Work from Home Selling Your Photos

Posted on July 23, 2009
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Are you someone who has your digital camera with you wherever you go? Do you get a lot of comments about your pictures from friends or from viewers on a photo sharing website? If this sounds like you, then I think you will enjoy the work at home idea I have for you today.

I want to tell you about a website that will offer you money for allowing people to download the photos you take, and use them for commercial purposes. The site is called Big Stock Photo, and I think it offers a good opportunity for passionate photographers looking to make extra money online.

How much can you make with this service? According to the terms, they will generally pay you between $0.50 and $3.00 every time someone downloads one of your pictures. They do offer a program that will pay you considerably more if you are willing to allow their clients to purchase your images for reprint on mugs, tee-shirts and the like. When customers buy your work for these kinds of purposes, you can potentially make as much as $60 for each download.

Make sure you have a look at the site to see exactly what your rights are before sending in any of your work. Keep in mind that they expect images to be sent to them in digital format (a number of popular file types are supported). They also have some recommendations as to the kinds of images that tend to sell well on their site. The service even offers a page listing photographs that they are in need of, and they show you some examples of what they consider to be high quality images. Checking out all of this information should help you maximize your chances of earning money with the service.

With regard to payment, be advised that there are minimum account balances that must be reached before you can receive your money. You can request payment through PayPal once you have earned at least $30. If you prefer, they are also willing to pay by check if you have earned a minimum of $50.

If you’re already a photography enthusiast, Big Stock Photo could be a great way for you to work from home doing what you enjoy. Please feel free to comment here about your experiences with the service, and please join me back here next time for another money making idea.