How to Submit Stock Photos
Stock photos are photographic images that a buyer can license for use. Web designers, magazines and newspapers all purchase stock photos, so selling images to stock photo agencies can be a smart way to make money from your photographs. There are many sources online that will allow you to submit and sell your photos. Some charge a fee to use their resources and site, some require contributors to apply and all take a percentage of each dollar you make selling your stock photos on their site.
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Submit stock photography to iStockphoto. The website iStockphoto pays a commission rate of 15 percent (as of 2011) each time a customer purchases your stock photo. If you sell stock photos exclusively on iStockphoto, the company will pay you a higher commission rate of 22 to 45 percent (as of 2011).To sell stock photography on this site, you must apply to be a contributor. Applicants must pass a quick exam and submit three samples of their work. Once accepted, you will be allowed to sell your stock photos on the site.
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Sell stock photos on PhotoStockPlus.com. This website offers you an 85 percent commission rate (as of 2011) on all sales (minus a processing fee). You set your own prices for photos. There is a membership fee, which pays for the online storage space for your photos; membership fees start at $24.95 per month and are as high as $49.95 per month (as of 2011). You don't have to apply to contribute to this site.
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Upload stock photos to Fotolia. There is no fee to sign up or any monthly membership fee, nor do you have to apply to become a contributor. Fotolia will pay you 25 to 63 percent of all content sold through a single-image download and $0.30 for content sold through a subscription download. All prices are as of 2011.
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- Photo Credit film-camera on camera-bag image by Andrii Oleksiienko from Fotolia.com
