Why You Should Use FeaturePics to Sell Photos and Illustrations

Looking to sell your photos or illustrations? You may want to give microstock agencies a try. One in particular that may interest you is known as FeaturePics.

Defining Microstock -

Microstock is a relatively new way to sell your photography or illustrations. Basically, you submit your photos or illustrations to one or more agencies. You are not just limited to one agency. The agency or agencies that you select will then review your submitted imagery and decide if they are acceptable. If your images are accepted, they will then be put up for sale.

How much your images sell for will depend on the agency that you use; however, usually you can expect to earn between twenty cents to several dollars. The same images will sell over and over again(not just once), which is how you earn an income with this type of business.

To further explain how you can earn money with microstock, think of a savings account. You earn interest on the amount of money that's in your account. If you steadily increase the amount of money in your savings account then you will earn more interest. With microstock, you simply need to add more images to your account in order to increase your income.

Why Featurepics?

FeaturePics is a little different than the traditional microstock agencies. The main reason for this is because this company allows you to set the price for your images. So you could sell your images for a dollar or a thousand dollars; it's up to you.

FeaturePics is also quite generous when it comes to your payout. As of March 2008, FeaturePics will give you seventy five percent off of a sale. So if you have an image that has sold for ten dollars then you will walk away with seven dollars and fifty cents. And that's not the end of that image. Remember, that same image can still sell over and over again.

FeaturePics also has a great feature for placing your images onto your website or blog. You simply copy some HTML code into your site, and your images will show up.

Drawbacks -

The main drawback with FeaturePics is that they don't have as many clients as some of the other major microstock players. This makes it more difficult for you to sell your images with them. And since FeaturePics doesn't have as many clients as the major microstock companies, they may one day go out of business if they fail to increase their client base. Time will tell.

FeaturePics has potential to become one of the major microstock companies, but it may take a little while for that to happen. In the mean time, if you want to set your own price for your images then you may want to give this company a try. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.