How to sell photos to image banks?

by TM Maria Be a king in your own kingdom

Professional photographers and photography lovers have, on the internet, a great showcase for their work.

In addition to the applications of photographs that allow the democratization of images, there are excellent opportunities for professional photographers to disseminate their work on social networks and specialized sites.

There is even the possibility of selling photos to image banks. As a way to earn extra money, this practice makes it possible to expand your portfolio and focus on more commercial actions.

In addition to this, it enables the professional to find his work embodied in campaigns of various segments.

We separate some tips so you can take advantage of the internet and expand your billing with actions aimed at image banks. Ready to start reading?

What are image banks?

Image banks are portals in which various images or photographs are available for personal or commercial use.

They are used, generally, for advertising materials, campaigns in social networks, prominent images in blog articles, among other purposes, these banks have the differential that they have the use of images free of copyright.

The images, to be used commercially, need the right of use. In this case, the photographer gives the license or arranges his images - not necessarily for free - for commercial purposes such as royalty free.

How does the image license work?

When arranging a production on the internet (be it text, video, photography, etc.) there is a need to define the license of use and consider what the public can do with the content.

In this case, the author must define if the production can be reproduced, distributed, transformed, among other uses, commercially or not.

The Creative Commons license (very common on Flickr, for example) is basically an agreement between the author of the photograph and the person who intends to use the material.

As a transfer of rights temporarily, there are various appropriations that the author releases in his work as:

· Possibility of distributing, adapting and creating from the work, even for commercial purposes, since they have the credits of the image;

· Possibility of distributing the work, even for commercial purposes, since they have the credits of the image and that it is not modified;

· The possibility of distributing, adapting and creating from the work since you own the credits of the image and is not used for commercial purposes;

· Among others.

In which sites can I sell photos?

Now that you know what image banks are and how the license works, it is important to know how the sale of photographs is made, considering the particularities of each one.

Here know and bet on the extra rent with your photos:

Dreamstime

Dreamstime is a bank of images that helps photographers in the online sale of your stock photos, offering quality images for personal or commercial purposes.

To participate in the Dreamstime photographers community, you can register on the site, fill out the registration and send the first images for evaluation.

You will receive an email about the approval of your registration and notifying that your images are already available on the site.

The price of the images will depend on the number of downloads, that is, the images with the most downloads have a higher sale price.

In this case, the photographer earns between 20-25% of the value paid for the image.

In addition, if the image is exclusive (that is, not available in other sites), the photographer earns a 10% bonus, while exclusive photographers earn 60% more bonus per image sent and approved.