Sell Your Photographs, But Don’t Give Away Your Rights

10 Places To Turn Your Photography Into Sales

Whether you’re new to photography, or have been a professional for years, chances are you are out looking for new things to try and ways to make money. Luckily there are resources out there that can make your job of selling your photography a whole lot easier. Even if you’re new with just a few images to share, these resources can have you up and looking life a professional in no time.

Have more resources to recommend? Please list them in the comments. Thanks.

RedBubble

RedBubble gives you the opportunity to set up your own gallery, start sharing in their vast community, set your own prices for everything from wall art to t-shirts, and create a unique business based around your photography.

Zazzle

Zazzle is one of the largest online players for creating customized art.

Use Fotomoto To Sell Your Photographs

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Do you sell your photography online? How difficult is it to set up?

A new entry to the photography world is Fotomoto, an e-commerce system specifically designed for photos. No matter how large or small your photograph database is, Fotomoto lets you sell your work directly from your own website or blog. And it’s a free service to start – you only pay a fee after you create the sale.

While many systems out there are linked directly to your professional lab, or require you to take on a monthly fee, Fotomoto makes it easy. With a couple lines of code dropped onto your site or blog, you can begin selling your images immediately right from your own community.

Some of the things I really like about this service:

Sell Your Photographs, But Don’t Give Away Your Rights

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The digital era has made copyright protection more difficult. And as more applications and opportunities to place images online grows, the opportunity to lose out on revenue may seem to go along with it. But it doesn’t have to. It’s all about knowing and understanding your rights, and putting the proper photographs into the proper places.

Clients Images

If your client comes in for a session, sell to your client BEFORE you put them online. Or make them a part of your package deal.

For example, if you photograph a high school senior, they should come in and purchase their images and packages. After the order, you can place a few online to show off to family and friends. Don’t place all of their images online; just the images them purchased. This gives them more incentive to [Read more...]

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