Today I had a Right Managed sale (Photo) on Alamy and Man was I happy.  Someone please explain this commission structure.


My sale was for $340.06.


Alamy Distribution Commission was 30% = $102.02.


Distributor Commission was 40%= $136.02


My balance suddenly became $ 149.02.


I can understand Alamy Distributio Commission on 30%. but why and what does the Distributor Commissions of 40% due to earn all this money.  As I look at it I have 70% commission Total.  Someone please help and explain this to me.  Thanks, Oscar Williams.

I'm opted out. I keep getting emails saying I need to opt in to increase sales. One time they even said if I don't respond to an email I will be automatically opted in. Very strange...

I wouldn't mind some of my photos in the distributor pool but it is either all or nothing.

Today I had a Right Managed sale (Photo) on Alamy and Man was I happy.

Congrats

At least you'll be able to cash out when it clears....  I don't sell anything there and have been sitting with a balance of $45 - I think it needs to be $50 before payday.

But with RM I think the structure should be a tad more robust for the artist if the terms have specific language such as "exclusivity". Meaning you cannot resell that image anywhere for a year (or whatever). Lot's to consider when uploading to Alamy.

I sell only RM on Alamy. I prefer RM in principle, but don't get too excited.
Most RM sales don't involve any sort of exclusivity, they are just for specific uses, therefore the prices can be lower than RF, which makes sense.
However I haven't read much about actual RF prices as paid being much better than RM, but most of the people who post on the forum are shooting RM-editorial, and have just begun to dip their toes into RF-editorial, so maybe there's not enough evidence from them. There are very few 'commercial' (models and set-ups) contributors who ever appear on the forum. Only one regular I can think of offhand.

I've only had a couple of 'exclusive' enquiries, none of which came to anything. From what I hear, that's not uncommon.
This is pure speculation, but I'm guessing that there aren't many exclusive rights sales, (though I have heard of a few) based on the very low prices some bulk buyers pay - if these sales were statistically likely to compromise the possibility of future exclusive sales, surely Alamy wouldn't be letting them go for so little, even to big buyers? They don't even let us protect our 'best' or 'unique' images from the big discounters.