I’ve not posted here for ages and in theory that should decrease this site’s Alexa ranking. Well, it has! Strangely enough, traffic figures haven’t dipped very much so it makes me wonder how much of that it actually bot visits.
Anyway, where have I been? Since rediscovering photography earlier this year, I’ve basically been out and doing more with my life and my wife. When you consider the alternative of slaving away in front of the computer all day it’s not a bad thing! That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been earning anything from my online endeavours because they were always developed with automation in mind. So whilst, I’m not earning as much, I am still earning passively.
Okay, so I am still spending a lot of time in front of the computer, but it’s more so to do with post processing photographs I’ve been taking and so doesn’t feel like work at all. I must admit that I have been thinking about ways to combine photography with making money online and I have been using IM techniques to promote my digital photography blog.
So, how to make money passively with photography? Obvious methods that spring to mind are to sell the end product i.e. the photographs or to go the advertising route and sell space on ‘niche’ photography sites I could set-up, but I’m looking for other ideas.
Any thoughts on making money passively with photography?
Well its simple, sign up to Istockphoto, Photoexpert or any other stock selling site and load all your photographs. Also go and have a look at which pictures are most popular and go and take those pictures. I have made quite a bit off my photography and they do all the work for you and you continue to make money, its awesome.
Hey Web Design,
I’d be interested in learning more about your experiences with the stock sites and, of course, having a look at some of your work.
Stock photography isn’t something I’ve particularly pursued after reading about the type of stuff istockphoto are after.
I agree, it certainly sounds like a good way to earn passively, though.
Hey sport, as a shooter, I can say that selling for stock is really the only way unless you get an account at say an art site like http://www.deviantArt.com site and sell mousepades, mugs, enlargements etc, a little different than cafepress, but I have made a few bucks over the years “passively” on dA.
Here is a sample, I only enabled for prints http://www.deviantart.com/print/3175335/
Truth be told it is an uphill battle. If you have cute puppies and stuff, a postcard app with micropayments of like $0.25 could be beneficial
Hey Test Shoot,
That’s a nice shot. Have you sold many prints from it?
I see you have some other, aherm, interesting shots!
I have no clue as to what’s selling, who’s buying, where they’re buying and in what format!
It’s all new ground for me.
Yep Will, I am selling that one, sometimes I can predict that in spring I’ll sell lots of colorful images, in the cooler months, landscapes almost meet the sales that I do in spring. As for the *interesting* stuff, it is hit-or-miss, new stuff gets good results, but they never have a long sell-cycle. I am actually finding garage space to restore that truck.
I purchase a lot of photos from istockphoto for my websites and blogs. It’s a pretty popular site so you could probably do well.
Yes indeed, I also do not trust the Alexa algorithm. I think that they do not reflect the real situation of the website. And I see that you post not very often, which is not good.