How to sell own photos?

[MegaVovaN]

Hi all!
My mom makes wonderful photos with her 10mpixel DSLR.
She dedicates hundreds of hours to it, and I would like to reward her efforts a little.
I told her I saw somehwere a site on which photographer uploads pictures, and visitors can order prints. These prints are done and sent to buyers by a company which runs this site, and photographer gets a share of the money buyer gave to this company.

Could you please give me some good, popular sites that do this? Idea "upload picture, get $" is attractive 🙂

Thanks!

 

[T3C]

Not sure but doesnt deviant art do something like that?

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: T3C
Not sure but doesnt deviant art do something like that?

I should check it out - it might.
But Deviant Art is not very known for having real photographs - more like digital art, wallpapers, stuff like that.

 

[pyonir]

photoreflect.com

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

You might be thinking of stock photography, and there are really three main categories of them, although stock photography usually does not sell prints but instead sells the actual picture files. For services that actually sell prints, smugmug does this, or just create your own gallery website and sell from there.

Regular Stock: Each photo can sell for at least $300+. The stock company usually takes about 1/3 of this. This is the domain of professional photographers, and examples include Getty Images and Corbis.

"Medium" Stock: Each photo can sell for around $30-$150. The stock company usually takes about 1/3 of this. Examples include Shutterpoint

Microstock: Each photo sold nets the photographer a profit under $1. Examples are shutterstock and istockphoto
With microstock, you're really hoping that you sell in large, large quantities. There is controversy with microstock because it eats into the professional markets of regular stock. Many pros may think you a traitor or lowlife if you sell to microstock, and some regular stock companies may even bar you from ever using them if you have ever sold images with microstock. Nonetheless, microstock is a real and booming business and it's a reality all stock photographers will have to deal with.

By and large the best-selling photos are people photos and things that can be used in advertisement and business. Think pictures of interns, businessmen, e-commerce, etc:

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search....action=file&filetypeID=0&text=business

Search by keyword and then sort by # of downloads under Search Options. # of Downloads translate into # of sales.