How to sell photos online through Shutterstock?
What is Shutterstock?
Shutterstock is a site which contains stock photos, stock video footages and stock music.
How to earn through Shutterstock?
If you are a beginner or a veteran photographer, videographer, musician or anybody who is related to photography, videography and music, you could earn through Shutterstock. This article is mainly focused on earning money through photography.
To get started you should first go to the Shutterstock contributors site or download the Shutterstock contributors app. The best thing about Shutterstock contributors is that you can upload any kind of photo of any genre. For example you can even upload a photograph of your morning cup of tea.
How to upload photos to Shutterstock?
You can upload photos to Shutterstock through the upload tab of the app or the page from the site. If you upload photos for the first time, you should exactly upload 10 photos and 7 out of the 10 should be approved. Otherwise you will get a waiting time to be approved. But don’t worry you will always get a chance. After you upload a photo, before submitting, give a good description of the photo. For example, if you upload a photo of an animal, you should give its scientific name. Then you go to the keywords (tags), this is one of the most important section in the uploading process. Try to use better keywords which gives a better view of your uploaded image. This is because when a customer tries to search for a photo, they directly search it through the keywords.
Next you have to choose either one or two categories which your photo belongs to.
And finally submit it.
Some tips to use in your photographs to be approved.
1. The subject of the photo should be defined clearly.
2. Focus is another most important field in your photos. The subject should be focused exactly.
3. The subject should not be over exposed.
4. There shouldn’t be any technical errors such as too much noise.
5. Never do personal branding with your upload photos. Don’t put any watermarks or timestamps.
Build a great portfolio which contains more demanding photos.
How to become successful in selling photos?
Though your portfolio contains 1000s of photos, your revenue do not increase. The revenue increases when your portfolio contains photographs with a high demand. Sometimes your portfolio can contain 1000s of photographs and your income would be around $2. But someone with a portfolio of 100 photos may gain an income of $1000. This theory is mainly based on the supply and demand structure.
When you go further you get access to offer the customers with on demand photos, which will increase your income to a whole new level.
Income
The income is divided in to tiers starting with $0-$500, $500-$3000, $3000-$10000 and later even more. When you reach the higher tiers, the percentage of your cut per download will increase. Moreover, with the on-demand photos the pay will be even higher. In the beginning when you start earning the payment may be even $1, but never stop trying.
Finally, remember don’t be discouraged if your photos are not approved within your first try. You can have more attempts in Shutterstock. Lower revenue in the beginning doesn’t matter to end up with a higher revenue.in the future.
