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I received an email and then an arranged phone call from a store designer of a major international coffee house (rhymes with Flartrucks) who want to purchase exclusive rights to 3 of my photos for a redesign of a single store that is in my neighborhood. The designer said they want to place three photos of my neighborhood beach in a store close to the beach. They asked me to send them a quote as to how much I would want to be compensated. They said I could be involved with their printer to ensure print is to my satisfaction blah blah.I indicated that I really don't have a passion for the printing side of the process and once I sell the rights they could print them in B&W or hang them upside down for all I care..
But the next step is a quote. they want me to quote a price to them......Any advice? Would $1000 per photo be too little or too much? It is a bit of a conundrum for me...they are a multi-billion dollar company but want art exclusive only to the one store (this is permanent art, not part of a planned rotating art display). This will not be used by corporate office for promotion or in any digital form....I failed to ask if this is a competitive bid, if other artists had been contacted but that was never suggested and I doubt this is the case.
My only fear is that I ask for too much and price myself out.
Also they are buying exclusive rights. I could not use any of those three images in any potential neighborhood calendar that I was planning on developing in 3 years when I retire from my day job. There is a local photographer, a bit of a hack, who sells about 10,000 of these through a neighborhood Facebook group. I am also active in the FB group and members seem to prefer my style over the established photographer (he is retired and a long time resident). Members continually ask if I put together a calendar or sell prints but I have resisted because I have a FT job. I shoot in my spare time and don't want a part time photography job.
Any thoughts on the pricing?
But the next step is a quote. they want me to quote a price to them......Any advice? Would $1000 per photo be too little or too much? It is a bit of a conundrum for me...they are a multi-billion dollar company but want art exclusive only to the one store (this is permanent art, not part of a planned rotating art display). This will not be used by corporate office for promotion or in any digital form....I failed to ask if this is a competitive bid, if other artists had been contacted but that was never suggested and I doubt this is the case.
My only fear is that I ask for too much and price myself out.
Also they are buying exclusive rights. I could not use any of those three images in any potential neighborhood calendar that I was planning on developing in 3 years when I retire from my day job. There is a local photographer, a bit of a hack, who sells about 10,000 of these through a neighborhood Facebook group. I am also active in the FB group and members seem to prefer my style over the established photographer (he is retired and a long time resident). Members continually ask if I put together a calendar or sell prints but I have resisted because I have a FT job. I shoot in my spare time and don't want a part time photography job.
Any thoughts on the pricing?
