Sell Your Photos Online

Stock photography is a collection of images that cover a huge variety of subjects. Clients that need photos for advertising, graphic design, and illustrations can simply browse through these images, select, and purchase the ones that most perfectly fit their needs.

Until recently this process was still dominated by professional photographers and the expense for clients was still substantial. But the explosion of the internet has created a new market. Great websites have great pictures. And if you are the one taking them you can earn a nice income.

When you upload your images, the site (if they are acceptable) will publish them online so that thousands and thousands of purchasers can view, select, and download them. Knowing how to provide good quality images that have very popular subject matter will put you ahead of the competition.

A good photograph will be purchased over and over again, hundreds or thousands of times. That adds up to hundreds or thousands of royalties. And although the amount may be small, prices will vary on size and popularity. An image that sells for $1.00 and is downloaded several thousand times can translate into thousands of dollars for you.

Step-by-step instructions, and insight from experienced photographers will take you further faster. Although selling microstock is a very easy process, to do it well you should start learning the basics like:

- which subjects to start with
- the best sites to use
- how to take good quality images
- understanding copyright and licensing
- selling you images not only online, but also in more traditional ways