What are good sites to sell stock?

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

01/13/2007 08:04:37 PM · #2

Do a forum search. Just about all of the macros and micros have been discussed in full detail. Just search the name.

Getty, Corbis, Istock, Alamy, Photographers Direct are but a few.

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colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f1.8 M.Zuiko Digital Micro Four Thirds

01/13/2007 08:22:36 PM · #3

microstock group

go visit this site for a stock photog forum

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faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

01/13/2007 08:29:38 PM · #4

Ivo

01/13/2007 08:33:43 PM · #5

I've been a member of Shutterstock for quite some time and sell a decent trickle of images to get me a cheque every 3 months. I've stopped submitting there as the reviewers are far too fickle and find fault usually where no fault exists. My thought is there are too many images on the site and the reviewers are not trained properly to be consistent. The payout is really pathetic for what is required to input, keyword and edit. To be quite candid, I'd say the pay is better a McDonalds when compared to the amount of effort required to supply the images on Shutterstock. just my two cents.

wavelength

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/13/2007 08:36:28 PM · #6

Originally posted by Ivo:

I'm hearing this sentiment more and more lately, fotomann_forever got paid a measly $.25 US for a photo that was used in a national ad campaign. Not worth it.

Elliottjms

01/13/2007 08:36:34 PM · #7

Scottrade low trades now minimum.

Ivo

01/13/2007 08:37:49 PM · #8

Originally posted by Elliottjms:

Scottrade low trades now minimum.

Huh?

01/13/2007 10:13:20 PM · #9

Originally posted by wavelength:

I'm hearing this sentiment more and more lately, fotomann_forever got paid a measly $.25 US for a photo that was used in a national ad campaign. Not worth it.

Yeah, I think I'm going to start only doing product type shots for micro ... I may do a model shoot here and there, but I really think I'm gonna reserve those for macro stock.

It was flattering, but that really stung a bit.

Makka

01/13/2007 10:15:26 PM · #10

Ok...dumbarse question time. What is the difference between micro stock and macro stock??

We've used Shutterstock for about the past 2 months and even though we don't have a huge amount of photos on there we've actually sold quite a few. I've never tried any of the other sites....yet!

01/13/2007 10:29:09 PM · #11

Neil, simple answer... money.

Alamy is one of the big royalty managed sites. Check it out. //www.alamy.com

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

01/14/2007 05:28:48 AM · #12

Originally posted by udjb:

I'm trying to sell my photos, what are some great sites i can sell them at?

ohhh i'm glad you asked :)

I sell at

Shutterstock
fotolia
dreamstime
istock

and a few others but these are by far the top 4

I also sell at Alamy and get a few sales through there. Although each individual sale is a couple hundred $$, i still make more in the end on the other four sites i mentioned.

Micro Stock Group - also there is a forum dedicated to microstock photography.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

01/14/2007 06:02:48 AM · #13

I second

leaf,
I make my best sales at fotolia, dreamstime and shutterstock and a little extra at 123rf

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

01/14/2007 07:52:44 AM · #14

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by wavelength:

I'm hearing this sentiment more and more lately, fotomann_forever got paid a measly $.25 US for a photo that was used in a national ad campaign. Not worth it.

Yeah, I think I'm going to start only doing product type shots for micro ... I may do a model shoot here and there, but I really think I'm gonna reserve those for macro stock.

It was flattering, but that really stung a bit.

Hey...I forgot to tell you...I found your advert the other day. Our newsagencies actually had the mag...woohoo!! And it looks great. But there wasn't any cheese on it...lmao!!

Canon EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM

01/14/2007 08:15:00 AM · #15

it all depends on how you look at it.

if you see your stock pictures as your babies and precious works of art. No, it is not worth it. If you look at your pictures as stock and look at your earnings in the big pictures.... how much you are earning per image (which is well into the hundreds), not how much use a single buyer got out of them for $1.00, then i would say, microstock is easily worth it.

Perrush

Canon EOS-5D

01/14/2007 09:42:20 AM · #16

Originally posted by udjb:

I'm trying to sell my photos, what are some great sites i can sell them at?

Here you can see the proportions in earnings between the different sites :
//www.perrush.be/SYF_micro_E_7.html

happy reading :-)

Message edited by author 2007-01-14 09:42:38.

Litl

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/15/2007 03:02:55 PM · #17

I am with macro (Alamy) and microstock. Alamy is going pretty slowly for me right now, but I figure it is the type of photos I shoot. With micro, I am doing a lot better and I agree with what has been said. My fab five are:

ShutterStock
iStockPhoto
Dreamstime
Big Stock Photo
Fotolia

Shutterstock is by far my best earner. Part of this is due to referrals. I highly recommend this site. You need to submit 10 files for approval. If they approve at least 7 of them, you are in. If you don't make it, you can try again, but you need to wait 3 months, so do the best you can the first time and hopefully everything will work out.

Fotolia is a somewhat new site but is really great to work with. They have spent a lot of money growing their site and providing other promotions.

Dreamstime was slow for me at the start, but has really picked up and is doing well. They are also great to work with.

Big Stock Photo is slow and steady for me. I like how easy it is to work with them.

iStock is not easy to upload to becasue they do not support FTP, but they are a good company and I get good sales here also.

If you go micro, I reccomend you not go exclusive with any one site and submit to several sutes. My best sellers on one site are not my best sellers on other sites. Each site seems to look for different types of photos and have clients that are looking for different types of photos.

I hope this helps.

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/15/2007 03:08:39 PM · #18

Originally posted by Judi:

Hey...I forgot to tell you...I found your advert the other day. Our newsagencies actually had the mag...woohoo!! And it looks great. But there wasn't any cheese on it...lmao!!

LOL, thanks.

Zantor

01/16/2007 05:48:45 AM · #19

There are dozens of sites available to sell your images with. The problem with a lot of them is that they charge a registration fee. These sites don't care what happens after they have the money. Places that charge a commission don't get a cent until you have made some money as well.

This means that they will go out of their way to sell your pictures!

Zymmetrical.com - Your Photos, your Prices

snokids

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

01/18/2007 01:46:41 PM · #20

Originally posted by leaf:

So true...

I have a picture that cost me 0.00 to setup spent less than 2 minutes on pp keywording and all. To date it has made me several hundred dollars in return.

Bob

Shutterstock

Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital

01/18/2007 02:14:40 PM · #21

LOL, I love how everyone tries to sell their Shutterstock reference in these threads... I'm guilty of it too.

//submit.shutterstock.com/?ref=56023

What the hell :-)

FWIW, any sale of your images is better than just sitting on a HD or DVD somewhere. But, I'm increasingly getting wary of micro and am moving more toward the macro side. That's not that I'm gonna give up on micro for some subjects. Just not gonna keep my best work there.

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Tlemetry

Olympus E-300 EVOLT

01/18/2007 03:14:00 PM · #22

I'm considering opening my options to micro for isolated objects that people would primarily use in collages and montages.
Which would cause me to have to leave Photographers direct.
I'm not really sure I like that idea yet. Still mulling the idea over.

01/20/2007 12:24:08 PM · #23

i don't think you would regret it.

if you still want to submit to macro sites, there is always alamy.