Make Money by Uploading/Selling Photos Online

If you enjoy taking photos or if photography is one of your hobbies, then you can turn your hobby to a money making project. Though it is true that most people enjoy taking photos for personal use or for uploading in their own website, you can decide to it for monetary gains.  You will get paid every time someone uploads your image from that website.

The following is a list of websites where you can submit your images/photos and get paid;

Istockphoto

Istockphoto is a place for stock images, media and design elements. It is a market place for artists, designers and photographers from all over the world. You can find vector based arts, illustrations, music and sound effects on their website.

To submit any work in Istockphoto, you need to go through 3 steps; First you need to register, take a qualifying quiz and submit 3 samples of your work. Once you are approved you can start submitting more photos. 

You are paid based on royalty rate which is 15% for each file downloaded and up to 45% for exclusive contributors, plus other royalty and subscription benefits. 

GettyImages

This one of the best and well known website where you sell your photos. They buy different types of images that include; creative, footage, news, sport, entertainment and archived.  Before you submit your work, you should first visit their website to find out what type of images they accept and other requirements you may need to fulfill before submission.

ShutterStock

Your images are exposed to a wide audience and potential buyers. You can earn $0.25 to $75 or more, depending on the type of images that the buyers downloads. You will also have access to their earning schedule where you can find more information about payment.

Fotolibra

This is another website where you can sell your photos and get paid.  They usually have images of recently sold photos on their display. You will be able to know whether someone has bought your photos even before you login. They have minimum upload requirements which include the following;

• The images must be uncompressed (level12) jpegs or tiffs
• The image’s shorter dimension must be at least 1750 pixels
• Images file size must be greater than 1024Kb (1mb) and less thatn 100mb.
• Images must be in rgb or grey scale
• Images must be 8-bit
• Images must be 300ppi

Veer

This is not only a place for selling photos, you can also sell stock illustrations, fonts, templates, brochures, letterhead or even other creative works. The following is their payment rate for photos; 

• Xsmall photos         -           $0.35 per download
• Small                       -           $1.05
• Medium                   -           $2.10 
• Large                       -           $3.50
• Xlarge                      -           $5.25
• Xxlarge                    -            $7.00

Photostockplus

You can upload and sell your photos on this website. They have various tools that they can use to promote your work. You keep 85% of the profit that your download make. You can sell your image over and over or raise/lower prices. You maintain all rights to your photos but unlike other websites where you can sell your photos for free, here you will have to pay pro member fee;

$24.95 a month

300 Mb account (Up to 3,000 compressed event images)

$34.95 a month

2 Gb account (Up to 20,000 compressed event images)

$49.95 a month

10 Gb account (Unlimited event images)

$99.00 a year

300 Mb account (Up to 3,000 compressed event images)

$199.95 a year

2 Gb account (Up to 20,000 compressed event images)

$499.00 a year

10 Gb account (Unlimited event images)

Other websites where you can sell your photos are;

• DevianArt.com
• Theuntappedsource.com
• Crestock
• CutCaster
• Feefoto
• Flickr

These are some of the websites where you can submit your photos and get paid. Feel free to visit them inorder for you to decide which one is best.