Sell your photos and videos online

Adobe Stock suspends contributor accounts if it decides that the photos and videos sold by them show suspicious purchasing activity.

In the 24th episode of "Sell Your Photos and Videos Online", Daniele Carrer also discusses:

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Certain microstock agencies that can freely cut royalties for contributors

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Services and courses for creating AI-generated videos

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A 60-year-old contributor who earned 3,000 euros with microstock

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Ideal exposure times for time-lapses

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How worthwhile it is to change titles and keywords for previously uploaded content

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How to prevent Shutterstock from rejecting videos due to frame rate

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Apps that track the sun to always get the correct lighting

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How much the file name influences SEO

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Getty Images one step away from bankruptcy

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Business ideas to leverage AI in microstock

You can find the podcast transcript and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:

https://www.microstockguru.com/adobe-stock-suspending-accounts/

Many people miss the good old days of microstock, when earning money with stock images and stock footage was easy.

In reality, the opportunities available today for anyone wanting to monetize their passion for photography and video recording are much greater.

In the 23rd episode of "Sell your photos and videos online), Daniele Carrer also discusses:

• How to use stock footage as a complementary activity to a drone business
• An educator who has been offering in-depth microstock information for years
• Adobe Stock's choice of an algorithm that favors older uploads
• A non-professional photographer who reached a $200-a-month passive income
• The few fundamental aspects of the work that make a difference in sales
• Why those approaching microstock fail to understand the business
• Why focus cannot be fixed with software
• Pros and cons of stock footage shot with smartphones
• When to select the editorial license while photographing branded objects
• Incomprehensible reasons behind Shutterstock rejections
• 123RF likely one step away from closure

You can find the podcast transcript along with all the links and resources mentioned on this page:

Shutterstock's financial report demonstrates with data that both their revenues and the royalties they pay to photographers and videographers are increasing. This has been happening consistently for years, despite the fact that someone is always claiming microstock is dead.

In the 22nd episode of "Sell Your Photos and Videos Online", Daniele Carrer also talks about:

• Documents proving that royalties for us contributors are increasing
• Why today we can produce twice as much in half the time compared to a year ago
• The alleged crisis at 123RF amid stalled reviews and delayed payments
• What is best to do when a microstock agency doesn't pay
• An interview with a contributor sharing their winning workflows
• Concrete examples of how digital tech cuts costs by 90%
• Alternative ideas to microstock to make a living from online photography
• Limitations on selling AI-generated photos
• Publishing anxiety and bad practices that do more harm than good
• Why it's not worth creating in-camera time-lapses
• Adobe Stock suddenly deleting a contributor's portfolio
• Why complications are opportunities that help scale your business

You can find the podcast transcript along with all the links and resources mentioned on this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/shutterstock-grows-pays-more

Microstocks still sell stock images and stock footage despite artificial intelligence, because many buyers still prefer them for the speed with which they can obtain content, copyright security, and the high quality of the photos and videos they offer.

In the 21st episode of "Sell Your Photos and Videos Online" Daniele Carrer also discusses:

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How to use BlackBox to bypass copyright issues.

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The integration of artificial intelligence into workflows to scale content production.

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The damage caused by contributors' reluctance to invest small amounts in digital tools.

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A book that can help set up a drone business.

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Why giving away your work in exchange for exposure is a scam.

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The advantages of selling exclusively on Pond5 (Shutterstock is also involved).

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Managing the seasonality of subjects by uploading at the right time.

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Why writing standard operating procedures allows you to optimize work and save time.

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New software to automatically describe stock images and stock footage.

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A testimonial confirming how toxic the photography and video production environment is.

You can find the podcast transcript and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:

https://www.microstockguru.com/artificial-intelligence-is-not-killing-microstock/

The story of a non-professional contributor who started creating stock footage in 2020 and now makes $500 a month on Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Alamy, and Motion Elements.

In the 20th episode of "Sell Your Photos and Videos Online," Daniele Carrer also discusses:

• pros and cons of monetizing videos on Wirestock.io;
• issues that arise when using third-party services to upload content to microstock platforms;
• why it's not worth redoing titles and keywords for images you've already uploaded;
• how Shutterstock changes licenses from commercial to editorial without warning;
• whether it's worth becoming exclusive on Pond5;
• some ideas for creating content in a European tourist city;
• a business project to make money with a model and studio recruitment service.

You can find the podcast transcript and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:

https://www.microstockguru.com/500-dollars-month-selling-stock-footage/

The story of an amateur video maker who started selling historical footage purchased on Ebay in microstock agencies such as Pond5 and Shutterstock, achieving 1000 euros a month earnings after his first year in the microstock business

In the 19th episode of Sell Your Photos and Videos Online, Daniele Carrer also talks about:
- A tool that tells which keywords buyers of a stock image have entered
- Why the same buyer should buy photos of a specific contributor multiple times
- How to go from being a contributor to being an entrepreneur
- The best software and marketplaces for 3D graphics
- Why agencies are selling new content faster
- How to shoot a hyperlapse properly
- A good DSLR for shooting 8K stock footage
- The new iStockphoto API key for Microstock Plus
- Why can't you upload stolen videos to YouTube

Find the text of the podcast and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/selling-historical-footage/

A professional photographer and microstock contributor earned $69 on Shutterstock with a single sale of an extended license of a stock image of a buffalo he shot near his house.

