How Do I Make Money Selling My Photos?

This question has probably lead most photographers to join Fotolia as they want to sell royalty free stock images online and make money selling photos.

This article is intended to make you think about how you can make more money from selling your photos through Fotolia – and other ways to make money from photography at Fotolia.

Make More Money With Your Photos
Making money selling your photos online starts before you pick up the camera. Look at what sells well.

Fotolia helps you find out what photos sell well. If you are going to spend the day taking photos for money, then if you are shooting things that don’t sell you aren’t making the most of your time.

What are Buyers Searching For?

By clicking on the tags link at the bottom of the Fotolia screen, you will see the top search terms - what searchers are looking for; searchers are buyers, so you can see the importance of this! The larger the search tag appears, the more popular that search term.

Tags link: Fotolia Tags

The larger the word, the more times it has been searched for. Look at the largest dozen – click on them. What images does the buyer see? Can you do better?

Think Ahead – Is Xmas Coming or Have You Missed It?
Think about who buys photos. A lot of stock images are used in advertising and promotions. Marketing departments and advertising agencies will already be looking forward to their Xmas offers. Larger companies will have already have finished their Xmas advertising campaign and will now be at the stage where they are arranging their materials distribution channels – and you can see this in the tags as the word “Christmas” starts to get large during August! It’s still there now. It is unlikely anybody will be wanting to buy Christmas images in December, so think ahead to “the next big thing” and get your images in early. When will Valentine’s images be wanted? What about Easter?

Missed the Slot?
Perhaps you think you’ve missed the opportunity with seasonal items, but upload them anyway. They will be there for the next rush, ensuring you don’t miss out next time.

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Posted by on 16:20, September 13 2006

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