Chapter 21: Photo Agency

If you want to be successful in stock photography, you have two options: either sell your photos yourself or let a photo agency sell them.

Finding the right photo agency requires lots and lots of searching, more searching, experience and a bit of luck. That’s difficult, given that you will only see years later if your decision was right. But it’s still worth the effort.

Selling via photo agencies has many advantages:

  • The agency takes care of dealing with the entire sales process, from photo selection to delivery and bill.

  • Photo agencies generally have a larger number of customers, the likelihood that they sell photos is therefore greater than for an individual photographer.

  • The photo agency takes care of all ...

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