So, you are interested in stock photography after our previous post but you don't know where to start selling you photos. Keep reading and find out what platforms will sell your amateur stock photos.
These are the best platforms to sell amateur stock photography that will accept even photos from your phone. And don't worry, you can upload the same photo to multiple platforms - even all of them if you want.
1. Shutterstock
By far, this is the website where you will be most successful with your photos. They have quite reasonable acceptance rate and you can make a lot of sales on this platform. It is easy to upload both from the PC and from the phone directly. Also, they have a keyword suggestion tool which is very useful.
PHOTO REQUIREMENTS: JPEG and TIFF with a minimum size of 4 megapixels
PAYOUT: Minimum $35 for PayPal or Skrill and $500 for checks.
Sign up for Shutterstock: http://bit.ly/shutterstock-sign-up
View an example Shutterstock portfolio
2. Dreamstime
Regarding photo quality, Dreamstime seems to be the most forgiving and they will accept almost any quality of photos here. You can use this opportunity to publish photos which were rejected by other sites as exclusives to Dreamstime which can give you some additional leverage and revenue. Biggest downside of Dreamstime is that their uploading and keywording system is not as advanced as the other ones so use another platform first and then copy-paste the keywords.
PHOTO REQUIREMENTS: JPG, RGB, sRGB, with a minimum size of 3 MPs
PAYOUT: Minimum $100 to Check, PayPal, Payoneer or Moneybookers
Sign up for Dreamstime: http://bit.ly/dreamstime-registration
3. Adobe Stock
This platform is considered one of the top providers for quality stock photographs. They provide quite good keywords suggestions which can be used for other websites as well. However, their selection criteria is the most strict out of the four listed here and so you might need to try a bit harder to make any sales on this platform.
PHOTO REQUIREMENTS: JPEG with minimum resolution 4MP
PAYOUT: Minimum $25 via PayPal, Payoneer, or Skrill
Sign up for Adobe Stock: https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/
View an example Adobe Stock portfolio
4. EyeEm
This platform has several purposes, not only selling photos but also sharing them with other photographers. After uploading photos to EyeEm, they take some time to review them (the review process is quite slow) and then they decide if they will sell your photo on their market. Also, they automatically select the best photos and share them to other markets which gives you a better chance to earn. Besides selling photos, their mobile app has very interesting filters and competitions for photographers for you to participate in. Besides being a platform to sell your photos, EyeEm deffinetly has the community of photographers to keeps you inspired.
PHOTO REQUIREMENTS: JPEG with minimum resolution 4MP
PAYOUT: Payment to PayPal (no minimum)
Sign up for EyeEm: https://www.eyeem.com/creators
So those are the top platforms to use as a beginner amateur stock photographer without fancy equipment. However, the world of stock photography is vast and there is much yet to be explored one you get the hang of it. Did you already try some stock photography platforms? Who would you add to the mix? Let us know in the comments.
Originally published on: Centilionaire - cent by cent.
