Sell Your Photos Online: 5 Websites That Will Pay You $100 or More Per Image

5 Sites Where You Can Sell Your Photos Online

 

Shutterbugs, do you carry your camera with you wherever you go, taking beautiful photos after flawless shots?

You may monetize your picture addiction by selling your images on these websites. Each offers a different payout system, but they all provide a wonderful opportunity to transform files that are lying unused on your hard drive into some additional income with little more effort once you've modified and published them.

If you make a lot of money as a stock photographer, you'll have to pay more taxes, but you may be able to deduct your photography equipment, software, and perhaps part of your travel to shooting sites.

Make sure you visit a professional to learn how to stay on the right side of the law.

1. 500px Prime

According to the site, five million photographers offer their stock pictures on 500px. If you submit your photos for commercial licensing, you will get 70% net for each license sold (basic licenses are $250), and your images may feature in big-name ad campaigns.

To experience 500px Prime, first create a free 500px account. Then upload your photographs, activate your shop, and fill out the necessary documents for each image (including model releases, liability releases, etc.).

You will also be able to choose between an exclusive and non-exclusive license for the photos. You'll make more money for an exclusive license, but you won't be able to license or sell the photo to anybody else.

Here's a breakdown of prices, however it's unclear how exclusivity impacts them.

2. SmugMug Pro

SmugMug Pro allows you to preserve up to 85 percent of the markup on your photos. The caveat is that you must purchase a Pro membership, which starts at $12.50 per month, to benefit from this high royalties; there is no free alternative.

From SmugMug's website, here's an illustration of how the price system works:

“You sell a 57 for $10.79, while the base price on SmugMug is $0.79. The cost of the markup is $10.00. You keep $8.50 (85% of $10) as profit.”

After you sign up, you'll add photographs, choose the goods you wish to sell, and set your prices.

This is a wonderful site for someone with a genuine entrepreneurial attitude, because you may charge anything you want for your photos.

3. Shutterstock

Shutterstock allows you to earn up to $120 for each image download. This service has a rather convoluted price system, but the more you earn (“lifetime earnings”), the more you are paid for each photograph.

Contributors have earned more than $300 million from over 500 million downloads, indicating that these photos are popular. Shutterstock also sells stock video footage, including HD and 4K video, pictures, and vectors.

You may also suggest other photographers and earn a little commission, generally about four cents for every image sold. If you suggest a customer that buys pictures, you may earn up to $200 off their first purchase.

4. iStockphoto

Since 2001, this website has been offering stock photos. It has a large network of contributors and extensively evaluates new candidates to ensure they are a suitable fit because it has been around for a while.

To apply, simply choose the most relevant genre (pictures, drawings, video, or audio) and fill out a free application. The iStockphoto staff will evaluate your credentials, and you will be required to complete a brief quiz to assess them. The next step is to upload a few samples of your work to ensure that it is of high quality.

If you are accepted by iStockphoto, you will get a minimum of 15% of any purchases. If you hold "Exclusive" status, your profits might rise by up to 45 percent. Here is a complete royalty schedule with average pricing to assist you in estimating your revenue.

5. Etsy

Etsy is more than simply a place to sell wedding décor, handmade Halloween costumes, and odd cat-themed presents. You can even sell your photographs!

While the pricing structure is advantageous to photographers (Etsy retains 20 cents on each sale as well as 3.5 percent of the sale price), you must put in extra effort to generate those purchases.

While many who visit stock photo websites are expressly searching to buy photographs, not everyone who visits Etsy is shopping for photos. People seeking pictures may not think to go on Etsy first.

As a result, if you decide to sell your photos on our site, you will need to devote time and effort to marketing your designs and images. However, because Etsy takes such a little percentage of each transaction, it may be worth your time.

Etsy provides a great guide to assist you to learn about branding, marketing, pricing your products and succeeding. You choose the pricing when you open your own Etsy shop, so your income potential is almost limitless.