Did you know that casual photos you take for fun will earn you money? You may not be a professional photographer but should only know how to capture a photo at the right time. This is an easy and effective way to earn money online as you are not confirmed to any timing. You take the photos when free and when you like them. Its easy to upload the photos and make money.
Demand for this kind of oppurtunity arises as photos are required for every occasion. Normally these are used while constructing new websites, used in E-magazines and with many more online publishers.
This is economical for both parties as you get paid for your photo while the publisher saves a lot of time and money by not engaging a fulltime professional photographer.
It’s very easy to get started. You need to submit your creative talent online to sites likefotolia.com, shutterstock.com, dreamstime.com, istockphoto.com, crestock.com and other similar websites. Signup for these photo sites is easy and free. Apart from photos you can also submit video clips.
Simply submit your photos and watch the steady income. The advantage of this kind of business opportunity is that the submitted photo or the video clip is visible to multiple buyers at the same time; thus giving an opportunity for the photo to be sold many times.
There are regular customers for these photo sites, where they subscribe and download hundreds of pictures regularly according to their subscription packs. You earn commission each time your photo or video clip is being downloaded.
The best part is that you have the full copy rights of your photos and video clips and you can pause or withdraw them whenever you feel like. To prevent fraud like uploading others photos there may be a initial verification of the users where you may be required to submit the photo identity documents.
Earnings :
§ Earnings per download range from $.25 to $30 per image and clips.§ There are some sites where you commissions increase when the download reaches levels like 500, 1000, 1500 etc§ Popular method of payment is through PayPal and check.§ You can withdraw as soon as you reach a minimum of $25.§ You will also be paid a commission for referring buyers to these stock photo websites.
Not to Do :
1. Copyright infringement: Do not upload photos of others
2. Do not upload photos which contain logos, trademarks and copy righted material.
3. Do not alter the original image with the intension to deceive others.
4. Do not upload dark, muddy, blurry and photos without clarity.
5. Do not upload photos which are taken while moving on a vehicle which are blurry.
6. Do not submit the same key word again and again to gain the attention of the visitors
Tips to remember to increase the chances of more download:
1. Don’t take the common photos of flowers and sunset as there are hundreds of them already in the sites. It should be something new and interesting.
2. Be creative and do the simple things differently, something new from the existing ones.
3. Uploading photos regularly will definetely increase the the chances of more downloads.
4. Photos with good content which will form a good stock photo is essential for your survival in these sites.
5. High quality photos, interms of both content and mega pixesl will attract more buyers inturn more commissions.
6. Research like a buyer; get into the shoes of a buyer to look what kind of photos are in the limelight.
7. Do not upload photos with less mega pixels or too much than the allowed size.
8. Exposure and composition of the photos is to be kept in mind while taking photos.
9. Tagging of the photo to a right key word is the vital part which will actually attract the buyers. Placing of the photo in a wrong category will not attract any sales.
10. You need to constantly engage in forums where they are hot topics on the current trends on how to make a good photo which will have more downloads.
11. Try to make the photos in the most commonly used formats; photos in JPEG format and clips in MPEG format.
12. Editing the picture if o.k. if you don't change the overall picture. Cropping, adding color and hue can be normally done by using software like Photoshop
13. SLR camera is better than point-and-shoot camera, also called a compact camera.
Demand for this kind of oppurtunity arises as photos are required for every occasion. Normally these are used while constructing new websites, used in E-magazines and with many more online publishers.
This is economical for both parties as you get paid for your photo while the publisher saves a lot of time and money by not engaging a fulltime professional photographer.
It’s very easy to get started. You need to submit your creative talent online to sites likefotolia.com, shutterstock.com, dreamstime.com, istockphoto.com, crestock.com and other similar websites. Signup for these photo sites is easy and free. Apart from photos you can also submit video clips.
Simply submit your photos and watch the steady income. The advantage of this kind of business opportunity is that the submitted photo or the video clip is visible to multiple buyers at the same time; thus giving an opportunity for the photo to be sold many times.
There are regular customers for these photo sites, where they subscribe and download hundreds of pictures regularly according to their subscription packs. You earn commission each time your photo or video clip is being downloaded.
The best part is that you have the full copy rights of your photos and video clips and you can pause or withdraw them whenever you feel like. To prevent fraud like uploading others photos there may be a initial verification of the users where you may be required to submit the photo identity documents.
Earnings :
§ Earnings per download range from $.25 to $30 per image and clips.§ There are some sites where you commissions increase when the download reaches levels like 500, 1000, 1500 etc§ Popular method of payment is through PayPal and check.§ You can withdraw as soon as you reach a minimum of $25.§ You will also be paid a commission for referring buyers to these stock photo websites.
Not to Do :
1. Copyright infringement: Do not upload photos of others
2. Do not upload photos which contain logos, trademarks and copy righted material.
3. Do not alter the original image with the intension to deceive others.
4. Do not upload dark, muddy, blurry and photos without clarity.
5. Do not upload photos which are taken while moving on a vehicle which are blurry.
6. Do not submit the same key word again and again to gain the attention of the visitors
Tips to remember to increase the chances of more download:
1. Don’t take the common photos of flowers and sunset as there are hundreds of them already in the sites. It should be something new and interesting.
2. Be creative and do the simple things differently, something new from the existing ones.
3. Uploading photos regularly will definetely increase the the chances of more downloads.
4. Photos with good content which will form a good stock photo is essential for your survival in these sites.
5. High quality photos, interms of both content and mega pixesl will attract more buyers inturn more commissions.
6. Research like a buyer; get into the shoes of a buyer to look what kind of photos are in the limelight.
7. Do not upload photos with less mega pixels or too much than the allowed size.
8. Exposure and composition of the photos is to be kept in mind while taking photos.
9. Tagging of the photo to a right key word is the vital part which will actually attract the buyers. Placing of the photo in a wrong category will not attract any sales.
10. You need to constantly engage in forums where they are hot topics on the current trends on how to make a good photo which will have more downloads.
11. Try to make the photos in the most commonly used formats; photos in JPEG format and clips in MPEG format.
12. Editing the picture if o.k. if you don't change the overall picture. Cropping, adding color and hue can be normally done by using software like Photoshop
13. SLR camera is better than point-and-shoot camera, also called a compact camera.
