25 cents and cumulative. Your better selling shots.
How many licenses sold for your best one?
(Good photos BTW. How did you get the cat doing the faucet one)
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25 cents and cumulative. Your better selling shots.
How many licenses sold for your best one?
(Good photos BTW. How did you get the cat doing the faucet one)
Hey man!
The cat was a weird one. My brother was minding it for a friend while they were away. I happened to call over on my way home from a shoot and had the camera with me. Typically Irish, first thing my brother did was offer me a cup of tea. That's when the cat jumped up and I got the shot. Apparently that cat is obsessed with running water.
I can't give any specifics but my best selling shots sell most days. Of course, some shots don't sell at all, so over time I've tried to refine my workflow.
Would I be wrong to say, a good photo at 25 cents/license on shutterstock could make $250/year ?
Am I way over, or way under, or close ?
I'm guessing I'm way over. The key is to have 100 paying photos in your portfolio and you could probably gross $150/month
...AND WAIT! I have more questions...
Is it a worldwide license, or do you retain the rights? For instance, if a puzzle maker just loves that photo and wants to turn it into a puzzle and sell it in toy stores.. Do they contact the photographer or shutterstock?
250 a year for a strong photo would be way over. Most photos do maybe 5-10 dollars a year, and strong photos around 100. That has been my experience anyway. I'm sure there are some pros out there who do a lot better than that.
There are different licenses customers can buy, depending on the intended use. For example, if a publication wishes to print a number above a certain threshold, they will have to pay extra. The biggest single license fee I've made was about 50 bucks. Not bad for (somewhat) passive income.
Thanks for answering. I really had no idea it was that low. Seems like there is room for a decentralized crypto-version of the same thing. I hope someone builds one. :)