefer to set as RM. But I'm not sure this is the best strategy.
Regards,
Adelaide
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