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I have begun to think that a reseller would be a very bad idea for me. Most of them seem to offer about 50% of sales, and many want to set their own prices and other terms. While I might make it up in volume, my main worries are...
a) They offer only half of the selling price as my commission. I firmly believe that a creative professional should make more money from his own work than a middleman should for selling it.
b) Their estimates of how much money their best providers will make per month is quite a bit less than I have made in the last week by word of mouth alone. As such, I am not sure I see what they add.
c) Some will ask to set the price. This means I cannot compete with them selling my own content, as they will undercut me wit my own stuff. I don't like that at all, especially when I might only get a percentage of the low price they offer my content for.
d) Some providers seem to ask for pretty broad rights. At least one has wanted outright ownership of my photos, offering me a license to use them in return. I don't think so!
e) There is no upfront payment to make this worth my while. If I give my content to someone else to sell, I have to wait for it to make money. In cases where I can't (by contract or realism) compete with the reseller, I can't work to make my content sell more.
f) People who pay up front have been offering less for exclusive resale rights, per set, than I have gotten licensing my sets to individuals. I almost fell for it, too!
So, with that in mind, I guess I wasn't really asking where I might try to find a reseller for my content. What I mean is, where might be a good place to promote my content, which I am selling myself?
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