Photo stocks are one of the most effective and well-paid ways of making money for a photographer. At first, such earnings may not be very large, but if you set yourself the goal of increasing it and do everything possible for this, then the result will not be long in coming.
What is a photo stock?
Today, almost every owner of a camera has the opportunity to realize themselves on photo stocks.
Photo stocks (or photobanks) are online resources that contain huge collections of good quality images. The absence of low-quality works on photo stocks is explained by the fact that all photos sent by the authors are thoroughly checked by the resource moderators. The demand for such photographs is very high, because, as a rule, they are purchased for the purpose of using them in print and electronic publications, as well as in advertising.
How much can you earn on photo stocks?
The opportunity to make money on photo stocks is good because there are no third-party restrictions in it. No work schedules, fixed wages or client orders. Earnings directly depend only on the desire to work, dedication and perseverance.
Yes, the beginner will not be easy at first and will have to work literally round the clock to fill the portfolio with good photos. The more there are, the more money there is an opportunity to receive. To always flicker before the eyes of buyers, it is necessary to upload new photos almost every day. It can be difficult and unusual at first, but over time, such a schedule will become the norm.
One photo costs quite cheap - from 1 to 10 dollars (if we consider the usual PF Royalty Free license). The author of photo stocks is charged from 25% to 50% from each sale, which is approximately 25 cents to 5 dollars. A little, however, the peculiarity of photo stocks is that they allow you to sell one photo an unlimited number of times. That is, there are no restrictions on the quantity, and if a photo is bought 100 times, then the author will receive an average of $ 100 for the same photo.
And if the portfolio contains several hundred high-quality and popular images, then the author's earnings will be appropriate.
Plus, photo stocks allow you to sell images under an Extended Royalty Free license. Typically, this license is used to purchase photographs for commercial purposes. Such an image costs several times more, and an author can get from $ 20 or more for one sale.
Professionals with tens of thousands of high-quality photos in their portfolio receive only a few thousand dollars a month in passive income. And these are very serious numbers.
