Make Money Fast By Shutterstock

Cash in on your photo addiction by selling your photos on these websites. Each one has a different payment structure, but they offer a great way to turn files sitting untouched on your hard drive into some extra cash, without much extra effort once you’ve edited and uploaded them.

Make Money Fast By Shutterstock
Make Money Fast By Shutterstock


If you’re earning serious cash as a stock photographer, you’ll have additional tax liabilities, but you may also be able to deduct your photography equipment, software and even some of your travel to shooting locations.
Be sure to consult a pro to find out how to stay on the right side of the rules.



Make Money By Shutterstock

Earn up to $120 per image download on Shutterstock. This site has a fairly complicated pricing structure, but the more you earn (“lifetime earnings”), the more you take home for each image.

In total, contributors have earned a total of more than $300 million from over 500 million downloads, so people definitely snap up these images. Shutterstock also sells stock video footage, including HD and 4K videos, as well as images and vectors.


Also Earn Money By Refer

You can also refer other photographers and make a small profit, typically around four cents, each time they sell an image. If you refer a customer who purchases images, you can earn 20% of their first purchase, up to $200.