Selling your stock through Flickr

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Take a look at the stock deal between Flickr and Getty. It's an outright rape to me. But I'll let you be the judge.

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/06/04/the-handcuffs-and-temptation-of-stock-agencies/#more-57989

I just put a photo in a show and it's a 60/40 split and 60% goes to me. I thought it was a bit steep.

 

[Steve Smith]

It's just an offer. It's up to you to accept it or not.


Steve.

 

[MaximusM3]

80/20 is ridiculous but hey, to each his own. A new local gallery has some of my work and it's 50/50. Yes, steep also, but 50% of nothing is still nothing...but if prints sell, then I'm happy. Now, giving up rights for an 80/20 deal? No. Then again I don't do stock photography, which is a totally different business model.

 

[cliveh]

80/20 is ridiculous but hey, to each his own. A new local gallery has some of my work and it's 50/50. Yes, steep also, but 50% of nothing is still nothing...but if prints sell, then I'm happy. Now, giving up rights for an 80/20 deal? No. Then again I don't do stock photography, which is a totally different business model.

I think 70/30 is good.

 

[MaximusM3]

I think 70/30 is good.

Yeah, Clive, that is the norm I think. I gave the aforementioned gallery 50/50 because they talk a big game and I really want to see if they perform. Stock is a volume game though and it can work for some.

 

[PKM-25]

Getty= garbage heap...

I rep my own stock and keep 100%, it still pulls in significant income per year. I saw where the Getty business model was going 15 years ago, bad deal then, carrier suicide now.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Good for you! It looks like all the money you make from stock images is yours. I think with the Internet, it makes stock agencies like Getty less valuable and maybe one day, irrelevant. My question to APUGer is what do stock agencies offer photographers these days?

 

[Marvin]

I sell some through Alamy and their split is 60/40 in favor of the photographer. They currently have over 31 million pics online so the competition is tough.