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Ways to Make Money Selling Photos Online

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

1) 123RF 123RF offers up to a 60% commission on sales. 2) 4Corners Images 4Corners Images currently offers a 50/50 split and prefers images in the travel, nature, food, or lifestyle niches. 3) 500px 500px offers 60% for exclusive images and 30% for non-exclusive images.

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4) Adobe Stock Adobe Stock offers a 33% commission on photos and vector art and 35% on videos. 5) Alamy With Alamy, you earn up to 50% on exclusive images and 40% on non-exclusive images. 6) Animals Animals Make a 50% commission off high-quality animal and nature photos.

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

7) Bigstock Bigstock payments are  based on the customer’s payment plan and image size. Rates range from $0.25-$3.00 per image.

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

8) Crestock Crestock offers a 20%-40% progressive scale commission that is  based on the total number of images sold since joining. 9) DepositPhotos DepositPhotos offers a 30%-42% commission, depending on how many files you sell on their site and the type of file (photo, vector, video, or audio).

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

10) Dreamstime Dreamstime contributors earn 25%-50% in revenue share. Additional revenue is available for exclusive photos and extended licenses. 11) Getty Images To sell images on Getty, you’ll need to apply. If accepted to their program, you’ll earn 20% for royalty-free images and 25% on royalty-free video clips. 

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

12) Ingram Group With Ingram Group, you upload once and your images will be sent to 3 different sites. They offer up to 40% commission. 

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

13) iStock Photo iStock is part of Getty and has the same terms and conditions to apply. You can earn 15% for photos, 20% for video, and 25% and 45% for exclusive images and videos.  14) Image Professionals Image Professionals specializes in premium images and videos in food, home interiors, gardens, beauty, science, landscapes, and travel.

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

15) Pond5 Set your own prices and earn 50% on photos, videos, music clips, and more on Pond5.  16) Scopio You’ll need to apply to sell on Scorpio. If accepted, you’ll earn 20%-40% on sales. 17) Shutterstock Shutterstock rates vary. They pay up to $120 per image and 30% on clips.

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

18) Stocksy With Stocksy, you can earn 50%-75% in royalties, but all images must be exclusive and you must apply and be approved.

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

19) Stockvault Stockvault’s program is a little different in that it’s a revenue-sharing program where you can earn money via Google AdSense and donations. Just create an account, upload at least 25 of your best photos, and add your Adsense and PayPal information. The more traffic your photos receive, the more money you’ll earn.

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

20) Storyblocks Storyblocks is a membership platform where you are paid based on how many files are downloaded from the member library. 21) Tetra Images To join Tetra Images, you’ll need to apply with a link to your online portfolio. After reviewing your images, they will contact you with the next steps to get started.

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Sell Your Photos on Stock Sites

22) Yay Micro Yay Micro pays a 50% commission for photos, illustrations, video footage, and sound effects.

Make Money Taking Photos Using Smartphone Apps

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Sell Photos Using Smartphone Apps

23) Agora Agora is a smartphone app for iOS and Android. 24) EyeEm Sell photos on EyeEm via iOS and Android. 25) Foap Use Foap to upload photos and videos via iPhone or Android. Once your image receives five positive ratings, it will be available for sale at a 50% commission.

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Sell Photos Using Smartphone Apps

26) PhotoSesh PhotoSesh is an on-demand app like Uber, but for photographers. 27) Snappr Snapper is another on-demand app that connects individuals with photographers. 28) Twenty20 Twenty20 pays a 20%-80% commission for images, depending on the type of license.

Sell Your Photos on Social Media Sites as an Influencer

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Sell Your Photos on Social Media

29) Use Social Media Sites to Make Money If you use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, or TikTok, you can make good money selling your videos and images via these platforms! If you have a large following, you can work with brand sponsorships and earn anywhere from $5,000-$15,000 per Instagram post!

Make Money Selling Your Photography Services on Craiglist

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Sell Photography Services

30) Craigslist With a $5 ad, good copy, and images, you can sell your photography services – with no extra networking or marketing.

Sell Your Photos, Images, and Artwork on Etsy

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Sell Images and Artwork on Etsy

31) Etsy Sell your photos as prints or as items like t-shirts, keychains, and more on Etsy. It only costs $0.20 to create a listing.

Start Your Own Stock Photography Subscription Website

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Start Your Own Subscription Site

32) Start a Stock Site Sell on your own website and keep all of your profits by using Shopify or a WordPress plugin like WooCommerce.

Sell Your Services by Starting a Photography Business

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Start Your Own Photo Business

33) Be a Photographer for Hire Once you have honed your skills, you can start your own photography business. You’ll need to invest in a website and professional photo editing tools. Consider what kind of gigs you’d like to do; the possibilities are endless, weddings, graduations, newborns, maternity, and more.