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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Photography Discussion => Topic started by: Peter on March 05, 2009, 16:03
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OMG! I have just sold 2 images to the same buyer. Funny thing is that those 2 were exactly the same image, but first he bought larger, than smaller size! LOL! This is pure waste of money, he could resize to smaller if he wanted smaller one. But I like those kind of buyers, they make me more money :D
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Maybe he felt compassion...
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Maybe he felt compassion...
Hahahaha! Good one magnum ;D
Hey Peter, it happened to some some friends of mine too. I think two of them had double downloads of the same image....two sizes
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OMG! I have just sold 2 images to the same buyer. Funny thing is that those 2 were exactly the same image, but first he bought larger, than smaller size! LOL! This is pure waste of money, he could resize to smaller if he wanted smaller one. But I like those kind of buyers, they make me more money :D
Could have been for two separate jobs, in which case he was being ethical ....
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One time, one customer bought two images two times and another time, two customers bough three images one times ;)
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OMG! I have just sold 2 images to the same buyer. Funny thing is that those 2 were exactly the same image, but first he bought larger, than smaller size! LOL!
How do you know it was the same buyer? Buyers info is private.
Maybe it was a large design company and one of the buyer's colleagues saw the shot and download it smaller size for another project. These big companies really play the game fair. What happens mostly is you get a full size normal download, then an hour later somebody buys an extended license. They want to make sure the shot is OK at 100%.
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@ FlemishDreams
Often there is a name of the buyer him self. I have many images with full names of buyers. So, maybe that's the case here too.
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I've had this happen before and seen it happen with people I know. I think its because they will grab the smallest version to see if they really want it and then end up coming back for a larger version for their actual project.
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@ FlemishDreams
Often there is a name of the buyer him self. I have many images with full names of buyers. So, maybe that's the case here too.
Where? What site? I never noticed it. Actually I'm quite ignorant about all those sites. Like, I discovered yesterday that Fotolia had a forum ;D
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Fotolia lets you see the buyers info.
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If one image goes on a web site, and the other on a report, by contract they do have to buy two images. They have just been honest.
I always get double downloads on IS. XS and then a bigger one. Maybe not exactly always, certainly most of the time, though.
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If one image goes on a web site, and the other on a report, by contract they do have to buy two images. They have just been honest.
I always get double downloads on IS. XS and then a bigger one. Maybe not exactly always, certainly most of the time, though.
??? Which site requires that? That defeats the whole point of RF. License it once and use it for multiple projects.
OTH, I have downloaded the small version of a file for a project and then downloaded the large file for future uses. If a client really likes a file, it's better to license it right away and hold onto it for future use. You never know when someone may "sell the rights" or deactivate a file for another reason and at these prices better safe than sorry.
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OMG! I have just sold 2 images to the same buyer. Funny thing is that those 2 were exactly the same image, but first he bought larger, than smaller size! LOL! This is pure waste of money, he could resize to smaller if he wanted smaller one. But I like those kind of buyers, they make me more money :D
oh peter, how can you say that?
if a buyer repeated a sale of my image, i would be very thankful. for whatever the reasons; the last thing i would do is say is call them silly, or say they are wasting money .
a fine way to lose a buyer, peter 8)
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??? Which site requires that? That defeats the whole point of RF. License it once and use it for multiple projects.
As I understand, RF by itself doesn't give permission for unlimited use. That's why there is an option of an extended license.
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??? Which site requires that? That defeats the whole point of RF. License it once and use it for multiple projects.
As I understand, RF by itself doesn't give permission for unlimited use. That's why there is an option of an extended license.
Unlimited no. Multiple yes. A website and brochure for the same small business client would be OK under the standard license on most of the sites.
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??? Which site requires that? That defeats the whole point of RF. License it once and use it for multiple projects.
As I understand, RF by itself doesn't give permission for unlimited use. That's why there is an option of an extended license.
It completely depends on the site. Images from iStock can be used for as many clients as you like, providing you end up within the limits of the license.
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It is undersandeable when someone buy small size, and then large one. It happend many times, not unusuall. But when someone buys first large one, and then small one, that I would call a silly! :D But I dont mind, I like extra money :D
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Unlimited no. Multiple yes. A website and brochure for the same small business client would be OK under the standard license on most of the sites.
Even website for one client and brochure for a different client would be OK under most RF licenses. What you can't do is pass on the license to multiple clients.
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If one image goes on a web site, and the other on a report, by contract they do have to buy two images. They have just been honest.
I always get double downloads on IS. XS and then a bigger one. Maybe not exactly always, certainly most of the time, though.
??? Which site requires that? That defeats the whole point of RF. License it once and use it for multiple projects.
I think BigStock does. Or did.
This has happened before, the odd thing in Peter's case was that the smaller size was downloaded AFTER the larger size. Unless this was just a mistaken way the site recorded it, it is really strange.
Regards,
Adelaide
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I think most RF licences is one licence for each "seat". Maybe the brochure and website were designed by two different persons in the same organization, that would propably require two different licences.
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??? Which site requires that? That defeats the whole point of RF. License it once and use it for multiple projects.
As I understand, RF by itself doesn't give permission for unlimited use. That's why there is an option of an extended license.
Unlimited no. Multiple yes. A website and brochure for the same small business client would be OK under the standard license on most of the sites.
Not for microstock. Read the contract. As it is, I already get paid ridiculous amounts. Every licence is for single usage, up to a certain amount of items, like one magazine up to 250'000 issues. If you want it for two different issues you have to buy two different licences. HELLOOOOO!!!!!
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I think most RF licences is one licence for each "seat". Maybe the brochure and website were designed by two different persons in the same organization, that would propably require two different licences.
Of course you're right on that count Perry. I was tihinking in terms of small businesses whose needs are numerous but small and only have one person doing all the work.
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ive had that a few times actually. Always a smaller size sells then 2 mins later a larger files sells of the same image
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Someone likely needed a smaller version for the web and doesn't have an editing program to resize. The host of my blog doesn't have any tools to resize photos without distorting - maybe that's the case.
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Fotolia lets you see the buyers info.
fun ofcourse I went and looked
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Fotolia lets you see the buyers info.
fun ofcourse I went and looked
yes, true. with Fotolia your sales (paid or sub), you get a list and who bought your image. i like that , very much !
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Peter,
Will you please email the buyer ad ask him why he did it, so we all can move to another subject? :D
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ive had that a few times actually. Always a smaller size sells then 2 mins later a larger files sells of the same image
thats not what I am talking about.
@whitechild:
:D I rather wont :D
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Not for microstock. Read the contract. As it is, I already get paid ridiculous amounts. Every licence is for single usage, up to a certain amount of items, like one magazine up to 250'000 issues. If you want it for two different issues you have to buy two different licences. HELLOOOOO!!!!!
Please quote the part of the license terms that say this. I have just re-read IS and FT and found no such restriction.
Only in BigStock I see this restriction:
The license is limited to one usage per download. For example, if an image is used in a website design and in a business card design, this is considered two usages for which the image license should be purchased two times. Using an image in multiple products without purchasing the licenses for each usage violates this Agreement.
IS and DT limits the print usage to 500,000 copies.
Regards,
Adelaide