SELL YOUR IMAGES
It’s free to become a member of the Image Catalog community and as a photographer you have an opportunity to sell your photos online and to expose your work to new stock photography markets.
Image Catalog follows a careful review process for each image submitted and only selects quality-based photos for inclusion into our database. We have pre-established criteria that each image must meet. Some samples of how we evaluate photos include composition, lightening, exposure, digital noise, unsuitable subjects, and copyrighted/trademark infringement. If your photo is not selected for inclusion in the database, you will be notified via email with the reasons. If the problem can be fixed, you can upload them again.
As a Content Contributor to our community, you will earn 40% for each sale of your images. Based on our pricing model you can earn from $.40 to $40 per sale.
Our commission model:
| Size |
Cost |
Commission |
| Small (Web) |
$1.00 |
$.40 per download |
| Medium (Print) |
$3.00 |
$1.20 per download |
| Large (Print) |
$5.00 |
$2.00 per download |
| X-Large (Print) |
$10.00 |
$4.00 per download |
| XX-Large (Print) |
$15.00 |
$6.00 per download |
| Extended License Electronic |
$100.00 |
$40.00 per download |
| Extended License Print |
$100.00 |
$40.00 per download |
To maximize your earnings, we recommend that you offer extended licenses for your photos. As soon as your earnings reach $75, you may submit a payout request located in “My Account”. We will mail you a bank check in US funds or send a payment by Paypal for your commission.
How to sell your images
Your first step in selling your images is to register to the site, which you can do for free on the Register page. Then go to the Upload Files option, under the Photographers tab. Before uploading a file you must make sure the following criteria are met:
- Image must be taken by you personally in order to ensure that you have legal ownership rights of the photo.
- Image must be a minimum of 3 Megapixels to a maximum of 30 Megapixels.
- Image must be RGB, saved at the highest JPG quality (12).
- Have a Model Release for all people identifiable in your image or Property Release if the image contains an identifiable property. Scan or photography your model release and create a JPG file for uploading.
- Check the image carefully for copyright issues or identifiable trademarks, anything that is label, logo, store names, characters from cartoons or movies, buildings protected by a trademark, new sculptures, cars like Porsche and Ferrari, motorcycles like Harley Davidson, the Coca-Cola bottle, the Olympic logo circles.
- Don't upload offensive content like explicit nudes, drugs, people in offensive positions, racism.
- Add a relevant image name and description to your image. It must be more then one word and accurately reflect the image or subject. Do not use capital letters.
- Add 5 to 30 relevant keywords to your image. Keywords are the most important information you can provide to help users find your images. Learn more about "Why Your Keywords Are So Important". If you have difficulty coming up with keywords, try using thesaurus.reference.com for some additional help.
- If your image contains IPTC data, our system will automatically extract the data (title, description, and keywords) saving you time during the upload process.
Please note that as a contributor to Image Catalog, you must keep your account active for a period of 12 months and keep 85% of your approved images online.
Further information can be found:
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