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- It's totally free to contribute your photos to 500px Licensing, and you earn 60% of net sales on images you've submitted exclusively for licensing. Users with Awesome- or Pro-level memberships will earn 100% of net sales on images they’ve submitted exclusively for licensing. All 500px membership levels can contribute; Free, Awesome and Pro.
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Royalty rate. The percentage of royalty a Licensing Contributor will receive when a photo is sold. 500px has three royalty rates: 100% royalty rate for exclusive content submitted by Pro and Awesome members ; 60% royalty rate for exclusive content submitted by free members; 25% royalty rate for non-exclusive content submitted by all members ...
How much does it cost to sell photos through 500px and your distribution partners? Nothing! It's totally free to contribute your photos to 500px Licensing, and you earn 60% of net sales on images you've submitted exclusively for licensing.
- Stock is changing. Forget everything you think you know about “stock” photography. In this day and age, stereotypical, cookie-cutter images are out. Natural photos are in.
- It’s a numbers game, to a certain extent. The more high-quality images you have, the better your chances of making a sale. Renat Renee-Ell, a conceptual fashion photographer based in Saint Petersburg, is often surprised by her best-sellers.
- Research is the key to success. Not all amazing photos generate sales, so the first step is to study the market. “Keep up-to-date with what is actually being bought or sold,” the Calgary-based photographer Aidan Campbell suggests.
- There’s a crucial distinction between “editorial” and “creative” photography. When you submit your images, they’ll be classified as either editorial or creative/commercial.
- What Is royalty-free?
- What Is Rights-Managed?
- What Is Creative Commons?
- What Is Public domain?
- What Kind of Licensing Does 500px offer?
Royalty-free (RF) licenses are the most popular on today’s stock photography platforms, including 500px and its distributors, Getty Images and Visual China Group. They’re common, in part, because they’re simple: the buyer pays a one-time fee to download the photo. Once they pay that fee, they can use the picture almost anywhere and re-use it an unl...
Rights-managed (RM) licenses used to be more common, but they’re slowly being phased out by royalty-free options. For example, while Getty Images offers rights-managed licenses for editorial content, they no longer license rights-managed photos for creative (also known as “commercial”) use. You can learn more about the differences between editorial...
Creative Commons (CC) licenses were created twenty years ago by the Creative Commons organization to facilitate the sharing and distribution of creative works. The creators retain the copyright and receive credit for their work, but they allow others to use the work for free. Not all Creative Commons licenses are the same, as the creator can decide...
Public domain images are not protected by intellectual property laws, meaning that the public owns them—not the photographer who created them. These photos can be used by anyone in any way they like, without a license agreement in place and without crediting the photographer. There are a few ways a photograph might end up in the public domain; for ...
500px offers royalty-free (RF) Licensing to anyone in their community, with the possibility of opting in or out at any time. 500px is also unique in that they give photographers the option to license their work exclusively through 500px—or not. If you choose not to, you can sell your photos through other platforms and distributors as well. You also...
- Keyword, Keyword, Keyword. Keywording is a theme that usually comes up when advising photographers on how to improve the discoverability of images for buyers.
- Adding the location where a photo was taken is key. Make sure to always include the location information when submitting photos for Licensing. This helps buyers find the photo they are looking for and makes it clear what destination or place is in the photo.
- Confirm your contact information and your payout setup when licensing your photos. One of the issues the Licensing Team runs into time-after-time is users forgetting to confirm their contact information and not completing their payout setup.
- Keep your Licensing portfolio fresh by adding new images frequently. The quality of your images is important, but it is also a good idea to upload batches of photos every week, or every other week.
Jun 1, 2023 · Photographers who do not have a paid membership (free user) will always earn 60% royalty for a photo that was submitted exclusively via 500px and all members (free and paid) 25% royalty for a non-exclusive sale.
Attach model releases for photos that have recognizable people, and be sure to check that your submissions do not contain borders or personalized watermarks. By submitting images for licensing you are accepting the terms laid out in the 500px Contributor Licensing Agreement.
