The Basics Of Stock Image Websites

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HOW STOCK AGENCIES WORK
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These images (and other media products) are taken
or made by photographers and artists around the
world. Often, these photographers and artists
are professionals who make a living from taking
photographs, creating images, etc. But they can
also be hobby-photographers, casual artists or
anyone who has taken a great picture or video, or
made a great media product. When a photographer
has an image he or she wants to monetize, the
photographer can ask a stock image website
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If the image is accepted, the stock image website
will then agree to market and promote the image
to end-users on behalf of the photographer, and
the image will be added to that stock image
websites collection. Many people probably think
that stock image websites sell images, and that
these websites own the images. But that is not
the case. Stock image websites do not sell
images, but rather facilitate sales of rights to
use these images. The ownership of the images
typically always reside with the photographer.
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The stock image website and the owner will agree
that any sales proceeds from sales of licenses to
the image will be shared in a certain way (for
instance 50/50). The stock image website will
then do its best to market and promote this image
(as well as all other images) on its website to
try to sell licenses to end-users. The end-users
that purchase licenses to these images (and other
media products) are normally persons or companies
that need images for their websites, bloggers who
need images for blog posts.
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