Long story short, a customer from my work wishes to purchase rights to a picture i took, and im lost as to how to go about it and how much to charge for this. he wants to use this picture for his business and for advertising, so i was thinking ballpark $250 for unconditional lifetime rights to do with it whatever he wants to. Am i undercharging here? Thanks
2007-07-19 19:34:33 · 5 answers · asked by hockeyfan1500 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
That's actually pretty expensive for a picture but I think I would ask for $500 to $1K first and see how he takes it.
2007-07-19 19:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're in the ballpark for being an amateur. There are some companies that charge as much as $450 but that varies quite a bit between companies and photographers. It's a lot better to charge less and sell more than to charge more and sell less. The average price that I've seen for complete rigths averages between $175 and $250. Hope that helps.
2007-07-21 15:33:22 · answer #2 · answered by morganjlandry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can charge a lot more than $250, especially if he's got a good business. Pricing is all about what they intend to use it for, how long the intend to use it, and how much money they make.
A good way to guage this is by going to corbis and try to simulate a similar photo. Corbis will ask you all kinds of questions before they quote a price- see if you can recreate a similar circumstance.
You might want to concern yourself with whether your company has any anti-competitve rules that forbid you to freelance with their clients. I know everywhere I've worked strictly forbids it.
2007-07-20 05:38:18 · answer #3 · answered by Incognito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off does he want to buy the picture to OWN it or just be the first to have exclusive rights to it If he wants to buy it to own it the going rate is $1500.00 If he just wants to use it for an ad charge what you think is worth your time and effort. P.S do not give him the original copie(s) find out how and were he will use the photo and then you can give him a copy of correct porportions- file size
2007-07-21 17:21:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is potential for him purchasing other work from you, cut him a deal so he becomes a regular customer.
2007-07-23 11:33:09 · answer #5 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