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06/15/2005 08:36:35 PM · #1 |
I got home from work this evening and I had received an email forwarded to me from the supervisor of a website where I have some of my work posted. It's an enquiry into purchasing rights to one of my images. Here is the message:
"I would like to purchase rights to a low resolution copy of hostage2b_wfinal.jpg for use in a screen print on a T-shirt. Your 256 dpi web representation would be fine. I want to make a run of about 100 T-shirts that will include this picture to be given to student entrants in a hostage search-and-rescue robotics competition."
The image in questions can be found here.
What I would like to know is how much to charge him. I was thinking $1 or $1.50 US a shirt. Does that sound right?
Also, how do I go about drawing up a simple contract stating that the rights I am selling for the image are for this one time use only? If he wants to use the image for others products or other t-shirts, I expect him to be properly compensated. I would also like my name to show on the bottom of the image with the copyright symbol.
I don't want to scare this guy off since this would be my first "serious" sale, but I don't want to give away the image for nothing either.
I would appreciate suggestions.
Thanks
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06/15/2005 08:41:10 PM · #2 |
I would probably ask that he send a downpayment before he even sees the image. $1 a shirt sounds like a reasonable deal to me.
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06/15/2005 08:42:52 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by kyebosh:
I would probably ask that he send a downpayment before he even sees the image. $1 a shirt sounds like a reasonable deal to me. |
Oh definitely! I want payment before Is end him a copy of the image. Not sure if I should ask for full payment up front or partial.
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06/15/2005 08:54:03 PM · #4 |
I'm not sure how paranoid you are that he might not give payment but...a google image search came up with this page:
//www.mrx.no/albums/Emotive/hostage2b_wfinal.jpg (which I assume is your image.)
If so it is easily big enough to be used on its own, without you having to send him a copy. Like I said, I dont know how much you know/trust him, but just another thing to think about! :)
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06/15/2005 08:56:23 PM · #5 |
I'm sure someone else may have a better answer for you, but I'll give it a shot. I have gotten T-Shirts printed in the past and a reasonably priced, 4 color shirt cost me around $4.85 each. The artwork was a hand-drawn image and was valued at around $350.00 above the cost of printed shirts.
I would expect a single color run on a white shirt to cost considerably less, say $2.50 o $3.00 each.
You are talking about charging $100.00 to $150.00 for your image. That seems fair, considering that the image is what makes the shirt. I would probably offer them a choice: $150.00 for 100 shirts (one time right) or more (say $300.00) for unlimited usage. I've found that when you give a choice between two prices, the lower one doesn't seem as high as if you just throw a number at them.
It's not a bad thing to feel them out first with something like "I've never sold an image for a purpose like yours. Do you have an idea of how much you expect to pay for artwork? I've got a number in my head, but I don't want to scare you off with it; since it sounds like you are doing this for a good cause, rather than for a profit."
You will be suprised at how many people will be happy to tell you what they have in their budget.
As far as payment goes: Get it up front. Once the shirts are made, you can't get your image back. If they are serious they should have no problem with that.
Message edited by author 2005-06-15 20:57:00. |
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06/15/2005 09:03:02 PM · #6 |
I think having your name and the © symbol on the shirt might look a little tacky to say the least.
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06/15/2005 09:07:33 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by deapee:
I think having your name and the © symbol on the shirt might look a little tacky to say the least. |
I disagree. If it's small and unobtrusive, it shouldn't be noticed by most. |
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06/15/2005 09:16:57 PM · #8 |
| Just a thought, but what guarantee is there that he's going to be honest with the number of shirts he's printing? Especially if he's paying you per shirt. I think your better off charging one overall one time usage fee. |
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06/15/2005 09:19:23 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by daveit:
Just a thought, but what guarantee is there that he's going to be honest with the number of shirts he's printing? Especially if he's paying you per shirt. I think your better off charging one overall one time usage fee. |
That's pretty much a given I think. I was planning on charging an overall price than a per shirt deal. Thanks for the advice.
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06/15/2005 09:59:08 PM · #10 |
this is way cool, denis! if you can get $100-150 out of it, sweet. if you have any concerns about your copyright notice, drop into any place that sells t-shirts and check them out--plenty of good examples.
as part of the deal, make sure you get a couple shirts for yourself!
and do some research ahead of time as to what it would cost to make a poster, and see if the shirt-guy would let you market the posters, since you're giving him such a deal on the shirts...
keep it up! these are the best type of sales. |
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