Last Updated (Tuesday, 14 April 2009 12:26)
Affiliate Programs - Stock Photos
Royalty free stock photos are in demand from many industries worldwide. Selling stock photos and images online is big business. Images are continuously searched for by web designers, graphic artists, print and publishing companies, advertising agencies, software designers, and just about every other business you can think of when you consider the application of images to letterheads and corporate documentation. You can even sell your own photographs as well as the photographs contributed by other photographers and artists.
Its so easy to get started selling stock photos using the free resource of the internet. You could literally be earning your first sale within minutes of signing up and, like all affiliate programs, it costs you nothing at all to register.
There are a variety of static or animated flash banners and creatives for you to apply to any website, forum signature, newsletter, etc. There's a good range of sizes.... 120x600, 160x600, 200x200, 250x250, 300x250, 336x280, 468x60, and 728x90.
The best tool is the light show. 123RF has developed a special tool that builds custom galleries for you of the photos and images that you select. We've seen entire websites created using this tool alone or in combination with the search tool.
The custom search tool will keep your visitors within your site while searching for images from 123RF's large image database. When they click through to purchase, you'll get 15% of the sale as usual. As search tools go, this is one of the best. We've mentioned that the result of a search is kept within your domain, thereby keeping your visitor browsing your site until they're ready to purchase. In addition to this 123RF provide the css styles for you to edit so that the search form and output match the theme of your own website.
For best results in this affiliate program, we suggest creating a section of your existing website (or a new dedicated website if you wish) that contains pages that include the search tool on every page in conjunction with specific gallery pages for distinct categories that have been generated using the Light Show Tool.
In addition to registering as an affiliate or customer, you might like to extend your income earning potential by registering as a contributor.
Contributors upload their images and photos to the 123RF website for approval. Once approved, they'll be included in the pages of the main site, and also within the pages of many affiliate sites as well. If your photo(s) are chosen for purchase, you will earn 50% of the sale amount.
Register as an 123RF affiliate, customer, and/or contributor and begin earning today by selling stock photos and royalty free images.