A Tour of MicroStock

Posted by on Apr 17, 2013 in Photography Articles | 0 comments

When first introduced to stock photography, most people approach the industry with a specific type of image in mind. Because I came to stock imagery from a billboard design angle (one of my previous adventures) I thought mostly of isolated object that I had used on a sign (a gas nozzle for a fuel station). Over the last ten years I have learned a lot more about stock photography and learned to...

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Evaluating Agencies

Posted by on Apr 17, 2013 in Photography Articles | 0 comments

Several times a month we get a request to add a new agency to our listings. While we welcome new comers to the business and to a growing playing field, we have seen over hundred of these sites come and go (well, most of them haven’t gone anywhere and that is really the problem, no cashflow). As a photographer looking to make money selling your images, you have a myriad of competing options...

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A Photographers Intro

Posted by on Feb 17, 2013 in Photography Articles | 0 comments

Getting Started in Stock Photography Selling photography and illustrations through stock image agencies is a great way to make money. Tens of thousands of amatuer and professional potographers around the world make a great side income this way. There are hundred of photographers that have made “microstock” their day job and earn enough to live by selling their images through multiple...

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Making Money with Referrals

Posted by on Dec 17, 2012 in Photography Articles | 0 comments

One of the most overlooked methods of making mone with microstock agencies like Fotolia and 123RF is to take part in their referral programs. While it may sound easy at first, you need to understand a few things about why agencies offer refferal programs and which programs will really work out best in the end. Top Referral Programs In our first table I list some of the best microstock referral...

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The Feel Good Folder

Posted by on Jul 11, 2012 in Photography Articles | 0 comments

… You have been shooting and uploaded stock photography for 8 months. While the sales are consistent across several microstock sites and the checks are coming in every month now, you still have yet to see where the hundreds of images you sell each month go. You think… someday I’ll be famous and then it happens… You are driving down the road, look up to that same old billboard for Leslie’s...

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