Has anyone sold to another country?

[janikphoto]

I've been published around the world, but only through syndication with a wire service. I was just contacted directly by a magazine in France that wants to by usage for a photo of mine, and I have never sold directly to someone in another country before.

Anyone know how the monetary difference (Franks or whatever vs USD) works? I can just ftp a photo file, so getting them a pic isn't a worry. It's getting paid in USD that has me confused...

[ronocnikral]

just stipulate that you get paid in USD. happens all the time in my business. for instance, king of saudi arabia says, "you pay for half a barrel of oil in USD and the other half euros." will most likely need to give a bank account number. or if you take credit cards, you should be able to run the credit card in USD. don't get euros b/c the bank will charge you fees to exchange it.

an aside, the french franc died with the euro. there are only a couple of countries in europe that still have their currency - england, switzerland, hungry and maybe one or two more...

[Rson]

Actually. if you price your money in Euro, you stand to make 50% more due to the conversion rate.

They probable will write a check in english drawn from a europe bank. In US dollars. but based off your quote.

IE. Quote them 100Euro and your check will be 148 dollars US.

[CaptainTom]

My last transaction was with a company in Turkey.
We tried PayPal but they couldn't make that work.
I ended up putting the image on a secure FTP site that was password protected.
They wired the money (in USD) to me via Western Union. NO cost to me and I went to Western Union, and picked up the cash... sent them the password and all was well.