Making money from selling photos 6/5/2022

Can you imagine someone paying you good money for your photos? Do not? You know, I had all these photos laying around from a recent trip to Rome, Italy, and I thought it might be possible to make a few bucks from them. At first I couldn't think of a way to market or sell these images, but then I discovered microstock sites. Microstock sites are great: you sign up (it's free) and then upload some sample images.After your samples pass an initial review, you can start uploading and making money. Let's see how this works in detail: Stock Photography What is Stock Photography? Imagine someone creates a website about healthcare.To reinforce this they would like some pictures of doctors, nurses, operating rooms and the like. Rather than hiring a photographer (sending them on an "order" as the industry calls it), which can be very expensive, the designer chooses to use stock. Photographs, i.e. images that are readily available. Stock images are generally much cheaper than "custom" photos.Stock image websites and browse around until you find some nice healthcare related images. day.Stock Microsites vs. Traditional Agencies At a traditional agency, our designer probably spent $500-$1,000 on half a dozen images of doctors, nurses, and the like.It's a little adjustment if you're a Fortune 500 company, but what if you're on a budget or designing a website for a friend or nonprofit? Enter the stock micro agencies. last three years. What's the idea here? Instead of charging $100 or more for a photo, many of these sites allow you to get high-quality images for less than $10, sometimes as little as $1!At maybe 25 to 50 cents per picture, this is not very attractive for professional photographers, but a hobbyist can earn a lot of money with it and should at least be able to finance his hobby. And remember, we're talking about the internet. 25 cents per image downloaded may not sound like a lot, but when you have several hundred or even thousands of decent, usable images, all submitted to the major microstock sites, even a whopping 25 cents per download
can add up. Good. What you needMost microstock agencies have the same requirements: you need at least a four megapixel camera (more is better, but six to eight megapixels is fine), your images must be noise-free, have appropriate keywords, and they must have an image have the searched topics. For example, good sales images are related to business or healthcare, or illustrate a concept