How much can you earn by selling photos?

Your earnings depend on many factors. Some of the factors that can influence your earnings for selling photos are here-

Stock Photography site

Different website pay different commission. Some websites pay as low as 20% of the selling amount & some websites pay as high as 80% of the commission. More is your commission, more mill be your earnings.

But there are chances that you will get more sales on low commission sites as compared to the one with higher commission because of high popularity.

Niche of your photography

Some photos may be high in demand & some in low. Some photos may sell at high price but some photos can sell at low prices only. So you have to find out the trend which is unsaturated, has low competition & which can sell at high price.

Promotion of your seller page

Just by creating a seller account & uploading your photos will not earn you much. You need to promote your seller page so that more people visit your store & buy your photos. There are number of ways you can promote it

Share your store page on social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, G+, Pinterest etc. Social Bookmark the link of your page on famous SB sites like Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon etc. Read photography blogs & leave good quality comments. Write guest articles on such photography blogs. Join photography forums & be active by asking question & replying to questions.

Find out extra 49 tips to promote this.

Quality of photos

High quality photos sell at high price. In order to achieve the highest quality, you must learn the art of photography. If required, you must be able to use Photoshop to give sharpness & other finishing to your photos.

Some of the resources where you can learn photography & Photoshop are-