The third camp is composed broadly of those who look at Midstock as a different market segment to Microstock. These contributors elect to submit their images everywhere and RF, including Alamy. On the opposite end of the spectrum are the Microstockers that are looking to diversify their income in Midstock. New-Age ‘Put your Pics Everywhere RF Crowd’ Now, whether they license with other Rights-Managed agencies is not clear, but not relevant here.
Without getting into this messy argument, this crowd continues to license their images with Alamy and Rights-Managed. Some veteran contributors point out out that a few years ago earnings were substantially greater, putting the blame squarely on Microstock/RF for driving down their returns. A quick glance at the Alamy forum threads confirms this. Many within the Alamy old-school crowd regard Royalty-Free and Microstock as a threat to their potential earnings. There’s broadly three schools of thought when it comes to submitting to Alamy:
One of the most important decisions you can make in your stock submissions strategy is where to place your images. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not as fundamental as some questions facing humanity, such what will happen once the polar caps melt and nuclear proliferation, but the information contained in this piece may inevitably have a substantial impact on your stock photography business – so read on! Why does it matter? In the stock world, one fundamental question that’s been nagging contributors for ages is whether Alamy buyers search at multiple agencies for the same image.
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