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For those pilots looking for new ways to make money from photos and footage, take a look at Gettyimages Contributor Community (Sign in | ESP). Gettyimages is the largest stock photo/video agency in the world and has bought up most of their competitors over the years. I've used their stock photos and videos for web design and video promos for about 20 years.
I've been a Gettyimages contributor for about 5 years with both video and photo assets (terrestrial). Years ago, the entire process used to be a huge hassle, but within the last year or so has become more streamlined. I've been uploading some drone footage more recently, nature stuff, just to see if it would sell (it's not makin' any $$ sitting on my hard drive). Video pays a lot more than photos, but I have some individual photos that sell 60-70 times every month, which adds up. There are different royalties depending on whether you become an exclusive contributor for your photos or videos (separate agreements). The more an asset sells, the higher it appears in the page order, which explains why a single image can sell so many times in a month even when I have more than a hundred similar images of the same subject. Exclusivity does not preclude you selling the photos/videos yourself. The exclusivity is against other stock vendors.
So, sign up, go through your footage, process and upload it and start making some $$. I haven't seen a huge amount of drone footage on Gettyimages, so if you get in now, over time your assets will increase in sales. With the higher resolution 4k video now becoming a standard (regardless of final product resolution), the older stock footage is becoming obsolete (much like the improved image quality/processing using Adobe Lightroom). It takes some thought to figure out what type of footage might be saleable, but certainly nature stuff, cityscapes, urban landscapes, residential communities, transportation and other generic stuff would be marketable. Follow your interests and happy uploading.
I've been a Gettyimages contributor for about 5 years with both video and photo assets (terrestrial). Years ago, the entire process used to be a huge hassle, but within the last year or so has become more streamlined. I've been uploading some drone footage more recently, nature stuff, just to see if it would sell (it's not makin' any $$ sitting on my hard drive). Video pays a lot more than photos, but I have some individual photos that sell 60-70 times every month, which adds up. There are different royalties depending on whether you become an exclusive contributor for your photos or videos (separate agreements). The more an asset sells, the higher it appears in the page order, which explains why a single image can sell so many times in a month even when I have more than a hundred similar images of the same subject. Exclusivity does not preclude you selling the photos/videos yourself. The exclusivity is against other stock vendors.
So, sign up, go through your footage, process and upload it and start making some $$. I haven't seen a huge amount of drone footage on Gettyimages, so if you get in now, over time your assets will increase in sales. With the higher resolution 4k video now becoming a standard (regardless of final product resolution), the older stock footage is becoming obsolete (much like the improved image quality/processing using Adobe Lightroom). It takes some thought to figure out what type of footage might be saleable, but certainly nature stuff, cityscapes, urban landscapes, residential communities, transportation and other generic stuff would be marketable. Follow your interests and happy uploading.