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Selling Stock Photos, Printing cards ??
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hi there
just wondering does anyone have any information on selling photos on stock websites? or using an image to print cards or postcards to sell? Christmas cards etc? i have being looking on internet but they all seem to be american and i would like to find out about an irish company ? do photos sell? how much do you make? can I set up little company to print and sell my own cards? sorry sounds all muddled !
any information on any of the above would be really appreciated
thanks :?sports photography career over already :) I knew a guy that printed is own postcards ( well got them printed from england cant remember the company) had a stand made and sold them in places on the tourists runs didnt do do well mind and has stopped doing it, but you never know might not be what you want to hear.. :? :) :)
not at all just not much sports happening these days looking into other options, really just curious about how that all works
Hey there,
I know of a couple of members here who have had considerable success selling via http://www.istockphoto.com
Worth checking them out. I think they’re now the worlds largest stock site after getty images bought them out.hi Mark
Thanks will Check that out, i have just heard about stock photos but never really knew much about how it works and things . cheers
There’s a book by Lee Frost called “Taking Pictures For Profit”
Might be worth your while mabye trying for it in the local library etc.
In it he covers almost every type of potential profit making photography (stock photos, picture libraries, printing your own postcards, weddings, calandars etc etc).
It’s written in an easy to understand way, yet covers most of the bases, and has lots of ideas & some good images too.Hope this helps.
Rog
Although this is an old post it really is worth while looking at istockphoto. It takes a while to build up a good selling portfolio but when you get to around 1000 files the money becomes pretty good as well as giving you a shot at contributing to getty.
Oscar wrote:
Although this is an old post it really is worth while looking at istockphoto. It takes a while to build up a good selling portfolio but when you get to around 1000 files the money becomes pretty good as well as giving you a shot at contributing to getty.
Just keep in mind that not everything sells!
I am selling stuff on 8 stock sites and I have to agree that istock is one of the best.8 sites, man thats a lot of work. With istockphoto its important to become exclusive to make it worth while. Too true that not every thing sells but that kind of keeps it interesting. Although the price of a picture is far greater on getty I find that there is a lot more money to be made on istock.
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