I’ve googled kind of success story today. Well it’s success on small targets, still, the guy has uploaded nine vacation photos to Shooterstock and got $8.20 within first month out of them. Imagine that you uploading 5 photos a day, in six months you will have 900 photos. Simple math says you can possibly getting $800/mo. for uploading vacation photos. Hibbie monetized.
Shooterstock is one of online photo stock or photo banks sites. They pay photographers for quality photos uploaded, and sells this photos to interested individuals and companies, like advertising agencies. Getting paid for taking great photos all over the world, isn’t it awesome? Let’s get back to our guy, so here’s his stats:
And here’s his photos he has uploaded:
So yes, $8.20 does sounds funny, but it was made of 9 vacation photos, so it shows general service potential. Shooterstock helps you make extra cash each month, It supports and monetizes your hobbies. It’s not main income source for you, but It’s good chance to stick do something different in your life. May be to see much more around you. I do like photography, and I love taking high quality photos. So I’ll go for Shooterstock for sure - already composing my photos and getting ready to upload them.
Here’s another photo stock website: Fotolia they are more suitable for beginners, and here’s my first photo accepted by them: http://us.fotolia.com/id/16666128
Happy shooting!

