{"id":2696,"date":"2018-08-20T11:06:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestdroneforthejob.com\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2021-03-16T08:55:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:55:58","slug":"make-money-sell-drone-videos-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestdroneforthejob.com\/blog\/make-money-sell-drone-videos-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Money from Your Drone Videos and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you believe your drone photos or videos are good enough that someone would pay for them, that\u2019s a good income-making opportunity you have right there.<\/p>\n
While it may not make you a millionaire, selling drone photos or footage can make you some decent money on the side.<\/p>\n
Just make sure you have a good aerial camera drone and a knack for shooting quality stuff that people will love.<\/p>\n
There are many online sites that accept stock images and footage. Most are marketplaces, meaning they don\u2019t buy it from you outright.<\/p>\n
Rather, you upload your work and wait for people to buy them. You can sell your photos many times over to different customers or exclusively to one client depending on the site\u2019s licensing options.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the best sites where you can sell your drone photos and video. Check each site\u2019s terms and conditions before uploading your work.<\/p>\n
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Getty images and iStock are both owned by Getty Images, Inc. When you submit your photos, they can be shown on either or both websites.<\/p>\n
There are different types of licensing options. The most common is royalty-free (RF) where you license the use of your images or footage for any use, forever and with just a one-time payment.
\nAnyone who pays the licensing fee can use the images as they like.<\/p>\n
Then there is Rights-Managed licensing where you grant exclusive licenses to specific customers for specific uses.<\/p>\n
Royalty rates depend on which Getty Images site your images are sold through and the type of work.<\/p>\n
Royalty for licensed images at iStock starts at 15% and videos start at 20%. For Getty Images, photos start at 20% and videos 25%.<\/p>\n
Read Getty Images contributor FAQs<\/a> to learn more about submitting your drone videos\/images and the terms and conditions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is another very popular stock images site. It works roughly the same way as Getty Images.<\/p>\n You upload your drone images or videos and you receive a royalty fee every time someone buys your work.<\/p>\n Your earnings depend on the type of license as well as your lifetime earnings.<\/p>\n For instance, if you sell your images on the monthly subscription package (customers pay a monthly subscription for a set of images), you get 25 cents per image download.<\/p>\n This will increase to 33 cents when you hit lifetime earnings of $500, 36 cents when you have earned $3,000 and 38 cents when you hit earnings of $10,000.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the full earnings breakdown. As you can see, most types of licenses get you a fixed royalty fee. Only on-demand and enhanced licenses royalty fees are calculated as percentages.<\/p>\n For videos, you get a fixed 30% royalty fee regardless of your lifetime earnings. This is higher than what Getty Images pays.<\/p>\n Sign-up here<\/a> to become a Shutterstock contributor.<\/p>\n If you are looking to make a bit more money than what you can get from Getty Images and Shutterstock, try Pond5.<\/p>\n They offer a 50\/50 split for images, videos, and other types of creative work. So whatever you sell, you get a 50% cut.<\/p>\n Pond5 works with many media and film companies including Netflix, BBC, and Discovery Channel. So there are plenty of big customers you can reach as long as you have high-quality images or footage.<\/p>\n Check out their contributor’s FAQs<\/a> then sign up here<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n2. Shutterstock<\/h3>\n
\n<\/p>\n3. Pond5<\/h3>\n
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