How to monetize own photos
How to monetize own photos? Many times in my blog I have allowed myself to insert suggestions on how each of you who have the patience to read me can improve your photographic technique.
An improvement that for some is simply a refinement of techniques used in the amateur field, for others, not many to tell the truth, these are suggestions that can also be used in the workplace.
With this new stream of posts that will go under the name of “how to monetize your photos” I want to change the direction of my contributions a little by seeing everything from another point of view, that is: assuming that I am already a photographer (professional and not) with a medium-high level technique, how can I, perhaps through the web, monetize the images I create.
In this post and in the other two to follow you will find several tips on the subject.
Let’s get started right away.
MARKETPLACE OF IMAGES
By searching on Google Images, you will surely have come across content published on websites such as Shutterstock and Dreamstime. What are?
They are image marketplaces that work like this: 1) photographers or those who created the photos publish their content on these marketplaces and set a sale price 2) those who create websites or other media can purchase the “right” to use these images (protected by copyright) by paying a certain price to the marketplace 3) the original creator is then paid a certain sum compared to what the buyer paid.
In general, monetization through these sites can become economically interesting under two conditions: 1) that you produce perfect and interesting images 2) that you have a fairly large portfolio of content to publish.
PERSONAL PHOTO BLOG
The second method that I would like to suggest to you to monetize your images is the one that goes through the creation of your own blog. Like? The first step is to create your own blog that is accessible online.
With CMS like WordPress it is possible to create nice ones (with DIY) by spending about 100 euros, while if you get support from a developer you will have to charge at least 500 euros.
Once the blog is ready, you will publish your images in dedicated posts, preferably accompanied by a descriptive text of the images themselves. At this point you will be at one third of the job.
The last step will be that of monetization. Like? My suggestion is to use Google’s Adsense platform. Once registered, you will be provided with a javascript code to insert on your site. Every time a user clicks on the advertisement shown on your site and generated by this javascript, Google will pay you a fee (between 10 and 40 euro cents per click).
