Sell Your Photos Online

I had no idea that selling pictures online was such a large market. There are several web sites where people can become members and sell their pictures. This seems like a strange concept. I remember when people bought and sold pictures, real pictures that you can hold in your hand. Now you can buy and sell digital pictures online. It seems strange that you can spend $20 or more on a picture file. But it does give you a much wider selection than you could ever hope for from any photo store, and it is all available on your computer. The selection really is incredible. There is an entire section on one site for office-related pictures, which is the third smallest category on the site and it contains 806 pictures. You can buy a picture of network cables connecting to the back of a modem. This picture has been viewed almost 1,500 times. Yeah, the selling pictures online phenomenon is much larger than I thought. On this same site, you can purchase a picture of a binder clip. That’s it, a picture of a binder clip and nothing more. The cost of this groundbreaking picture, a cool $25 for the largest version.

One site has an entire section dedicated to the sky, and it contains 24,000 pictures. On this same site there is also a category titled “red.” I’m serious, and it contains 21,000 pictures. These sites offer 85 percent of the sale price to the seller, and you could sell a picture as many times as possible. Shutterpoint.com offers membership starting at 5 cents a day for 50 MB of storage, with more storage costing more money. Anyone who wants to buy one of your pictures can do so and you get paid through PayPalÒ. Seems like a good deal, unless no one wants to buy your pictures, then you’re just giving money away. This site also pays commission for referring new photographers and photo buyers to the site. Some sites offer you unlimited storage space and differing lengths on how long you can post pictures on the site.

This isn’t something that takes up a lot of your time, but could net a nice chunk of change if you have good pictures. If you are a professional photographer, this is an easy way to expand your customer base and make some more money. It can help you reach far more customers than any store ever could. This is just one of the many luxuries afforded to us by the digital revolution. You surely wouldn’t be able to easily load pictures onto the Internet from film or negatives.

If you are a decent photographer and you have nothing to do with some quality shots, then it might be an advantageous idea to try and sell your pictures online. You might find a small fortune, especially if you specialize in “red” or “sky” photography.