Being alive at this very moment is the greatest opportunity anyone has ever had. The expansion of the Internet offers a lot of possibilities to make money online, one of which consists of selling your own photography. Some of the most common questions tackle the issue of where to sell photos on the Internet and why anyone would spend money on photography, when using a digital camera is extremely simple.
Let's start with the first issue. Where to sell photos on the Internet? You might be surprised to find out how many people are actually looking to buy photos online. Bloggers, freelancers, magazine writers, they all prefer to just pay regular people for their photos, instead of doing the work themselves.
Probably the best known way to make money selling photos online is through specialized stock photos websites. This is actually how I first started in this business. I was earning a few dollars here and there selling stock photos, but after a trip to Thailand, during which I took about 4000 photos with the sole purpose of selling them, I truly discovered the real potential of this. By selling those photos, I managed to earn a little more than $10,000 during the next two months!
You can find this kind of websites by performing a simple Google search for "stock photos", but you will have to do a little research yourself in order to find the ones with the best payout. All you have to do is upload your photos (which can be taken with a simple digital camera), set your prices, depending on the quality of the photos and wait for buyers to show up.
Another way to go when trying to sell photos online is advertising your work on your own. You can post messages in forums, contact bloggers and website owners and introduce them to your work. Some will say no, some will actually be excited. Contacting people you don't know might seem hard at first, but no actual harm can come from doing this. Just go out there and get those buyers!
You cannot accomplish anything by just sitting on a sofa and watching TV, can you? Selling photos on the Internet is a little time consuming and takes some trial and error to really get the hang of it, but the reward is amazing, especially if you don't make thousands of dollars per month from your day job.
By doing some math, we can calculate how much money selling photos on the Internet could earn you, depending on the amount of time spent taking photos. After having been making a living selling pictures for more than two years now, I can say I get about $2.5 per photo I sell. Now, how much time would you be willing to invest, knowing that you will make this kind of money? Let's say you chose to spend 2 hours a week taking photos. Could you take 100 photos during 120 minutes? Absolutely! That means 400 photos per month, which can bring you $1000.
It took me some time to get to this stage, but the journey was totally worth it. And if I was able to do it, so can you!
When it comes to complete beginners trying to make money selling photos online, I can mention my friend Jessica and her quest to making $3000 per month. She started a few months ago and already managed to make a little more than $2000 a month, so her journey is coming to an end. At How to How to Sell Your Photos, you can find a report of her progress and learn a lot from her experience. Make sure you check it out!
Gilbert Robinson is a professional photographer making a living out of his passion.
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