Monday, September 7, 2009

Tips On Where To Sell Digital Photos

By Danny Haberg

Since time immemorial human beings have indulged in painting to express and also to depict various moods and emotions of one's daily life. Photography, quite naturally holds a pride of place as far as hobbies and professions are concerned. Though photography is an expensive pursuit, people have fallen to its charms and taken it up both as a hobby and as a profession. Man has always wanted to win over time, capture moments for future and keep the memories fresh. Photography offers him with all these opportunities and more. There is a lot of marketplaces where to sell digital photos.

With the advent of digital technology, USB ports, computers and a whole lot of software and publishing tools, the photography space is literally flooded with money making options and applications. The trick lies in searching for the best digital methodology to peddle your wares and get a decent return for your efforts.

The internet offers a wonderful set of reliable and innovative options by which a photographer can expect to exhibit his photographs and make a decent amount of money. The photographers can scourge the internet to select the best websites for selling their products and showcasing their talents. These B2C and B2B portals offer the right kind of meeting ground for the photographers and buyers. The platform provided by such websites as Shutterstock, Fotolia, Dreamstime, The3dStudio. Com, istock and gettyimages have helped create a virtual repository of digital images while others like Scooplive, SpyMedia, Citizen Image, and Pixel Perfect Stock have come up with innovative ways to help the photographers connect to the potential buyers.

The demand of the market in the digital sphere is quality of the highest order with no distortions. Clear images conveying the right impression and mood are required. The photographer must categorize the digital photographs appropriately. Selection of keywords for describing the images is very important as potential buyers would use commonly used words to search for the digital photographs of their choice on the internet.

After you are done with the basic jobs of building a good collection of photographs, categorizing them, selecting the website to create your portfolio and then uploading your work for the world to come and buy--you are done. You may either do everything on your own or may even take professional help for getting the right kind of idea regarding marketing your digital photographs online.

The internet is full of such websites and it is up to a person as to how he/she wants to sell his photographs. One can create a digital portfolio and a body of art online free of cost with the most of the leading portals.

Almost all the portals that provide services operate on similar principles. All the portals offer everything that a buyer and a seller needs to connect, upload, view, share information and buy. The payment is carried out using safe and secure online methods. The websites also offer different value added services such as framing of a picture, free home delivery and other similar services. The portals do a great job of providing a good platform for the photographers to showcase their talents and get in touch with prospective buyers without any difficulty.

If you are thinking of where to sell digital photos, here is the bottomline. The bottom line is--as long as the photograph is good and as long as the prices are affordable and commensurate with the quality of work, the online portals will help you reach out to a large number of potential buyers. All a photographer has to do is collect the images, categorize them properly, use appropriate key words, create a good online portfolio for the world to see and remember to include the commission of the portals in the price to ensure that he is not penalized at the end of the sale!

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