Basically for me the stock sites are a great place for me to put a heap of my photos that are otherwise just sitting on my computer doing nothing, and they actually earn me some money! At the moment its not huge money, I have earnt a little over $10 this week, but for doing nothing other then uploading and leaving them there, well, its better then having them earning nothing taking up space on my hard drive if you know what i mean.
Its a pretty straight forward process really, all though some of the sites are pretty critical of photos and I find quite a high rejection level for some of them.
On average they pay about 30% commision to the photographer (me) which ends up being anything from 30 cents to a couple of dollars depending on the size of the image downloaded. The good thing is once uploaded the image stays their for as long as you want to continue to be downloaded by different people, and to continue to make me money.
I am fairly new to this stock stuff myself, but am loving it, always checking to see if I have sold anything, and getting quite excited when I do!
On average they pay about 30% commision to the photographer (me) which ends up being anything from 30 cents to a couple of dollars depending on the size of the image downloaded. THe good thing is once uploaded the image stays their for as long as you want to continue to be downloaded by different people, and to continue to make me money.
I am fairly new to this stock stuff myself, but am loving it, always checking to see if I have sold anything, and getting quite excited when I do!
Hope that answers a few questions.
Pexels is a free stock photography website.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn’t until last year that I learned about this site (thanks to a reader), and I’m so glad I did.
I absolutely love Pexels. It’s the only website I use when I need free stock images for my blog posts.
I think this could actually be one of the most useful websites for bloggers. Especially in a time where visuals are a must for your blog content.
Images on Pexels are free for personal and commercial use. They can be modified, distributed, and do not require attribution.
If you’re looking for more websites that offer free images, check out my post Where to Find Free Images for Your Blog.
My Stock Photos
ReplyDeleteFinding high-quality, free to use images is a major battle every blog writer fights. Great imagery is a crucial piece of a great blog article. The next entry on our list of the best blogging tools – My Stock Photos – helps you do just that – find amazing, high-quality stock images. Free of charge.
You really can’t beat free. Just don’t go overboard on adding tons of random pictures to your posts now that you have access to them. Make sure they’re all relevant and add value.
My Stock Photos
ReplyDeleteFinding high-quality, free to use images is a major battle every blog writer fights. Great imagery is a crucial piece of a great blog article. The next entry on our list of the best blogging tools – My Stock Photos – helps you do just that – find amazing, high-quality stock images. Free of charge.
You really can’t beat free. Just don’t go overboard on adding tons of random pictures to your posts now that you have access to them. Make sure they’re all relevant and add value.
My Stock Photos
ReplyDeleteFinding high-quality, free to use images is a major battle every blog writer fights. Great imagery is a crucial piece of a great blog article. The next entry on our list of the best blogging tools – My Stock Photos – helps you do just that – find amazing, high-quality stock images. Free of charge.
You really can’t beat free. Just don’t go overboard on adding tons of random pictures to your posts now that you have access to them. Make sure they’re all relevant and add value.