Kingston Liu Photoblog

I think I will be posting on the blog again…been missing in action too long and there are still a stream of people popping in to the site. Maybe I should keep this blog going with new info.

BTW!! I know it is little bit too late, but it is better late than never.

Saw this New product from Amazon US – Absolutely love it! Can’t wait to get my hands on one…..Will be ordering it soon!

So I started my micro-stock account thanks to Naomi, she was the one that told me that she was earning few hundreds every month.
When I heard that, I was ready to get into it!  Saw her collection of images, she’s got quite a lot of images. I thought to myself,  few hundreds every month for selling images I hardly use that is taking up space on my hardisk. Sounds like a good plan to me.

Signed up under her so she will get a little extra from me if I manage to sell, as she was the one that told me about this.

I will list down the micro sites she gave me and explain the ease of entry and how fast it is to make money with microstock, and all the various loopholes you have to go thru to start.

I think I will do a review on each site on each post, but will list it out now. (the $ is out of 5 earned & suggested is just based on my images, other people might earn more on some, I am just posting it based on my experience.)

istockphoto  – Quite a hardball! Pretty much a pioneer so standards are pretty high.

ShutterStock  - Another Difficult one to get in. Once you are in, this is the easiest to cash in. I have 60 images here and within a month earned around 50 bucks. Will be uploading more, as this was the hardest to get in, but it is worth all the effort & time.

BigStockPhoto - Easy to get in, slow on sale. However, bigger payout for each photo sold. Sold 3 images and got around $10 bucks. You get the idea.

Fotolia – the money is ok, a little slow as the price is less for each sold image, but it is still moving.

Dreamstime – Good stock site…Easy to upload and sold quite a few here too even with just a few photos.

Will post up more info on all the stock sites….the entry, the uploading, the quality control, the income, and others.

Before you get involve with microstock, maybe you can check out some books!

This will really help you with knowing what sells!

Will Be writing more soon!