How To Make Money Selling Photos Of Yourself and Get Paid for Selfies

If you are possessed of taking selfies of yourself where people are calling you arrogant

Some exaggerate by calling you narcissistic personality – for me I will not call you anything

I just know that you can use this selfies obsession to learn

How to make money selling photos of yourself

Nowadays you can get paid for selfies since you have the passion of talking selfies

Let me show you how to get paid for pictures of yourself

Is it legal to sell pictures for yourself?

yes it is perfectly legal to sell photos of yourself

Since your photos are not of explicit content and you are not showing any nudity

You have the total copyright for selfies or any pictures of yourself

How can I make money selling photos of myself?

As in any business or hobby which we decide to monetize

There are so many things to buy, prepare or learn in the road of how to make money selling photos of yourself

I will start with the most important one below which is

1) Invest in a good camera or mobile

Since photography is the art of taking pictures with your camera

You need to invest in that camera to capture these wonderful day to day activities

In the past, only photography was only for professionals

But nowadays a good camera can make you a professional photographer

Best cameras are Canon 90D Camera and Nikon D3500 DSLR Camera

If you prefer to take quick snapshot from your mobile then go for Apple iPhone 11 or Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G

2) Buy a selfie stick

If you are completely by yourself and want to capture a selfie with a stunning background

Or maybe you want to take those shots yourself for the best experience

With a cheap Wireless Selfie Stick you are completely in control of your best shots and you will never best any spontaneous photos of yourself

3) Use a good software to edit your images

There are many photo editing software that can help you edit your photos in professional way

Like adding special effects, apply filters to your photos, crop and resize, individual color correction and rotate and print

You can use the following free photo editing like

GIMP is a cross platform image editing software which is a free open source to use

Fotor is also available as a mobile app which makes your selfies very convenient

You just open the Fotor app on your phone and it will access your photo library

Photoscape is fun and easy editing software

Photoshop Express another Adobe photo editing tool available in Windows, Android and IOS (IPhone)

4) Take photography course

You can take a cheap photography course with Udemy for less than $30

Also there are lot of courses that go 80% discount from $199 to $39.8

5) Look for photogenic backgrounds and best sceneries

I always believe if you love taking selfies of yourself

You will start building a good sense of detecting the most suitable photogenic backgrounds and finding best sceneries

You build the habit of carrying all the photography equipments in case you need to take few shots

6) Take multiple shots and filter to only best photos to upload

When taking a shot don’t take one but take multiple ones

I tried this trick myself

I found taking multiple shots help me get the perfect photo

7) Keep going and be persistent

If you have the talent and you got the passion of taking selfies

You have to keep going and be consistent and persistent

Where can I sell my photos for money?

Now comes the best part which I believe you have been waiting for and that is

Where to find the websites to sell my photos to

And how to make money selling photos of yourself

Get Paid for Selfies and your photos

To make sure you don’t face any challenges while getting paid for pictures of yourself is to join multiple sites at one time

You need to have more exposures as if one site doesn’t accept your photos other sites may go ahead and accept them

Below are the list of photography sites that pay you money for selfies

Pay Your Selfie

Pay your selfie is an Android and iOS app that makes the task of getting paid for selfies convenient and easy

You start by downloading the app and start talking selfies according to the selfie tasks listed in the app

For example, the app can list a selfie task to show yourself dancing at a concert

You complete the task and you get your account credited – tasks are valued around $1

If the task due date is over you will get paid via coupons for discounts

In other words, you get paid by saving money

Pay for selfie is not a full income but it is an extra way on how to make money talking photos of yourself

Scoopshot

Scoopshot is another app that help you get paid for selfies and for photos

It is different than Pay Your Selfie in terms of it does not pay you instantly

How? OK Scoopshot is a marketplace that facilitate connecting sellers – photographers like you with buyers who are looking for specific shots

This means you submit your shots and wait to get paid for pictures of yourself or any other sceneries

Stylinity

Stylinity is a free app for both Android and iOS

It allows you to get paid for photos of yourself wearing a new piece of clothes which Stylinity recommends

They have 180+ stores to visit so it combines 2 apps together

Where you get paid for selfies and promoting clothes you like from any of these 180+ stores

You don’t have to buy any clothes you can just try it on

Still confused?

