Click Model Management
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a model who is currently with Click Model
Management in New York City.
My agency is now using Model Wire as
an online portfolio system. My agency is charging each
model $600 a year for this online system.
I am a little confused about why it is so costly. How
can an internet site really cost literally thousands
of dollars to run?
I'm not sure how many models Click represents, but I
know it's a lot. With each model paying this ridiculous
amount for a website messenger service, I know someone
is making a pretty penny! I think this has to be some
kind of scam!!!
I just want to know why this is so much. Should this
really cost this much? What other kind of online portfolio
system is cheaper that I could go through on my own?
And why don't other models not care about the price?
I know it is really a small bit of money considering
the business, but it's my money, and I don't think it's
a smart business decision on my part.
Of course Click thinks it is, but they have nothing
to lose! I DO!
Thank you,
N.Y., New York Model
P.S. The websites are www.modelwire.com and www.clickmodel.com
N.,
Webhosting at $600/year is extremely expensive. You
could get an internet address (www.yourname.com) for
$10/year, and one year of webhosting for $10/year. Total:
$20/year.
You said: "I'm not sure how many models Click represents,
but I know it's a lot." Click represents models
in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Brazil, and Paris.
If Click Model Management represents 1,000 models, and
each model pays $600/year, there is $600,000 of cash
moving through the system. EVERY YEAR!
Now the question is, does Click Model Management take
home any of the online portfolio money? Or does it all
go to Model Wire?
If Click is making money off the Model Wire online portfolio
system, you could tell them you think the price is very
exorbitant, not competitive, and try to get a lower rate
at a reasonable price.
If Click is making no money off the Model Wire online
portfolio system, you could question the wisdom of their
business decision in forming a partnership with Model
Wire. Is $600/year/model the best they could negotiate?
How does Model Wire set up its contracts? Are they paid
by model, or a fixed amount per year, or a one-time fee?
They provide software. Did Click buy their software?
Or does Model Wire charge like royalties for photos?
By the number of times the photo is used? Or by the size
of audience?
The most fair payment system for online advertising
is by performance. The model only pays after the system
works. Just like the commissions for modeling work. The
agency makes no money until after you work. Online it
is now payment by commission; it used to be pay per click.
When online advertising is by commission the model cannot
get screwed.
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