Earn From Photos

Earn Money By Selling Photos

Earlier we have seen various methods of earning money online. I hope you all have tried to earn money online from the published articles so far. And now this post has created to inform you the new (smart) method of earning money online.

You will earn whenever your image is sold or downloaded (that depends on each site), commissions are added to your account.

There are many websites available for earning money by selling the photos. In this article, I’m going to discuss all that with you. Let’s see the top 5 websites for selling the photos for money.

Important Note- In this method of earning money online you can earn by two different methods.

1. You can sell your own Photos/Images online.

2. You can refer others to make purchases of Photos/Images from the online photo selling websites. You will earn commission from each purchase.

There are many websites available for selling photos online. Let’s see the top 5 websites for selling the photos for money.

1. Fotolia- Fotolia is a pioneer website for selling photos online for money. It offers a global distribution of Royalty-Free Photographs, vector graphics, and videos.

Some photographs are offered for free on Fotolia whereas those that are sold are priced from $0.75. Photographers of each concerned photo will receive a commission for each image or photo licensed via Fotolia.

Payment Method- PayPal, Moneybookers

Minimum Payout- 50 eligible credits

Note- 1 credit=$1.4

2. Getty Images-Getty Images is a supplier of stock images for business, individuals and consumers with a base of 80 million still images and illustrations more than 50k hours of film footage.

It targets 3 markets:

1. Creative professionals who deal with advertising and graphic design.

2. The Media from print and online publishing.

3. Corporate companies that deal with in-house design, marketing and communication departments.

Payment Method-PayPal

Minimum Payout-50 eligible credits

3. iStockPhoto- iStock is an online, royalty-free, global microstock photography provider operating with the micropayment business model. It is an online community for artists and designers where they can find free stock images/photos.

Images/Photos cost between 1 and 150 credits, depending on size and image collections. Each credit ranges from $0.95-$1.50.

Payment Method-Cheque, PayPal, Moneybookers.

Minimum Payout- $100

4. ShutterStock- ShuuterStock is a stock photos, stock footage, and stock music provider. It maintains a database of over 50 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics, and illustrations. It has 2 million video clips and pieces of music.

ShutterStock license the images, video clips and music albums on behalf of photographers, designers, illustrators, videographers, and musicians adding 40k images per day from 150 countries. You will earn from $0.25 to $28 per image download.

Payment Method- Cheque, PayPal, Moneybookers.

Minimum Payout-$75

5. Bigstock- Bigstock is an online royalty free photography website that sells images via credit-based system. The Images/Photos in Bigstock earns from between 1 to 6  credits that depend on size, with credits ranging from $0.90 to $3

It has more than 5.3 million royalty-free stock images. You will earn 50 cents for each customer who spends 1 credit on your images up to $3 per download. Sign up for their Special Licensing Program and you can earn more from $2.5 to $60 per download.

Payment Method- PayPal

Minimum Payout-$50

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