A NEW GENERATION OF BUSINESS: STOCK SITES
Did you know that you can sell designs, videos, animations, 3D models and earn money through stock sites on the internet? Let's look at ways to make money online...
As technology advances, we see that the number of new generation professions in the animation industry is increasing day by day. Stock sites are one of the most prominent examples of these new business areas. Stock sites are extremely useful platforms for advertisers, directors and editors working in different industries.
As time went on, the demand for high-quality, easily accessible video footage grew rapidly. Thanks to sites that sell stock, video and visual content has become more accessible than ever before. Stock sites, which are an alternative way of making money especially for designers who prefer to work from home as a freelance, will be a much more important area for video creators and 3D artists in the coming years.
The main sites where you can sell content in the field of photography and video are:
Getty Images
Getty Images has been the industry leader for over 20 years, offering users an unlimited pool of videos and images. Especially with micro stock sites such as i-stock, it can deliver your content to large audiences.
Shutterstock
Shutterstock is another big name in the stock content industry, and it's definitely a worthy option. With a smart search engine, it can carefully analyze the content to best match the user's query and deliver the stocks to large audiences.
Pond5
Alongside photo, music and audio files, it offers nearly 5.5 million video content for its customers to enjoy. Coming in a variety of styles, themes and formats, this Pond5 is one of the fastest growing markets in the industry.
Videohive
In particular, you can sell the templates you have created with programs such as After Effects. In addition, on this platform, you can make sales from many different areas apart from visual and video content.
Important points to consider when doing business with stock sites:
- Thinking universally, increases sales rates while producing content so that it can be sold more. E.g; We can say that titles such as New Year's Eve, Halloween, business world are the titles that sell a lot of content.
- Producing your 3D animation and After affects videos in 4K ensures that your content remains valid for a long time. It can also be sold in smaller sizes.
- When uploading content you make, try to use more universal tags suitable for the content. It will give you an advantage in searches.
- You can export your videos as 30 FPS, 4K, Qicktime Photo Jpeg. The formats supported by each site may be different
- You can use Payoneer to receive the payments you earn from sales. If you choose the credit card option when defining your Stock account, you can withdraw dollars from many ATMs with the debit card sent to your address.
Good luck!