The best and respect stock photo agencies

[jean nichols]

<p>I would like to sell my images dealing with stock photo agencies. Do you have any recommandations?</p>

<p>Merci,</p>

<p>Jean Nichols<br>

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[enlightened-images]

<p>Check out the member directoryat the Picture Archive Council of America. Each member agency or archive is expected to hold themselves to a professional code of ethics and business practices.</p>

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<p>Be sure to do you due diligence research before contacting any agency to make sure your work is suitable for their files.</p>

[justin_greene]

<p>What have you found from your previous research?</p>

[karolina_nowosielska]

<p>I'm pretty satisfied with 123rf, feel i'm treated very ok there. Do you have any experiences from 123rf or any other microstock websites?</p>

[maigi]

There are several points what is good to consider beforehand: how much time time and effort you are willing to put in this job. If it's just a little hobby, it's safer to select one good agency and become exclusive submitter to it. If you are into profit, the best is to stay independent and submit to as many agencies you can. You might want to start with largest and most established on the market, like Dreamstime, Shutterstock, Fotolia, iStockphoto, 123RF, Bigstock and CanStock, and maybe later add some others.<br>

If you can find a helper who could do all submitting and keywording and storage, which could take quite a lot of your time, then you could concentrate not on formalities, but on the production of your images. In microstock - quantity matters. Of course quality matters everywhere.<br>

And if you have a helper, he should spend some time on promotion of your images. Agencies do a good job in finding clients, but it's a big help for you when you are doing a good job in promoting your portfolios.<br>

Anyway, good luck on your journey! Microstock world is a great place to learn about high quality photography, clients needs, images and design trends, and interact with amazing creative artists and image buyers all over the world.</p>