How much money does a photographer make from selling stock photography? What is the royalty structure?
The royalty structure on Steve Marsel Stock ranges from 20% to 50%. If you’re eligible for exclusivity, you can make up to 60%. The factors that go into this are many. Concept, originality, and quality, and the size of your initial submission of images accepted into the collection to name just a few. I a perfect world we’re looking for the beautiful, the unusual, the conceptual. We realize that many saleable images don’t fall under this criteria, but make you initial submission representative of your best work, and we’ll work from there. Our standard agreement is to agree upon a percentage of royalties collected, after the transaction fee charged by the credit card company we use for the sale between Steve Marsel Stock, and the buyer. Royalties are distributed monthly by check. Upon acceptance of your images into the collection, you will receive a PDF contract via email outlining the terms and % of commission you would receive for each sale after transactional expenses.
