Quote from: Uncle Pete on February 16, 2019, 16:33

I was able to have them make everything into RF from RM, but the whole, don't forget to tick exclusive images, is kind of absurd. Lets say someone has 2,000 images and ten are not exclusive, now what? Go through one by one and change them?

Or maybe I could tell them, please make everything exclusive and I'll tick the 10 that aren't? 

This will be the third time I'll need to got through every image and change something, because Alamy changed their mind about how they should be tagged. Not pleased.

I made everything exclusive (I'd been ticking the box since it became available, then did all the previous ones by batch.
Then I saw the bit about statues over 1/3rd of the image can't be marked exclusive, so I looked up 'Statue' in AIM, guessed the proportion by eyeballing, and just made that small group non-exclusive (I think one by one, but it was very few, so no hassle in my case).

I admire you for thinking ahead.

If all your images are exclusive, (by their definition, meaning no photos of old flat artwork, prints, book illustrations, etc,) you can ask their support to do it for you.

Otherwise, you can tick the button yourself by upload batches (one tick per batch).

Yes, all my images are exclusive by their definition, which comes in an email today. I emailed support, but the reply was not relevant to my question.

The following is a partial quote of what are considered exclusive:

Selling direct

Images can be sold through your own website or directly to customers and still be marked as Exclusive on Alamy.

POD sites

Images that are available via POD sites can be marked as exclusive as long as they�re not offered for additional licencing through the POD site.

Sometimes, my clips are sold higher than my asking price.

Is it an EL sale?

I have a question.

Since you are a very productive video producer, this somewhat deviation to YouTube worries me a bit - does it mean that you are seeking a new direction? Like you and others said, it takes a lot of energy and efforts to make a good YouTube video. Your clips will have to be watched for over 4000 hours and by 1000 subscribers in order to be entitled to make advertising money. I could be wrong with these numbers, correct me if I am wrong.

Well, I haven't sold anything from SS for 1.5 months, which is a bit unusual. No sales from P5 in January.

I hope it's just because of the holidays and not a trend.

December is the  worst month is SS I�ve evperienced since Feb 2014, which was the second month I was on the site.

SS sold 0 video clip for me in December even though I have made into over 1000 list.

Hope to have better luck in the new year.

Happy New Year!

Quote from: Orchidpoet on December 19, 2018, 19:45

Does anyone know if we can sell "RM exclusive" through Alamy, and prints and so on through FAA and by oneself?

Someone who asked that question privately was told 'no'.
However, that was before the current proposals. James West said on the most recent video that the details of exclusivity would be shared during the first quarter of next year.

Great to know! Thanks!

I rarely bothered to mark my photos as exclusive in Alamy. If I do it by hand one by one, it will take forever. I have asked if they can set all as exclusive, if I am still allowed to sell prints and products.

I must confess that I make far more selling prints and products myself than through Alamy.

Quote from: ThomasAndreas on December 09, 2018, 16:43

A revolution against someone who is still paying the highest rates (but not so high anymore) and that is trying to invest in growth to get more end customers should find contributors considerate and not angry, offensive or insulting. 

That's completely ignoring the fact that we already went from 60% to 50% to fund the US office. According to Alamy, that expansion went "far better than we expected", though most (of those who report) haven't seen any uptick in sales to the US. So most of us lost money to boost the earnings of a few (and, apparently, Alamy's bottom line). Despite them saying that expanding US operations at our expense surpassed expectations, we didn't get restored to 60%.

I agree. Their capital investment should come from their own pocket.

Perhaps we can ask Alamy to take a cut because we have to upgrade our gears. 

I just completed my tax interview.

Then I got an urgent message because I did not have a TIN so I am not eligible for tax exemption.

What is my TIN? Is it the same as Canadian SIN?

Thanks a lot!

Never sold anything under the old structure. My port is only 200. No uploading since the new commission was announced. Sold two in the last three months. Beginner's luck?

VS asks for an annual fee from video contributors.

Works for me now.

It did not work during the day.

When a print is sold at Fine Art America, it shows where the order was made.

I wonder if it means the buyer's actual location (through registration), or just the IP address from the computer or digital device where the purchase is made.

Anybody knows?