Friday, June 29, 2007

How To Sell Photos Online

So you'd like to know how to sell photos online.

In fact it doesn't matter if you are a professional photo shooter or an amateur who just has
bought his first digital camera. If you would like to sell photos online you need only three things.

- A digital camera. (Too expensive? find a cheap one on ebay)

- A connection to the internet ( I bet you have already a connection)

- Resources (That's why you must read on).

In the next few paragraphs you will discover three places where you can sell your photos online.

At the end I will give you four tips how you can sell your photos online for a bigger profit.

photo stock sites.

Online photo stock sites are simple to use.

Online photo stock sites are places where you can buy and sell your digital photos.

There are a lot of photo stock sites and before you signup make sure you read their terms of service.

You can easily find the photo stock sites with google search for keywords like.

"photo stock sites"

"online photo stock sites"

"sell photos online"

If you do a search you will find dozens of sites.

The most important sites where you can sell your pictures online are.

- Shutterstock.com

- Bigstockphoto.com

- stockphoto.net

It's simple the more photos you submit the more money you will make.

I know some people who are making thousands per month just with selling their photos online.

Break.com

Break.com is not really a site where people will buy your photos however you can make some
money with sharing your funny pictures.
It simple upload your original pictures to break and if your picture appears in the Break gallery you earn $25.

What if you submit only 4 pictures a day?

You don't have funny pictures to share?

Call some friends and visit a local festival or carnival procession.

Your own site

Another great way to sell your photos online is trough your own site.

If you have received some buyer trough the online photo stock sites it is time to make your own site.
It won't cost you a lot of money for 7$ or less you have already your own domain name.
Take some time to research a few hosting companies and you can find a professional one for under 5$ a month.

How to sell photos online – 5 additional tips.

1) Make sure your photos don't have any watermark, trademark or brands on them.

2) If you submit photos with people on it you must have their agreement to do it.

3) Take several pictures from one object but in different views.

4) Take some time to browse around in the photo stock sites.
Have you seen a category that is more popular than the others.
Spend some time to take pictures for this category and see an increment in your earnings.

5) Try to find some direct clients who are looking for your photos on elance.com.

Do a search for photos and enjoy the results.

I hope you have learned from this article about how to sell photos online.

You have no excuse not trying it yourself.

Remember with a few hours of work you can make thousand of dollars.

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