Consent and minimization
Collect only the operational fields required for the stated analysis and remove direct client identifiers.
Measure the business around the images.
This research project will compare the administrative work surrounding photography engagements. No benchmark result will be published until the sample, definitions, and limitations can be shown alongside it.
Definitions before conclusions.
Every measure will include its formula, sample, period, exclusions, and known limitations.
Inquiry responseElapsed time from a qualified inquiry to the first substantive human response.
Booking completionElapsed time from inquiry to accepted scope, signed agreement, and required deposit.
Administrative loadTime spent on scheduling, documents, reminders, client coordination, file handoff, and billing.
Delivery and paymentElapsed time from shoot to agreed delivery, and from invoice due date to verified payment.
No invented averages and no anonymous certainty.
Stelaah will publish sample size, collection dates, business mix, metric definitions, missing-data treatment, and material conflicts of interest with every result.
Comparable definitions
Normalize dates, currency treatment, status meaning, and the unit of analysis before aggregation.
Visible limitations
Explain selection bias, small groups, missing records, and where the data cannot support a conclusion.
Help produce evidence worth citing.
Participation and questions are welcome. No customer result will be published without permission.