Pricing a single photo?

[ldavidson]

Hello,

 

I was recently asked if I would like to sell some photos to a small greeting

card company. I was offered $25. per image. I don't know if this is reasonable

or not. What do you think? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

Best regards,

 

Linda

[randy_santos]

It's your call what is reasonable but a typical rate for an image, used on the front of a greeting card with a run of up to 1k could range from $300 - $700 depending on certain factors. Maybe this is a very small company with a very small run but $25 seems like an insult. If you do it for whatever price specify quantity of print run and use for greeting card only, 1 print run only.

[ldavidson]

Hi Randy,

 

Thanks for answering so quickly. I appreciate it. This was very helpful.

 

Cheers,

 

Linda

[primeimages]

People purchase greeting cards mostly because of the image on the front cover and not so much the text inside. So if they retail each card for say $2.00 each and do a 1,000 run, I would think 20% to 25% or 40-50 cents per card would be equitable to both parties.