Author Topic: Anybody tried Alamy? I like their price and 50% commission. (Read 6531 times)

helloitsme · « **on:** March 05, 2017, 23:54 »

Of course, only if they sell, it's good.

Zalee · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2017, 00:58 »

When you sell it's for a better price than microstock but with a small port I've only had three sales in twelve months. There are lots of threads to read here about it.

sharpshot · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2017, 03:34 »

They're like a long term investment. Nothing much happens early on but as the years go by, they slowly increase sales. They're one of a few sites where I think there's still potential for me to increase my earnings. They also prove that a site can do very well paying 50%, that's good for contributors.

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2017, 04:54 »

Agree with what's been said above, especially the advice to check out the many other Alamy threads.
However, to manage your expectations, be aware that the vast majority of sales are discounted or heavily discounted, depending entirely on the deal the buyer has with Alamy, sometimes netting under $2. You can opt out of some specific deal programmes, but many discounted sales are 'mainstream'.

Paulo M. F. Pires · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2017, 06:32 »

60% commission trough Alamy
50% commission trough "Novel Use"
30% commission trough "Distribution" ( 30% for Distr + 40% for Alamy ).

And excellent price range, except novel use... but sales aren't so proportional like other agency's.

Brightontl · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2017, 07:42 »

Quote from: helloitsme on March 05, 2017, 23:54

Of course, only if they sell, it's good.

I believe you are asking about video (since the thread is in the video forum).
Alamy never took video seriously and I have never heard of anyone selling video successfully there.
As far as I know they do not accept video anymore, at least from new contributors

helloitsme · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2017, 08:12 »

Quote from: Brightontl on March 06, 2017, 07:42

Quote from: helloitsme on March 05, 2017, 23:54
Of course, only if they sell, it's good.
I believe you are asking about video (since the thread is in the video forum).
Alamy never took video seriously and I have never heard of anyone selling video successfully there.
As far as I know they do not accept video anymore, at least from new contributors

Yes, I was asking only about video sales on Alamy. Thanks for the info.

JoeClemson · « **Reply #7 on:** March 06, 2017, 08:38 »

It is certainly the case that Alamy no longer accept new contributors for video.

ShadySue · « **Reply #8 on:** March 06, 2017, 08:43 »

Quote from: helloitsme on March 06, 2017, 08:12

Quote from: Brightontl on March 06, 2017, 07:42
Quote from: helloitsme on March 05, 2017, 23:54
Of course, only if they sell, it's good.
I believe you are asking about video (since the thread is in the video forum).
Alamy never took video seriously and I have never heard of anyone selling video successfully there.
As far as I know they do not accept video anymore, at least from new contributors

Yes, I was asking only about video sales on Alamy. Thanks for the info.

Sorry, I missed that this was the video forum. My remarks above were only re. stills. I haven't read anything good about video there.

Pablito · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2017, 06:11 »

Quote from: JoeClemson on March 06, 2017, 08:38

It is certainly the case that Alamy no longer accept new contributors for video.

They also now don't accept new clips from existing video contributors. As soon as that was announced they made my best day's sales of video clips. Real pity they've more or less given up.

sharpshot · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2017, 06:24 »

Such a shame that they didn't try the same strategy they have with stills for video. I'm sure they could of been successful if they had done that. Severely limiting content was never going to work.

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Author Topic: Anybody tried Alamy? I like their price and 50% commission. (Read 6531 times)

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