The Top 5 Websites To Sell Your Stock Pictures

Photography to many of us is purely a hobby, something that we indulge in when we get the chance. For others, it is the very essence of living, if there is a photo to be taken, they are the one’s who take it.

Whether it’s a hobby or it’s your job, making money from your photos can help supplement your income and help businesses get the right images for their brand. Many photographers are daunted by the stock selling process but in reality it is very simple.

Whilst you are able to submit your photos for review, not all stock photography websites will accept your work, so they would need to be of a pretty high standard to gain admission to a marketplace.

With that in mind, I would like to present to you five websites to sell your pictures.

1) Veer

Veer is a micro stock website from Corbis that offers a unique marketplace for pictures and illustrations. Users buy and sell images without restriction at affordable prices in an intuitive and interactive way users can upload as many images as they like, the Veer team then review them and post accepted images for potential buyers to see. Royalties are earn every time one of the submitted images is purchased and there is also the option to set your own prices.

2) Alamy

Almay offers photographers 60% of each sale made on the site and currently lists over 15,000 photographers. You retain all copyrights and they are a non-exclusive site, meaning you can sell your images on other stock sites. They have an exacting QC check of a small percentage of your submissions and if it fails, all submissions in that batch fail. Dedicated help line for photographers.

3. iStock Photo

iStockPhoto claims to be the biggest stock marketplace on the internet. They offer images, video and audio and give 20% of the base royalty rate for anything sold. There are other initiatives in place that allow users to gain more from their work, such as making the work exclusive to iStockPhoto.

4) 123rf

123rf, as the name implies, is a royalty-free stock site. Royalty-free sites offer a static price per image download, no matter on the use (to some degree, as there are limits). These sites can work well if your collection is large or in a particular niche. They currently offer 50% commissions from customers who download with credits and $.36 per download from subscription customers. Uploads are fairly easy and straightforward with options for FTP, Java or basic uploader. There is a 300MB limit for each upload.

5) SmugMug

 

 

 

 

If you’re looking to build a sleek, professional looking online showcase for your work that also facilitates selling your photos, check out SmugMug’s ‘Pro’ option which gives you a beautiful storefront and one-click shopping with ecommerce-optimised galleries. You can set your own pricing and you get to keep 85% of the mark-up. As well as selling digital downloads, you have the option of selling prints and greetings cards too.

"Enjoy travelling and travel for free"

Ultimate strategy for low cost travel

I never consider myself someone who can travel with a little expense. Travel is little demanding yet interesting span of time in which you create memories and that lasts for lifetime.

The following points need to be keep in mind while you want to travel in low budget:

1. It's to travel not to stay:  Keep your focus clear to travel and visit places to experience beauty, One of the major factor that influences total cost of travel is your stay. Try to look for cheaper accommodation. It doesn't mean that you sleep on road side bench but yes a place which can offer you security and comfortable place to sleep.

2. The local food King: Try local food to enjoy the real fun of travel. Make sure that the place is clean restraining yourself from getting infected. Avoid eating in big restaurant which don't offer the real local food.

3. Share to commute: use shared taxi, auto, bus etc. It will offer you 2 benefits firstly can interact with the people and ask them about nearby places, historical facts etc. secondly you can save a lot on commutation.

4. The local window shopping: Avoid shopping from outlets near tourist places try to surf local markets which enables you to buy things at low cost with variety.

5. Good photography make your travel free: Click photographs as much as you can and sell those on websites like Snapvillage, iStock Photo, Stockxpert, fotolia and other hundreds of websites.
  



With this note just want to say "Stop working and start travelling". Happy travelling
 

Bikaner - A city of Forts and Havelis

Bikaner is a quaint city in northern Rajasthan (India). Small and peaceful, this city is situated in the Thar desert area and is one of the hottest places in summers. The best time to visit would hence be winter. Bikaner is an 8 hr train journey away from Delhi and makes for a perfect weekend destination. The city has beautiful architecture in its old area - sandstone and red-stone temples, gateways and havelis at every corner. Enjoy roaming through the narrow lanes of the old city, visiting the Rampuria Haveli and interacting with the locals. The Junagarh Fort is one of the prettier forts in Rajasthan with a great museum. One must visit the Karni Mata temple for its sheer uniqueness! Rats are worshipped here! Yes, you will see them running all around the temple and drinking milk from huge vessels. Recommend to visit Karni Mata museum and have lunch in Kerni Mata temple bhandara ( I would recommend spending a night at one of the desert camps, this includes a camel safari into the desert at sunset, local dinner and stay in tents. Under the stars and away from the bustle of the city, this is a great way to regain peace of mind and get in touch with nature. Unlike Jaiselmer, the desert safari here is not very commercialized. We did not find too many great places to eat, but good local Indian food is available almost everywhere.