Making Money With RF

Posted on 9/4/2019 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (2)

In response to my story RM Licensing No Longer Makes Sense Peter George Unger commented, “I have 9,200 images with Getty and every single one is RM. I am making on average $15,000 per year from them. Can you honestly tell me I can make more money than that on pathetic RF prices? for which they pay $0.25 cents per download. Which library would pay more then 15K on RF prices?

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Steve Heap Posted Sep 4, 2019
Thanks for the mention, Jim. Just to correct one point - although I have images on 25+ agencies from earlier submissions, I actively submit new images to 18 agencies now. It is actually very little additional work compared to supporting one agency, thanks to a great application called Stock Submitter that handles all the uploads and submission processes for me.
Steve

Ellen Boughn Posted Sep 7, 2019
If a photographer insists on RM, the place to be is in the editorial sector. Take a look at the licensing fees at Shutterstock Premium editorial. Of course, the content tends to swerve away from traditional stock subjects to the more unique. And then there is Unsplash. RM shooters be changing their strategy, if they can.

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