MyFonts rates

StephenRapp

I might have to go back and see the fine print, but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this. Usually I get the older rate of 65% royalties except with webfonts which are 50%. If someone does a larger seat license they get a discount and I get my percentage of that. Today for the first time I saw they now have a server rate. So my $59 font was licensed for 1 server with no specifications showing the number of users accessing it at $295. My royalty rate: 20%. I somehow do not remember MyFonts sending me any rate schedule where I would ever get that low.

Any thoughts or similar experiences with server rates?

Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh

I'd read the fine print in your webfonts agreement, they might have added something there. The old one just says they take a 35% commission for handling sales, nothing else. If they weren't specific about a 20% server rate somewhere else they probably owe you $135.75.

Also, you'd think the number of users would still be important, eh?

James Puckett

Isn’t 20% what they pay for an OEM license?

Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh

fonts.com/monotype pays 10% of OEM

StephenRapp

This doesn't appear to be OEM use. Looks like standard print licensing only the font is added to a server. I suppose it's possible it is OEM without showing it in the sales report. Maybe they just don't have anything in place yet for reports indicating OEM.

I wrote questioning it, but it's certainly not worth making a big stink about. Hopefully it is just OEM and all will be fine.

Stuart Sandler

By default, MyFonts doesn't have any OEM licensing rights baked into their agreements, especially the old 65% rated ones.

James Puckett

Maybe I was thinking about Ascender’s agreement. It’s hard to keep track of them all sometimes.

StephenRapp

They (MyFonts) sent me some sort of OEM agreement to sign early in the year, but they may have not implemented that throughout yet.

Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh

was it 20%?