today I want to do a little myth-busting
can i really make money with stock
photography are the golden days of stock
agencies gone it's been a little more
than a year since I started this channel
about selling stock photography and
stock footage since day one I have seen
repeating myths and questions from you
guys it's stock photography is still
profitable can I still make money if I
don't own a 4k camera or even how much
can I earn doing this we are now a
community with more than ten thousand
subscribers on YouTube and almost a
thousand students in our cars and mutiny
so today I want to do a little
myth-busting about stock footage and
stock photography starting with the meat
this channel was created to bust you
might have read this before it's still a
to sell on stock agencies but that's
definitely a myth
selling stock photos and videos and
stock agencies can be a satisfying and
profitable journey if you set up both
your focus and expectations correctly
because yes if you talk to someone that
has started in the early 2000s they will
probably tell that the golden days of
selling stock photos are gone and that's
not a myth that's is true the
competition was smaller back in those
days and the prices were higher as well
but as you went by more and more
photographers realize how powerful this
kind of passive income is I can download
for myself the revenue I generated with
stock footage allowed me to renew my
gear travel and even invest in personal
projects and as more people realize that
the number of stock readers will faster
than the number of buyers and that
caused extreme changes in the market
however nothing changes the fact that
you can still make passive income
selling your visual contents on agencies
like shadow stock and Adobe stock all
you need is focus on the right topics
and learning how to make good use of
your local opportunities depending on
where you live and how constant you can
be and how much smart work you can put
it's not impossible to make a living out
of this so is it too late to sell your
content on stock agencies no it's not
you can still get started and I would
love to help with that stick to the end
of the video
let you know how let's go to the second
point can I upload the same file to
multiple agencies this question is for
sure the one I get the most not only you
can as you also shoot having our files
for sale on multiple agencies can
increase your chances of getting sales
and will earn you more money in the end
but still there are two things you need
to happen right first of all there are
hundreds of stock agencies and not all
of them are worthy of your time
we have more videos about this here in
the channel and second some agencies
like 1:5 caddy and Envato offer higher
commissions if you sign in as an
exclusive contributor if you do that you
cannot upload the same files to other
agencies and next we have stock agencies
sell my photos for a few cents this is
kind of correct but this kind of thought
stillness is the truth three things to
keep in mind first of all you are not
giving people an exclusive license that
means the same file can be sold multiple
times and that's what makes the whole
thing profitable in the long run I
myself have bloated files that alone
earned me more than a thousand dollars
each second the revenue per download can
go anywhere between a few cents to a few
hundred this high sales are in common
but they do happen and finally you can
increase your revenue per download if
you also submit footage it's easier than
you think and the revenue can be much
higher I did a deep comparison on stock
footage where's the stock photography
here on the channel and I recommend you
watch it later but to summarize the
mindset of selling on stock agencies is
totally different from freelancing
freelancing is based on one-time
payments you do the service you get the
payment Sallie on stock agencies on the
other hand is a passive income method
once the work is online you can get
sales for it over the years and those
sales will happen automatically no
matter if you're working sleeping
traveling itself as long as your files
are useful for someone you will get
money on them passively and that means
you can get for a single picture from
sense to maybe thousand dollars another
thing you will see people saying is only
professionals make money in
agency's one thing is sure the better
you get the more you will learn but that
doesn't mean you can't earn why you'll
learn in my opinion selling on slug
agencies is one of the best ways to
train your skills build a portfolio
understand market trends and at the same
time you will be earning while you learn
this some topics and subjects are
extremely saturated and only the highest
quality will get you sales but if you
explore the right subjects the ones that
are training and that I present to you
monthly in the channel you will probably
get better chances do you have to be
professional to get some money flowing
no in a similar way I see many creators
using their gear as an excuse not to get
started selling photos and videos online
but honestly that should not be an
obstacle we all heard this before the
best camera is the one you have and we
all know that developing photography is
much more than developing your skill
than getting the latest equipment as a
proof I have video clips on sherry stock
that I uploaded when all I had was an
iPod Touch and believe me or not I do
make sales with these files and even
when it comes to footage not having a 4k
camera isn't a big deal for almost all
contributors 4k is still the minority of
their sales according to black box which
is a stock footage service HD clips to
represent 95 percent of their sales so
don't blame your camera just get started
next we have I need a signature from
everyone appear in the shot yes and no
interior you should have a signed
release of all recognizable people and
property owners appearing in your shot
however that doesn't mean you should
throw your other files away many of them
can be uploaded as a tutorial content
which can still be used in newspapers or
educational stuff it is a little
complicated to explain right now but
this is something I go through in my
other videos and I also have a whole
section about this in my online course
the next myth is only small companies
buy on stock agencies and that's the
biggest myth of all you will find stock
footage and stock photography being used
everywhere from the smallest box on the
Internet
to probably all Hertz 400 companies you
will see being used on travel agency ads
on TV stations and even in Hollywood
trainers our 8 myth is getting started
is too hard it is not and I would love
to help you with that if you want to
learn the fastest and most effective way
of doing it we have a three hour long
online course that will take you from
zero to serious passive income through
stock photography and stock footage
you'll be doing your first upload in
less than 30 minutes of class our online
course is still on promotion and if you
see the bottom here at my right
it means we still have coupon codes
available the price is temporary but I
do understand if you're not ready to
enroll yet this channel is also an
excellent source of learning and it's
filled with free content that will help
you understand more of this world so my
suggestion for your next watch is the
one with my personal bestsellers and how
much I earn