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Sell photos online

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With the huge rise in the number of [tag]Digital Cameras[/tag] this has seen a similar rise in people making money from their photos, be it amateur photographers, students or just holiday makers who have something of an eye. For those people that want to see about making a bit of money their are a number of sites that allows you to sell your photos online in a simple and easy format.

When you look for a [tag]photo sale site[/tag] i believe you need to find one that photographers and designers constantly update with thousands of new photos and illustrations each day, and as such i can recommend two good site for this very purpose.

iStockPhoto.com – which classes itself as the internet’s original member-generated image and design community. You can sell photos, illustrations, flash, video and audio so a good mixed revenue stream.

Fotolia – who say they offer the largest image bank of free and affordable royalty free photos and illustrations perfect for any medium, web or print.


Fotolia

I will let you decide which you prefer but they both work on a very similar principle, first you sign up to create an account, upload your photos, categorise and TAG them (so user when searching can find them) and both sites handle the payments for you.

In future posts I shall cover in more detail how to make the best out of these, this shoud be a good starting point for you.

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