How to Make Money Selling Photos Online

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Make sure you have copyright sale rights for any work you alter

   For starters, you may choose dreamstime.com, freedigitalphotos.net and shutterstock.com.
   
   However, if you are a professional photographer, you can choose to go with Getty Images or Corbis. , Registration with the agency that you choose is usually free. , Dreamstime requires a minimum of 3 Mega Pixels regarding size.
   
   They also prefer photos or images that portray well defined commercial concepts, excellent marketable compositions with creative insight, high technical level regarding colour, definition and lighting.
   
   They highlight the generic essence of the image.
   
   In other words, some pictures rejected by Dreamstime might be accepted by others and become saleable to other stock photo agency. ,,, For instance, if you have photos rejected by your selected agency, you may register to morguefile.com, and upload your rejected photos to distribute them for free.
   
   This is the same as giving a free sample to your products before your customers purchase them.
   
   Also, offering free photos also serve as a means of promotion.
   
   You may create a profile to morguefile.com and provide a link back to your photos for sale.
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   Step 2: copy or sell.

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   Step 3: Choose among stock photo agencies where you want to sell your photos.

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   Step 4: Once you have selected an agency

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   Step 5: you may register for an account.

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   Step 6: Before uploading any photos understand their requirements.

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   Step 7: Since there are chances that your photos might be rejected by your first agency

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   Step 8: be sure to register for another account to another agency other than Dreamstime such as 'freedigitalphotos.net

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   Step 9: Shutterstock

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    Step 10: or Fotolia'.

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    Step 11: Once your photos got accepted

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    Step 12: they are ready for sale.

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    Step 13: Because there are thousands of photos for sale on the Internet

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    Step 14: you may need to promote your photos.

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