Sarze Magazine

It will probably one of those, You Pay for the Entry ones.

Ask them for their circulation figures and a breakdown by reader classification...

Mick W said

Ask them for their circulation figures and a breakdown by reader classification...

That'll be interesting. :) 

Vanity publishing on the same model as the Kavvyar series of magazines. They don't pay usage and then no doubt will encourage you to upgrade your submission - for a fee - to guarantee publication. A new wrinkle on a very old, ... I hesitate to use the word 'scam', so let's just call it a 'sales technique' ... that's as old as the printing press.

Try asking them for a usage fee and then you'll see how keen they are. Use the AOP B.U.R calculator to give you a rough idea on usage rates. 

https://www.the-aop.org/information/usage-calculator.

You've got a great portfolio that has taken you time and money to build and your pictures are too good to give away to a business for nothing. 

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Thanks for the info all. Our just choose to ignore them.

I shot with a model a few months ago and she was approached by Sarze. She asked me if I would be willing for the photos to be used (at least she asked!) and, as she was new and keen, I reluctantly agreed. They did try and get more money out of us to be featured on the front cover but there was never any mention of an usage fee. 

I thought they would at least offer us a free copy of the magazine but all we were offered was a measly discount of something like 10% off the cover price of $40.

A proper magazine is already laid out for the next year and the chances of them approaching you - unless you are a big name or have something VERY special - are zip.

Mick W said

Ask them for their circulation figures and a breakdown by reader classification...

I do that haha, instant conversation stopper

You could check with someone who’s worked with them.

I generally ask ‘what’s in it for me’. The reply is always exposure. (Aka nothing). I then ask ‘do the model and I get printed copies?’ Answer is always no. I then politely decline