A local business called a good photography friend of mine who wants to get into stock photos for local companies. She sent them a disc of her images to see if they would be interested in using them, and they are! Now she needs to know how to price herself. Any ideas? She is thinking of charging a yearly fee per 100 images or so. Any feed back on this issue would be MUCHO appreciated. I have NO idea how it works.

Thanks!

No one, really?

I'd buy fotoquote right away.

http://www.fotoquote.com/


Its software that helps one negotiate stock usage liscenses and terms. It's almost guarentted to pay for itself with its first use. I couldn't imagine running my business without it. I sell alot of stock photos, and its real easy to get screwed if one doesn't understand how to price them selves and negotiate usage liscenses.

If you have a specific usage question, let me know and I can put in the #'s into the usage calculator. But if there will be any ongoing negotiations, this program is worth its weight in gold.

Cheers,
Shawn

fotoquote is great, but also if you register on many stock sites ie getty on the highend and almay on the low end you can get a quote for an image from them with similiar usage as to what your friend is looking for. With a couple quotes from different sites you can get a pretty good idea of what the image should be worth.

It all depends on what they are using the images for. Is it a national advertising campaign, newspaper, magazine, internet, on the package? It just reall depends on what the image is used for, how long they will use it, and how many people they project to see it. You will charge a lot more for a national ad then you will for a few shot on the internet. Charge more than you think.

Photosource is a great resource for editorial stock photographers. Even if your friend is looking at commercial stock, she could learn a lot there.