OK bear with me, I will explain it

You visit one of the stores listed in Stylinity

Try one or many clothes but before you do so you have to scan the barcode with your mobile

Start taking selfies for yourself wearing the new clothes

Submit them to Stylinity and wait till they approve your photos

Now share them from inside the Stylinity on all your social media you own

If anyone clicks and buy the item – you get paid a commission which varies from one store to another

SmugMug

Smug Mug is a paid app that lets you store your photos and you decide to make them private or turn them into public

If you decide to go public

Remember to add watermarks to your photos for copyright so nobody can use them

You pay 55$ annually or $7 per month and you can keep 85% of profit

500px

500px is dfiferent from all of the above

This is a website that allows you to create an account and upload your photos

I went there and I am really stunned with the quality of photos there

The key to getting paid for your photos is to submit high resolution photos

Write keywords to describe your photos and you have to creative here

For example, if you upload a photo of a laughing women standing in front of Eiffel tower

You have to add keywords for Eiffel tower, Paris or France also describe the women in your photo like laughing, optimistic, funny women

Who knows, may be someone looking for a picture of Paris and not even thinking about Eiffel tower

But because Eiffel tower is in Paris, most likely he will buy it

Also make sure to confirm your contact and your payout

ETSY

Because Etsy is an American e-commerce site where they focus on handmade and craft supplies

Then you definitely need to invest a lot of time and money to sell your photos on Etsy

Sell stock photos

There are so many stick photos websites that let you buy quality photos to use on your blog or for your online ads

You have to read the terms before you use them anywhere else

Shutterstock

Shutterstock is a huge marketplace where you can list your photos

You can make a good money if you invest some time with photography courses

You can get paid for pictures of yourself or best sceneries from your local areas or while you travel

Remember if you are taking picture of yourself or other people then you have to submit a signed model release form

iStockPhoto

iStockphoto is another competitor for stock photos and it is free to join

Upload your photos and wait for their team to review and approve

You receive only 15% of your photos sales which is frustrating

But you can opt for exclusive status which pays you 45%

BigStock Photos

BigStock is another platform website for selling stock photos

Sign up as a free contributor and finish your tutorial

Then you can upload your photos and wait for their team to review

DepositPhotos

DepositPhotos is a free platform to sell your photos

But you have to pass a brief examination test by uploading few of your best files

Once you pass the test expect to earn between 44% and 52% royalties for each photo

Sell photos on different platforms

These sites below pay you money for your photos listed on different platform

Instaprints

Instaprints pays you when you connect your Instagram account to get Instaprints access your photos

Not only you can sell photos but also your photos can be used as Canvas, Framed, Metal, Acrylic and greeting cards

Actually there are many more different formats

Snapped4u

Snapped4u is a marketplace to sell not your personal photos but your events like weddings or sport activities you attended

I went there and found contributors sell their photos between $2.5 to $15

Clashot

This mobile app is no longer available

Foap

Foap is a mobile app that get you paid for selfies

Most selfies are sold for $10 and you get 50% of the sale

Build a professional photography blog

You can pursue building your own blog as another stream of income

This is a slow way on how to make money selling photos of yourself

You don’t use it as the only way but it is a side task while you are selling your photos to all the above websites and apps

Create your own YouTube channel

Since you love selfies and not afraid of sharing your photos on stock libraries

Then I assume you would be OK to create a YouTube channel to show your audience some of the tricks you have for those attractive photos you sold before

Final thoughts on making money selling photos of yourself

Finally I hope I showed you a way on how to make money selling photos of yourself

It is not a hard way

But you will not make a reasonable income if you don’t put yourself in a position to always learn about photography

And invest time to outdoor looking for the perfect shots