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Pond5 Expanding Exclusive Program

I recently received an email from Pond5 about an expansion to their exclusive program. I will paste the details below. When you go exclusive, you are signing an agreement saying that the media you upload to that marketplace will solely be for that marketplace and none of the others. So

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Free Print on Demand Website Builder, Square Online Store, Best Shopify Alternative

Intro I've recently created a new online store to display and sell my photography via print-on-demand dropshipping. This is how I used the new Square Online Store with POD integration via Printful to set up my ecommerce website. My customers get sent high-quality framed prints without me having to do

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Best Stock Photography Books

These are some of the top-selling stock photography books on Amazon. They are available as physical books, audiobooks, and e-reader downloads. With these books, you can learn everything you need to know to create a microstock photography business and start making money selling photos online. If books aren't your thing,

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Pond5 - July's Top Sellers & Trending Searches

Pond5 has released their stock photography data for July. The top 3 search terms are; abstract, beach, and wood texture. The top 3 trending search terms are; house, office, and family. The median sold price was 4 dollars. You can view the top selling photos on their website below; Top

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Weird Stock Photos

Here are some weird stock photos that I found on the web. These come from one of my favorite subreddits r/wtfstockphotos, they are some of the most upvoted strange stock images. It makes me wonder how often these types of images get purchased. They definitely stand out from the

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Reddit User Sells $100k in Prints Per Year

We all know that getting print sales is difficult for photographers. So what are the best ways to go about it? Well today on Reddit's r/photography, someone asked this same question. The top reply to this post has over 200 upvotes. The biggest takeaway; stop marketing to other photographers.

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Sell Photos Online in 2023 - The Ultimate Guide

[Updated September 29, 2023] There are many different ways for photographers and other types of artists to sell their work online. This guide discusses all of these methods in detail. It should be extremely helpful to anyone trying to make money with their art, as it reviews and compares all

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Print on Demand Market Expected to Have Explosive Growth

If you aren't already selling your photography as print on demand (POD) products, you should be. A recent report by Straits Research states that they expect the print-on-demand market to grow from 5.39 USD billion in 2022 to 39.03 USD billion by 2031. This will likely cause more

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Best Free Redbubble Tag Generator Tools

What are Redbubble Tag Generator Tools These are free web tools that quickly find popular tags for products on Redbubble. These tools use algorithms and data analytics to generate a list of the best tags for your Redbubble products. By using these tools, photographers and designers can easily find relevant

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Is Print on Demand Worth It in 2023?

This is one of the biggest POD questions I see being asked across the web, so I wanted to write a quick article to help you decide for yourself. It is worth it for some artists, but not so much for others. I will attempt to explain more of the

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Print on Demand Software FlyingUpload Now Supports Shutterstock

A New Source Of Income In The Flying Universe! Shutterstock compliments itself for more than $1 billion (!) paid to contributors since 2003. And now you can also earn there with your images and the automation of Flying Upload! Load your designs into the uploader, write your listing and start earning!

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ImStocker Releases New Microstock Keywording Tool

As you can tell from my review of ImStocker Studio, I'm a big fan of ImStocker's software. Yesterday I got an email from them saying that they created a new keywording tool. This new tool helps generate relevant keywords. It helps stock photographers by streamlining the stock photography process. It

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Flying Upload Expanding into Microstock!

I've always wondered why microstock and print-on-demand tool providers haven't built out their software to accommodate both microstock and POD. As I've written previously, both are similar in their workflow and are worth doing together. I've always wondered why microstock and print-on-demand tool providers haven't built out their software to

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Website Questionnaire

I've created a short 3-question form to gather your feedback on this site. This feedback helps shape the future of the website. Thank you for your support! Loading…

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Redbubble Introducing New Paid Artists Accounts & Increases Fees

Starting on May 1st, your Redbubble account will be classified into 3 different tiers; Redbubble Standard, Redbubble Premium, or Redbubble Pro. The chart below is from the Redbubble blog, it explains the differences between the different tiers. Unfortunately, standard accounts will have a new fee associated with their total sales

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Adobe Developing New AI Compensation Model for Microstock Contributors

Today Adobe announced a new generative AI service offering called Firefly. The Adobe Stock library is being used to train this new AI tool. The new software is currently in beta, but Adobe plans to share details of their new compensation model once Firefly is out of beta. Similar to

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DepositPhotos Controversial Revenue Sharing Model

Some contributors within the microstock community are not happy about the new DepositPhotos revenue sharing model.

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Shutterstock Partners with LG

This was just posted on Shutterstock's blog about 2 hours ago. LG has started using Shutterstock's massive media portfolio to train their AI technology. LG is using this technology in a number of applications, including automating the process of analyzing x-rays to detect cancer. Let me know what you think

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Podlify Review - One of the Best Print on Demand Automation Tools

I originally originally wrote about PODlify back in 2020, this was one of my very first blog posts here. So I recently decided to revisit it so that I could write a review on this wonderful print-on-demand tool. With its unique Redbubble portfolio import/export feature and multi-marketplace user shops,

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ImStocker Studio Review

In my quest to try all of the stock photography tools available, this is my review of ImStocker Studio. A lightweight (100MB) microstock management solution available for both Windows and Mac. My initial impressions are positive, so keep reading if you want to know more. Is ImStocker Safe? Yes! As

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Flying Research - Free Trial Through February

One of the more advanced print-on-demand automation/research tools out there is offering completely free use of their research tool through February. Flying Research introduced this deal ahead of their upcoming official release in early March. I've been using Flying Upload to automate my RedBubble workflow and I have to

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Stock Photography Keywording Guide from Xpiks Blog

A couple of weeks ago Xpiks posted a pretty good guide about microstock keywording on their blog. It's a good read if you are looking for some tips on increasing your sales by optimizing your keywords. It has a link to a case study about the total keyword count of

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Vsual Closing Down

After recently writing an article about Vsual here, I just received an email this morning stating that they are shutting down. The print-on-demand space is competitive and it's unfortunate to hear this news from Vsual. If you need to retrieve your files from Vsual, you should get that done before

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Best Print on Demand Sites for Photographers - FineArtAmerica vs Vsual

Vsual is one of the best print on demand sites for photographers. Back in 2020, I started spending a lot of time researching different print on demand websites because I wanted a place to create a free webshop for selling my photography as framed prints. I didn't like most of

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Stock photo reverse image search - amazing insights for selling stock photos

Stock photo reverse image search is a useful thing to learn when you are selling stock photos. Microstock contributors want to know who buys their media. This helps us better understand our clients and their needs, which helps us to create better stock photography. When we see how businesses use