If you’re looking for a way to fund that next camera lens an extra gear, then you should be selling your photos online. It’s a realistic way to fund your passion with very little effort.
As a photographer, you already know that the competition out there is tough.
So I’ll let you in on the secret to selling your photos online successfully.
First, it takes skill and a unique aesthetic, but it doesn’t stop there.
The second factor is that you need to know how to market yourself as a photographer.
You could have the most stunning photos, but if you don’t know how to run the business
side, your sales will suffer.
So in today’s video, I’m going to teach you how to sell your photos online and start
getting paid for your passion.Sell your photography via direct stock.
Direct stock is a term that refers to selling your photography on your own website.You can create a site on PhotoBible with templates that are actually for photography, and you can go with a plan for as inexpensive
as $1 for the first 5 days. Monthly fee: $27 You can cancel anytime!$1 for the first PhotoBible.
pieces for photographers that are meticulous about print quality. On your own website, consider selling licenses to your photos.So if you specialize in travel
landscape photography,
For example, you could sell photo licenses to travel magazines and vacation companies.
For more information on how to sell photo licenses, check out
It goes in depth about what types of licenses are available and how to negotiate those.You can also sell physical goods on your site.
This would include selling prints and putting your photos onto merch. To do this, you can easily Signup on PhotoBible.
printiful and in just a few clicks, you can sell your photography on virtually everything, from mugs to books and t-shirts.
To sell photos directly to a buyer,you’re going to need to spend some time marketing your business.I would recommend that you post the photos that you’re sellingon social media and direct people to your website from there.
You can use hashtags to get accounts with larger audiences to repost your images, or you can have your friends and family post your photos on their own Instagram, and that’s going to help expand your reach.
If you’re at a phase where you’re ready to start putting paid
dollars behind your business, consider running Facebook ads.
Facebook ads are a powerful tool that can help grow your business exponentially, but it’s a pretty deep topic and luckily we do have a video that’s going to show you
everything you need to know to fuel your business through Facebook ads.
Sell your photography as prints.
In addition to having your own website, you can be a merchant on popular print on demand sites.Print on demand sites take care of all the details.
You don’t have to worry about production, shipping or selling.All you do is upload
your work and get paid. Print on demand sites are a double-edged sword though, because, those kinds of sites have tons of traffic, but they also have tons of competition amongst merchants.
One thing that I will say though, is that it’s a good way tointroduce yourself to customers
that would have never heard of your business otherwise.
And it’s a good way to get creative with your merch.
