Professional Pricing Questions for Clients

KJ_Anthony

I have a client who wants to buy seven photos that I have on smug mug. Great, I have never sold photos in be used the way she wants. She wants to use them on her website and in her advertisements. She will give me photo credit.

My problem is I don't know what to charge her? Any ideas??

ChatKat

Commercial License!
Photo Credit is nice, but is not payment for photography!
Usually, it doesn't get you anything and you have to remember that your services and skill and gear are worth something!

That said there is a lot of information about use of images. Advertising photography is not cheap. It's based on the kind of website traffic she might have, her ads are based on distibution, where will they be published.
So you have to figure your "happy price" and know how they are being used first. You always retain the copyright in your paperwork too!

KJ_Anthony wrote:

I have a client who wants to buy seven photos that I have on smug mug. Great, I have never sold photos in be used the way she wants. She wants to use them on her website and in her advertisements. She will give me photo credit.

My problem is I don't know what to charge her? Any ideas??

davidweaver

i toss personal use rights out all the time to folks as it helps build name/branding.

I don't toss out business/advert rights at all. Much depends upon the market but 250-500 per image for a limited use seems good to me...it may not seem good to you.

Are you a pro or are you a serious hobbyist that is happy with any extra for the effort?

all those will have an impact on your pricing.

Don't give the images away and limit the terms of commercial use, generally to a year.

FatNakedGuy

If you think you will be selling images for advertising in the future, do yourself a favor and purchase fotoQuote software.

http://www.cradocfotosoftware.com/