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HOW TO SELL PHOTOSONLINE & MAKE
MONEY
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Quite a catchy title Right? I bet that you have been looking for answers all day. Well, guess what. I have got the answers right here for you. All you have to do is stick around, read the whole article and get busy selling photos online.
Shooting photos have never been easier. Nowadays, people have access to equipment that, in the past they could only dream of. Smartphone cameras have become so advanced that the quality of the pictures can only be surpassed by a high-end DSLR. DSLRs too, have become cheaper and available to the public like never before. With this, the number of people that want to practice photography as a profession has increased tremendously.
There are tons of ways to make a living being a photographer. Some chose to shoot weddings, some portraits, some chose to be fashion photographers, and a lot of them make the choice of shooting landscape. The categories differ, but the goal is the same. The other method that some photographers chose as their main source of income and one that you, the reader of this article, are interested in is selling their photos on the internet.
In the beginning, of this article, I said that shooting photos have never been easier. Well, selling photos have never been easier as well.
What I am going to focus on here is listing the top best photo selling websites. These websites have millions of photos on them. People and even companies rely on these websites to supply their need for photographs. These websites feature all kinds of photographs, ranging from environmental pictures to breathtaking landscape photos. You as a photographer have the opportunity to shine, and make a name for yourself among all the big names out there that are making huge earnings fromselling pictures these websites.
But mind you, there is a rule.
The rule is fairly simple, and I think that you (the reader of this article, of course) will agree with me on. How can I phrase this?? Let me see. Hmmm…
You must submit high-quality photographs. That is it. If you want your work to be accepted and sold, you have to shoot good photos. That means you need to be certain that your photography skills are really good. Some people are good at taking photos; it comes naturally for them. Some people are not. For those of you that feel like you’re not really good and want to make a living by selling photographs online, I say that it’s not the end of the world. Hell, you can become even better that those “natural photographers“. All you need to do is practice.
We’ve all heard the saying “Practice makes perfect” right? The same applies to photography. Pick up your camera, go out there and shoot. When you’re done and you’re feeling that you’re really good, then by all means let me show you where and how to sell your photos and start making some DOLLAR!!!
I am not going to list a bunch of websites here. I am going to tell you about the TOP 5 Websites that you can use to sell your photos. That way, you won’t get lost and it will make choosing the best for you much easier.
Shutterstock Let’s kick this list with this bad boy. Shutterstock was founded in 2003 by Jon
Oringer. It is available in 20 languages including Russian, French, Spanish, German and many more. Shutterstock provides stock photography, stock footage, and stock music. Who cares about stock music or stock footage? Not me and definitely not you. You’re here to know about Stock photography, and that is exactly what I am going to tell you about. According to Wikipedia, Shutterstock maintains a library of over 50 million royalty-free stock photos, vector images, and illustrations.
So far, Shutterstock has paid over 350$ million to its contributors. Contributors retain full copyright and earn up to 30% of the sale price of each photo. If you are interested in this bad boy of a website, go ahead and follow this link right here. Come oon follow it!!!
iStock Photo The second bad boy we are going to talk about is iStock Photo. iStock Photo was
founded by Bruce Livingstone in the year 2000.It offers millions of stock photos with prices ranging from 1 to 150 credits (credits cost between $0.95 and $1.50 each).
The commissions that contributors receive are between 15% and 40%, depending, of course, on whether or not they are exclusive. Rates depend as well on the “canister level” of each contributor. You must be 18 years old to become a contributor. Pff, what am I saying, everybody is 18 these days.
Well, since you are 18 here is the link. Follow it and become a contributor with iStock Photo.
Fotolia Our next bad boy is the famous Fotolia. Co-Founded by Thibaud Elziere, Oleg
Tscheltzoff, and Patrick Chassany in November 2005, Fotolia provides its users with 53 million images and videos and operates in 23 countries. The contributors get between 20% and 46% from each photo sale.
Adobe bought the service in January 2015 for 800$ with the aim of incorporating it into its creative cloud services.
Everybody can join the website and start selling and making good money. Go ahead right now and follow this link right here.
500px Marketplace Next up on our list is the 500px Marketplace. This bad boy, like all other bad
boys that we talked about so far, let’s you sell your pictures and make money. What distinguishes the 500px Marketplace service from the other services, is the fact that photographers earn up to 70% from each sale. Cool right?
500px Marketplace was launched in March 2014, and now houses millions of top quality photos from professional photographers.
It’s easy to become a contributor. To know how to, follow this link right here and start earning money with 500px Marketplace.
Photography-jobs Boy, I have been waiting to talk about this since the beginning of this article.
This bad boy brings all the other website I talked about before to shame with everything it offers.
Photography-jobs.net is a complete step-by-step money making blueprint to selling pictures online which you can follow to start making money today! Isn’t that just awesome? Also, there is no limit to how much money you can make. The more photos you submit the more you will earn money.
Another cool thing about photography-jobs.net is the various methods it offers photographers to get paid. Photographers can choose to get paid via bank check, PayPal, Moneybookers, or International Wire Transfer. (This website is better in every way imaginable) Maaan!!
Guys, I cannot recommend this website enough. I highly encourage you to give it a try. Follow this link right here.
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I mentioned 5 of the best websites that can help you achieve your goal, but the last on is the champion of them all.
I know that you are more than capable of doing what you set your mind to.
Go out there, shoot photos and start licensing them. You’ll have no one to blame but yourself if you decide against it. Good luck out there.
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