How to Make Money From Stock Photography

Another way to earn income online is to take advantage of revenue sharing websites for photographers. If you have a collection of good quality images, you could make money from stock photography.

As readers know, I'm a fan of sites that share revenue with freelancers because these pay month after month and earnings from the pages you create are often much higher over the long-term. You basically do the work once and are paid continuously. It's a given that the more pages you create, the more you stand to earn. Many have gone on to create full-time incomes by continuing to submit either articles or photos to sites that compensate users for content.

Today, I want to discuss revenue sharing websites that allow photographers to submit their photos and earn with the revenue share model. This is somewhat different from sites where you are paid each time someone purchases a photo for use. Photographers can earn from their photos using these sites but for the purpose of this post, we will stick to revenue sharing websites that share a portion of ad revenue with photographers.

One site that offers this earnings model is FreeRangeStock.com. Members make money from their photos. How?

How to Make Money From Stock Photography
Writers, hobbyists, or anyone else with good quality images can sign up at FreeRangeStock.com and upload their photos. Images are reviewed by FreeRangeStock.com and Google and, if approved, Google ads start appearing on users' download and profile pages. Google serves text and image ads. An additional plus is that Google also places CPM ads on pages. Members are paid just for these ads displaying, sans actual clicks.

If a user does not have an AdSense account, no problem, because FreeRangeStock.com now creates AdSense accounts for their photographers and will also associate existing AdSense accounts (from users who already have AdSense accounts). AdSense reports can be accessed from the photographer's account admin area. 80% revenue goes to the photographer and 20% to FreeRangeStock.com.

In my books, this is a great offering. Those who want to make money from their photos can benefit from an established site that already has a following, while still earning the lion's share of ad revenue.

In a nutshell, you sign up and upload your photos and FreeRangeStock.com handles the rest of it. It couldn't be easier. This revenue sharing website is a platform that allows you to make money from stock photography.

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