*** How to sell your pictures online ***

part 5

Table of contents:

Part 1 - Introduction. How to start selling stock photos (microstock)
Part 2 - Stock photography business
Part 3 - Taking your stock photography to the next level
Part 4 - Selling fine-art prints, self-published books
Part 5 (this page) - How to grow your photo business



This is a placeholder - just a brief description of part 5. Part 5 isn't finished yet, and you can see what is it going to be about:

Understand business model
  your name is your brand
  the art of keywording
  crowdsourcing
  licenses - micro vs macro, and dangerous ones
  subscription vs individual sales and how to approach
  discounts for customers on behalf of photographer or agency
  aging of stock pictures

Understand your client needs
  too big files not needed
  be careful about pricing - good art isn't cheap; and even generic stock doesn't always need to be cheap


Micro vs macro vs midstock

Technical requirements for stock images and some photoshop techniques.
  Beginners skin retouching tutorial

Mikhail Lavrenov
Last update: February, 2010

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