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« on: May 27, 2020, 12:40 »
I'm SO glad I deleted my port from Shitterstock two years ago.
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« on: May 15, 2020, 01:56 »
If they're going to operate like a microstock agency, they need to pay up like a microstock agency.
Exactly. Also, in terms of content, Alamy is not the typical microstock agency. I don't think it's right that Rights Managed content is lumped together with Royalty Free and offered in packages. If the package deal was offered for Royalty Free only, I'd probably see much less problem with it. Alamy is already offering "hybrid" licensing for RM content.. recently had one of my RM-Alamy exclusive images sold as "in perpetuity, web&apps, any size, 3.00 USD". Not motivating any more to put premium content exclusively on Alamy, as it's distributed the same way as microstock. From Alamy, is this a smart move? Yes, the image packs should be mentioned in the contributor contract. Very strange indeed that the image packs were introduced without informing us.
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« on: May 14, 2020, 07:16 »
Are you all seeing this offer when you click an image on Alamy: "Save up to 30% with our image packs Pre-pay for multiple images and download on demand." Who needs 25 images for "personal use"? https://www.alamy.com/image-packs.aspx
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« on: December 09, 2019, 15:23 »
For me, November was a really good month on Alamy. FYI, all my sales were Rights Managed even if I have more content as RF. I place a lot of my new content RM & exclusive to Alamy. I don't like the PU license, but at least I can disable it when selling RM.
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« on: November 28, 2019, 09:13 »
Or, someone who really wants "personal use" may purchase "Presentation/Newsletters".
At any rate, the original is too cheap at both, a smaller size should be offered.
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« on: October 21, 2019, 03:50 »
Pauws99. I just voiced my opinion. Please respect it and I will respect yours. Alamy, respect your contributors! Be charitable to us!
I signed up to contribute to a photo agency , not do charity. Charities should be kept completely separate.
I'm not sure that Alamy's profit margin is any different to the rest of the industry what difference would it make if they spent the profit on coke and lapdancers? When you signed up to them their business model was quite open.
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« on: October 21, 2019, 02:47 »
Alamy, respect your contributors! Be charitable to us!
I signed up to contribute to a photo agency , not do charity. Charities should be kept completely separate.
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« on: October 03, 2019, 06:45 »
Hard disks can break and accidents can happen.
I like to be safe. I keep my images on three external hard drives, and one of them is always in a different location than the other two. Plus I do cloud backup for my work, plus the most important material.
Backup, backup, backup at least weekly if not daily.
I find small hard drives (min 2TB max 4TB) easy to use and replace, Toshiba being my preferred brand.
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« on: September 21, 2019, 14:02 »
Cheap agencies like 123rf are based on self service. At these prices, you are supposed to search yourself.
If you want premium images, try other agencies.
Btw, I too have stopped contributing to 123rf.
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« on: July 26, 2019, 03:00 »
Did you contact Shutterstock about this? If they sold the user licenses, SS Legal should deal with this on your behalf.
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« on: July 18, 2019, 02:04 »
Problems here too, can't log in. Tried multiple times.
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« on: July 16, 2019, 09:03 »
The one on this site works for me.
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« on: May 28, 2019, 02:45 »
I've just published a controversial post highlighting that most of my 9 "Personal / Home usage" license sales on Alamy appear to be misuses by buyers (such as the attached image). I'm not alone and this issue has been highlighted at the Alamy forum for years.
Has it happened to you?
See details within:
https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2019/05/27/lets-discuss-alamy-personal-usage-licenses-misuse/
Thank you for writing about this issue. Alamy's pricing is far from being consistent. Offering a full size image at vague terms and at a price that is clearly off is a problem. I've seen a couple of my images bought at PU terms and posted onto forums and such. For images which I offer as RM non-exclusive via other agencies, I have ticked the box "Don't sell for personal use including single copy, non-retail wall art prints" on AIM to disable PU, because of the vast difference in pricing. BUT the problem persist, the images are still available for "Presentations and newsletters" at the cheap PU price. It is not fair to me, to the buyer, or the agency if buyers will get the image at 9.90 Euro on Alamy and from other agency at 25.90-29.90 Euro. Surely some users will purchase the cheapest license and use the image the way they want to. I've seen this happen. Few bother to read the boring print "how to use". So what is there to do? Alamy should make changes to pricing, it is insane to offer a full size image at vague terms and at such a low price that's not in line with other agencies.
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« on: May 23, 2019, 04:34 »
April and May have been very frustrating. Any improvements, anybody? What do you think is going on with Alamy?
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« on: April 23, 2019, 04:26 »
Weighing the potential sales & potential trouble, I would not upload these images.
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« on: April 02, 2019, 04:34 »
Cobalt,
>>I thought the point was to pick a place, rally around it and then promote it heavily through social media?
