With the economy in the shape it's in, is anyone doing commission work for product placement?

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Permalink Reply by ICY on April 8, 2009 at 4:33am

Hi Robyn. Yes, I am. And I'm doing it on a per contact basis and per release or phone call basis. So I give my client a flat fee for the month of what all that is gong to cost. ranges from $300 to 450

Permalink Reply by Robynn Lin Fredericks on April 8, 2009 at 9:20am

Thanks Icy!

I see you're in Miami ~ awesome! I also run an industry networking organization if you ever have need of stylists, photogs, mua, etc. The website is www.Fashion-Insiders.com, members are between Palm Beach to Miami.

Permalink Reply by ICY on April 11, 2009 at 3:23pm

Awesome. Are you going to the http://www.sheckys.com event at the end of the month?

Permalink Reply by Robynn Lin Fredericks on April 11, 2009 at 3:46pm

I haven't been to one of theirs yet, is it kinda like Thread or Shop Miami? I have a huge event on the 2nd, so it's going to depend on how complete everything is for the night of the event. Definitely looks interesting, I'm going to try!

Permalink Reply by patsy on May 12, 2009 at 8:49am

I'm a publicist in NY, and I was asked if I would work on a project and take a percentage. I advised that's not how a Publicist gets paid. I would suggest to get paid up front, because you may never see your monies for your hard work.

Permalink Reply by Becx on September 28, 2009 at 1:13am

Oh, great issue - thanks for raising it. I haven't encountered such requests, although there is certainly a heap of haggling over retainers. Icy, how did you work out how to price each element and structure this? I am guessing you have a raft of clients on regular arrangements, as for some smaller businesses, this could really mess with cash flow. x