Christoph Hormann wrote:
> Slime schrieb:
>> Someone from Italy claims to be opening a "bowling club" and has asked to
>> buy the image
>> http://www.slimeland.com/images/pictures/SpaceBowling.jpg for
>> one of their walls. I and the other guy who made it have no problem with
>> this, but we have no idea what price to ask, and no experience to even
>> get a
>> ballpark figure.
>>
>> What sort of price is reasonable for this sort of thing? Should it
>> change if
>> we have to go to the trouble of doing a high resolution render for him
>> (and
>> how much)?
> 
> For a print to be used for private purposes it usually makes sense to
> have the pricing for the image itself not higher than the costs for
> printing and adequately framing the image.  For use in a business
> location you can exceed this since the material costs are regarded more
> secondary and usually a much higher value lies in a well suited image
> motive for the customer.  This is for selling printed images and as said
> only for the price of the image motive itself (add printing and
> supplementary costs like for a larger render).
> 
> In general i would be careful with sending out high resolution image
> files to people who want to print it themselves.  Even if you have a
> clear contract with the customer saying he is only entitled to do a
> single print the file will usually go through the hands of others who do
> not feel bound to any contract.  If your customer insists on getting the
> digital image i would make the pricing more similar to a volume use
> license for a custom image.
> 
> -- Christoph

To add to this, get everything in writing. If they want it to paint on a
single wall, your price might be different than if they want to print it
on posters and sell them by the door. If you sell it to them for one
use, make sure it is in writing that they get it for just that one
purpose and nothing else. If you really want to be professional,
copyright the image, and make sure they know it's copyrighted.

I have a meeting in an hour, so I can't find any photography forms you
could use as a basis for a contract. When I get home later, I'll see if
I can find them. The Advertising Photographers of America and other
agencies might have forms you could start from, changing the words for
what you are selling this bowling alley.

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