Georgep7:
>>But I would gladly sign any print or electronic declaration (not the appropriate word, sorry)
addressed to agencies and stating a request for better
treatment, communications safeguarding work and prices.
I would support both ideas. Everybody just needs to know what exactly is the agreed and planned action, so we can all follow through.
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« on: April 02, 2019, 03:27 »
Would it really be too bad if we started off just by making a ton of noise. I've been reading a little and as of now it seems like the most fair agencies are Alamy (images) and Storyblocks (vidoes). Can we start raising this to creatives on twitter, instagram, facebook. A simple message along the lines of take your business to these players to help us make better content by giving us more money/time to invest.
There's already noise. Noise gets ignored. What we need is a realistic plan.
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« on: April 01, 2019, 02:55 »
I believe the suggested plan can be realized. This team effort should be well structured, so that everybody stays informed, knows the plan and and stays motivated, and more importantly we need the leverage of a group.
So basically what is suggested is an organized "financial suicide", right?
Because even if your "plan" will work and agencies will change pricing (losing customers in the meantime), your portfolio won't be there anymore to reap the benefits of this "revolution". And it will never get back to the same positions. Never ever.
What can be more stupid than that, I can't imagine...
Swiss, Are you trolling? I simply said that an unified group has leverage while an individual efforts lacks it. Without the support of the group the effort will evaporate, it won't get noticed and we won't achieve the desired outcome. You are free to disagree but do not twist my words. Financial suicide is staying in a miserable financial position and repeating the same destructive behaviour over and over again, in hopes that something will miraculously change while making no actual changes for improvement. Why not improve things? That's what the original initiative is all about, and that's what we should really focus on.
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« on: March 29, 2019, 03:28 »
> Make an exclusive account with whatever agency is the fairest - Pond5, Alamy, Storyblocks
Or accept only (40) 50% share at the lowest.
I have deleted my account with SS due to the image abuse via Facebook... and have stopped uploading many other micros for multitude of reasons, one being this free trial nonsense and of course, microscopic payments. Stopping this free giveaway nonsense and protecting our work from illegal image use would be important for me.
I believe the suggested plan can be realized. This team effort should be well structured, so that everybody stays informed, knows the plan and and stays motivated, and more importantly we need the leverage of a group.
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« on: March 28, 2019, 07:09 »
I like your idea. A lot of work must be done and like Sammy said, the big image producers who upload massive quantities should be motivated along. And yes it is not easy to get photographers follow together any plan, but nothing ventured nothing gained.
Many image buyers don't realize how little microstock agencies pay their contributors. Many probably don't care, but educating could be eye-opening for some. These days everyone wants to do Good and be Fair, so why not be fair to contributors?
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« on: March 18, 2019, 03:29 »
It was easier to keep track on sales with the real time notifications. Nothing wrong with many emails per day. It is easy to delete emails after reading but harder to log in the site and remember passwords etc.
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« on: March 18, 2019, 03:19 »
Being a cynic why would they encourage exclusive images when they make more from non-exclusive? Or are the prices different?
If an agency can offer something special and different - exclusive - it is an asset. Buyers get bored seeing the same images accross all agencies.
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« on: March 14, 2019, 13:15 »
I've had 50cent net sales on Alamy as well and $112 net on SS so it can work both ways.
And I've had the same file selling for high and very low prices on Alamy RF; and also high and low prices for the same file on iS. (Different files on each agency).
Yes, it can go both ways, but high sales are more common on Alamy, and much less common on SS, iS, and similar.
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« on: March 14, 2019, 12:50 »
Not sure why you think that $10 is a "minimum on Alamy". I've had distributor RM sales as low as 66c net, meaning they paid $2.20 for the image.
The wording wasn't the greatest - 10 USD was merely an example. My own experience is that sales on Alamy are rarely under that. I am not on Novel Use though, years back it used to generate 1.00 sales so wasn't too happy.
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« on: March 14, 2019, 09:53 »
What we rather do or not is really irrelevant. We're here to provide a service to buyers. Why can't you sell at both? Today, I've had the same image sell on both Alamy and SS... [/quote] You say we are here to provide a service to the buyers. What will the buyer think when the exact same photo costs just cents on SS and 10 USD minimum on Alamy? Isn't it confusing? Is it good service? They probably won't be happy finding out that the image they just bought at 150 USD on Alamy costs a fraction of that on SS. True, we are here to provide a service, but it's not a free service. We're trying to earn income (like Pauws99 here already mentioned). Everyone needs to decide for themselves what works. Personally I would rather keep RM and premium RF images on Alamy and on better paying agencies, and keep my "standard" RF images on micro sites. Travel photography, the genre Robert Harding represents, is heavily competed. It may be true that some genres (like travel) sell better as RF. However this doesn't mean RM would be dead. For many genres and industries, it is alive and well. RM is not inflexible, it can be tailor made for the buyer. Interesting that on the stock photography site Robert Harding - a photographer - founded contributors earn only 30%. !
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