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Which is the best stock photography website to sell my photos?

 
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Jan 26, 2006 20:22 |  #1

Hi,

I am new here. Just like to ask which is the best stock photography website that I can sell my photographs and earn big bucks?

The definition of "best" in my opinion is:

  • Large membership of active buyers (high traffic, international exposure)
  • Good prices for photos (which in turn means good commissions for sellers)
  • Convenient payment modes for sellers to receive payments
  • Registration approval criteria not too strict (allows average sellers to pass approval test and start selling)
The sites I have come across and tried are:
http://www.bigstockpho​to.com (external link) (slow moving)
http://www.istockphoto​.com (external link) (seems good but prices are low)
http://www.corbis.com (external link) (registration not yet approved)

Any recommendations? Thanks.

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Jan 27, 2006 05:41 |  #2

This is a good question - I recommended to the mods that it be moved to a more appropriate forum.


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Jan 27, 2006 05:55 |  #3

1) second the suggestion to move this to an appropriate part of the forum
2) the answer may be: it depends. For me, I've had no succes with the stock sites that pay large amounts of money for a single sale. But I've had succes with a micropayment site because the sales volume is high.
3) so try it out for yourself... that may be the honest answer.

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Jan 27, 2006 21:41 as a reply to  @ peterdoomen's post |  #4

I have some up at http://submit.shutters​tock.com/ (external link) but I don't know how they compare to the ones Starnamer listed. Out of the few I have tried they my pics get the most downloads there.


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Jan 28, 2006 12:38 |  #5

Couple of threads:
Stock Photography websites
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=44280
Who sells stock photographs?
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=54045


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Jun 19, 2006 23:30 as a reply to  @ PhotosGuy's post |  #6

i have a little informative site about this in my sig, if you are still interested in pursuing it - sorry it took me so long to see this thread :)


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