He also experienced numerous sales of stock images of a small city in Poland, asking the community of producers for an explanation about why that happened.

In the 106th episode of Sell Your Photos and Videos Online, Daniele Carrer also talks about:

- Sudden and anomalous sales of the stock images of a city
- The success that the Unreal Engine 3D graphics software is having
- Dropstock.io to understand the demand for content in microstocks
- The best codecs for selling stock footage
- The convenience of creating 8K time-lapses at 60 fpp
- Amazon publishing as an additional form of monetization for photographers

Find the text of the podcast and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/earn-stock-images/

Unreal Engine is a free software that allows you to create photos and videos that portray people who do not exist, but made in such a photorealistic way that it is difficult to notice that they have been generated on the computer.

In the 17th episode of "Selling Photos and Videos Online", Daniele Carrer also talks about:
- why outsourcing titles and keywords can increase your earnings
- how long it takes to sell a newly published video
- Shutterstock's increasingly insane policies
- how to make money by exploiting the shortage of supply for content
- Depositphotos changes ownership and business model
- professional photographers’ faults

Find the text of the podcast and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/photographing-people/

Gianni Nitti worked as an employee for years and then decided to give up his job to open his own business and become a full-time photographer and video maker.

Since he changed his life, his activity as a microstock contributor is booming.

In the 15th episode of Sell Your Photos and Videos Online, Daniele Carrer also talks about:
- Some reasons other than money why producing microstock can change your life for the better
- How much you earn from photo and video sales on iStockphoto
- A contributor who grossed $55 from selling an image on Shutterstock
- When you have to change your camera to earn more with microstock
- Why agencies don't accept content created in Disney parks
- Why it is not worth filming an event which has a registered trademark
- How to take your video business to another level

You can find the text of the podcast and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/office-worker-professional-photographer/

Andrea Delbò is a professional photographer who works in the publishing world and for some important brands.

A few years ago, he started uploading content to microstocks, starting with Shutterstock, and he obtained great sales with the latter, starting with a single video of 8 seconds that has grossed 4200 dollars to date.

In the 15th episode of Sell Your Photos and Videos Online, Daniele Carrer also talks about:

- iStockphoto and the kind of stock images that sells on it
- EyeEm that reshapes the royalties it pays to photographers and video makers
- a contributor who tried BlackBox as an editor
- how to create model releases efficiently
- why microstock is a passive income
- when it's convenient to create stock footage with a fluid head tripod
- how to shoot an Ironman event
- why the photography business is changing
- selling your photos directly on Arcadina

You can find the text of the podcast and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/photographer-4200-dollars-stock-footage/

The story of a video maker who started the digital business by selling stock footage in the various microstocks and, after obtaining good results, expanded his projects by becoming a bitcoin miner and a podcaster.

In the 14th episode of Sell Your Photos and Videos Online, Daniele Carrer also talks about:
- Listeners who write books and launch digital tools for microstock contributors
- Getty Images buying a site where they give away photos
- How to open two contributor accounts in the same agency
- Photos that are accepted by one microstock and rejected by another one
- How convenient it is to keep detailed track of sales statistics
- A review of iStockphoto made by a contributor

You can find the text of the podcast and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/microstock-producer-bitcoin-miner/

Sometimes stock photographers are people who make thousands of dollars per month, but usually they are just guys who think that producing stock images is a job, but they make just a few dollars per month.

In this episode you will understand why stock photography can help you live a better life, but can also give you a lot of problems if you don't study what to do by listening to successful producers stories.

You will also learn:
- what kind of ND filter to buy
- what a magview is
- what the best lens set for shooting stock footage and stock images is
- when you can use cheap equipment and when you can not
- what taxes at source are
- how to sign multiple model releases with an App
- how long Pond5 takes to review your content
- how the new Pond5 membership area pay-outs work

You can find the text and the links of the episode in this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/stock-photographers-new-rappers/

Being a producer of stock images and stock footage is the business of the future for many photographers and film makers. In that market competition rises day by day and only talented people can make money with stock photography.

Videoblocks gave me $3,000 to upload my content to their marketplace, but there's no secret formula to make money with microstock: just hard work and talent.

