Alamy Contributor Forum (2024)

FAQs

Can you make a living on Alamy? ›

Whether you're a pro photographer looking to boost revenue, a hobbyist eager to monetise your photos, or a graphic designer encouraged to sell your art, we've got you covered. We pay out over $1 million every month to our contributors, helping over 150,000 creatives from around the world.

Alamy's advantage

Sell your first photo on Alamy and you earn 20%. And where you'd need to sell an astounding 25,000 images to earn a 40% royalty at Shutterstock, you can earn that 40% royalty at Alamy after ringing up just $250 in gross revenue.

You are better to have your images part of something as established as this because at least they have a chance of appearing in front of a large potential customer base. Alamy will pay a 50% commission on every image sold, and that's why we like it – it's a decent revenue share for your hard work.

Open up your JPEGs in your editing software (e.g. Photoshop). If they are17 MB or larger, then you can submit them to Alamy. If your camera is at least six megapixels, then there shouldn't be a problem as long as you haven't done any cropping.

500px offers some of the highest royalty rates in stock photography. As a paid Awesome member, you earn 70% royalties on non-exclusive photos and up to 100% on exclusive photos licensed. Free members likewise earn 60% on exclusive photos.

Add captions and tags

Before you start, think about the potential use of the image and what it's likely to be sold for, the more accurately you describe your image, the more visibility it will have in customer searches, which will significantly increase your chance of making a sale.

Sell your iPhone photos on Alamy using the stockimo app. Another way to cash in on your creativity.

Stock photography, the practice of capturing images that anyone can license for a fee, can be a lucrative side hustle or even a full-time job. For photographers, it can be a steady source of income using both previous works and new shoots in which they call the shots from the subject to the post-processing treatment.

While the sources for many AI image generation tools are at worst scraped or at best unclear we cannot accept AI generated material on Alamy and we continue to find and remove this.

Is Picfair the first place you've sold your photos? Yes, I made my first ever sale on Picfair, and I have now made a total of 17 sales in a pretty short amount of time, which I am very happy about. I tried one website before Picfair, but I did not like it since I was not able to set my own prices.

What are the rules for Alamy? ›

All images should be checked at 100% (actual pixels) for correct exposure, colour cast, noise, camera shake and that no sharpening has been applied etc. using professional imaging software. You can shoot or illustrate in whatever format you like, but you'll need to submit your images to us as JPEGs.

Good percentage and a non-exclusive contract

We offer you a better deal than most other agencies, you could earn up to 50% on exclusive images. We're really easy to work with, we're non-exclusive and we don't tie you into a long-term contract.

You can upload a JPG or PNG image, up to 5MB in file size.

It means that the content appears less sharp and less detailed compared to high-resolution counterparts. This can be due to a lower number of pixels, or a limited color palette used to represent the image.

Learn about the nitty-gritty of stock photography—and how it can yield big profits even for beginners. Stock photography, the practice of capturing images that anyone can license for a fee, can be a lucrative side hustle or even a full-time job.

Earning income from selling photos online is a great way to generate passive income for yourself, and also build your brand as a photographer. If you've been hesitating about selling your photos, or aren't sure if it's worth investing time on, there's no time like the present to start.

Salary for photo editors

Editors with extensive experience might earn more, depending on the projects they complete. As freelancers set their own rates, they might earn a higher salary depending on the types of projects they work on and the clients they work for, who might offer higher compensation for good work.

Dreamstime

The stock photo site offers contributors a 25-50% revenue share, with exclusive images receiving an additional 10% bonus. Furthermore, exclusive contributors get a 60% revenue share for all sales and an additional $0.20 for each approved submission.