Stock Photography

💰 Startup$0–500

⏱️ First $2–6 months

📶 LevelBeginner

Sell your photos to sites that license them to businesses. Passive royalties from images that keep selling for years.

Quick-start steps

Shoot in-demand categories: business, lifestyle, food, tech.
Edit and keyword every image carefully.
Upload to multiple stock agencies.
Study what sells and shoot more of it.

Tools people use

Any camera / phone Lightroom Adobe Stock / Shutterstock Getty

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