In this podcast you will also learn about:

- the agencies' algorithm
- history of microstocks
- when to use editorial use license
- if a music soundtrack is allowed on stock footage
- what the duration of videos to upload is
- when you need multiple releases
- if a pianist stock footage sells
- what shutter speed to set to shoot northern lights
- what the best camera brand for shooting a time-lapse is

You can find the text of the episode and all the link quoted here:
https://www.microstockguru.com/stock-photography-start-today/

In the microstock industry the competition between stock images and stock footage producers is rising, and in the globalized world your competitors are not only the photographers and video makers who live in your city, but people from all over the world.
The only strategy to beat them is studying and working hard to produce the content that the market wants.

In this episode Daniele Carrer will also tell you:
- Who your competitors are
- Why Copacana footage can sell while Milan footage doesn't as well
- Why new agencies don't have a chance to survive
- Who to price stock footage on Pond5
- Why a photo can sell hundreds of times on Fotolia
- A new strategy to produce content that sells
- What codec to use to export stock footage
- When to use editorial license to shoot cities
- If a Samsung Galaxy can create stock footage and stock images
- What tool to use to understand if a subject can sell

You can read the text of the episode and find all the links in this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/why-not-selling-photos-online/

A few years ago, I shot the hotel room that I rented for the weekend, and the stock footage I created allowed me to earn more than what I spent during those days. Today there is more competition in the microstock industry, but it's still possible to make money with the stock images and the stock footage you can create while visiting the world.

In this episode of the podcast, Daniele Carrer also explains:

- How you can pay a five-stars hotel with your stock footage sales.
- How long it takes to sell the stock footage you uploaded.
- How long Pond5 may take to review your content.
- If it is worth to shoot cities in 4k.
- If time-lapses can be created with speeded up real time footage.
- Why people buy images instead of download them with Google images.
- How to shoot travel photos and videos.

You can find the text of the podcast, along with all the links mentioned at:
https://www.microstockguru.com/paying-hotel-stock-footage-sales/

In the last few years, agencies like Pexels and Unsplash started giving away stock images to webmasters and advertisers. For a photographer who wants to make money with microstock, it is not the best choice to upload on those websites, even if sometimes they can generate leads for their business.

Working for free means first not being free, because if you do not get paid, it means that you cannot do what you love for the time you want. Secondly, it destroys the professionalism of those who ask for money when they work.

In this episode of the podcast, Daniele Carrer also answers these questions from the community of microstockguru.com:

- What is the Pond5 release?
- Can I send photos made with an analog camera?
- Is Adobe After Effects really necessary to create time-lapses?
- If my videos are good, could I upload them without editing?
- Can I upload content to multiple agencies?
- If you publish an image portraying a VIP person, and you select the editorial license, can these images be protected by extra copyrights?
- Why Shutterstock sells 4k stock footage at such a high price?
- Can I export in .mov with Pinnacle?

You can find the text of the podcast, along with all the links mentioned at:
https://www.microstockguru.com/dont-upload-pexels-unsplash/

In the early years of microstock producers could make money even by creating content like tourists with a camera, but today the competition is too strong, and to make money you have to be professional.

In 2008 I shot a few clips in Valencia, and I paid for the holiday with the sales of them on Istockphoto, which at that time was the most important agency for selling stock footage.

In this episode I tell the whole story about what happened and I also answer the questions I've received about making money selling photos and videos online.

You can find the text of the podcast, along with all the links mentioned at:
https://www.microstockguru.com/when-producing-microstock-was-like-tourism/

Creating microstock of small towns can still be profitable, even though the competition is growing, but you have to hurry up and work as a professional photographer.

In this episode I give some advice on what to do to monetize the content you upload on Pond5, Shutterstock, and Storyblocks. The best one is:
- producing stock footage instead of stock images
The others are:
- use a solar tracker to shoot subjects always with the sun on your back
- try to shoot more small towns in a single day to reduce your travel expenses
- use websites like keyword.io to understand what the most profitable subjects are

You can find the text of the podcast, along with all the links mentioned at:
https://www.microstockguru.com/small-towns-microstock/

To understand what a microstock producer has to do to create a great collection, he first needs to ask himself these questions:

Why am I creating stock images and stock footage?
Am I trying to find a way to pay for my trips?
Am I trying to enjoy myself, because I do not want to make money?
Do I just like to know that there are some websites and TV series that pay for what I've created?
The right answer to these questions is the starting point of every great producer’s career.

For example: with stock footage, you can make ten times more money than with stock images, but you need a tripod to produce. Is it worth going around cities with a tripod to earn more money? It depends on what each producer wants from his job.

You can find the text of the podcast, along with all the links mentioned at:
http://www.microstockguru.com/the-tripod-that-can-change-your-life

Adobe bought Fotolia for $800 million a few years ago. The reason why a multinational Company spends such money for acquiring a Brand and a website (not the photos and videos it sells!!) is just one:
- microstock is the future of business for those who create images and footage.

In this episode, Daniele Carrer also talks about agencies tax at source, how to make more money producing the content that buyers want, and he commented on the sales report of a new producer that joined his course.

You can find the text of the podcast, along with all the links mentioned at:
https://www.microstockguru.com/from-fotolia-to-adobe-stock/