Some advice on selling photos online?

Hi everyone,

I would like to try to make some money with selling my photos online. I searched stockphoto websites and uptil now found 70% pay out by www.PhotoSociety.eu the highest. Other stockphoto websites I found do not go beyond 20-40% and some require exclusivity.
Maybe you know other websites that offer better conditions?

Thank you
Tanja

Hi Tanja, welcome to the forum I am not selling my photos online but perhaps other members here do and can advise you. That site you placed above looks a bit too "flashy" to my personal taste in order to gain my confidence. But then, perhaps others here will think differently

hey Tanja i just checked out the site you mentioned and while it looks ok it lacks a certain flair for bringing ppl to the site. i have not persoanlly set up an account to it but orcabob has a website that deals with selling photos ithink it is called Photo express or something of that nature you'll have to visit his website to find it

(I don't know what happened to my post in this thread. Went poof.)

Tanja,

It would probably help to know where you're geographically located. That might factor into your choice of an online service.

The reason I say that is that the service I use (PhotoReflect) links to online photo labs across the US and MAYBE Canada. It probably wouldn't do you any good if you're in Europe and your customers are also in Europe.

By the way, I'm not using a stock photo clearing house. I'm using an online storefront through which my customers can order prints.

I do have a membership with DREAMSTIME.COM, a stock photo clearinghouse. But I'm not selling to them. I occasionally buy stock photos for chromakey backgrounds. Or will, when I get the chromakey software.

thanks for comin in to correct me there bob. I never can remember the name of it, still considering it myself...

Microstock websites like 123rf or dreamstime give you 50% straight away and you can start submitting your images right from the beggining (no entrance tests or samples are required), they don't require exclusivity.
A few things you should check when choosing a microstock website:
1. How large is their data base (agencies with for example only 500 000 images are not likely to have a lot of buyers, while on websites like Alamy - with over 15 mln images - your images will probably not stand out from the crowd)
2. How much are you going to get paid out?
3. Is the agency clear about the terms and conditions?

I submit to 123rf and I'm pretty satisfied with the sales there.