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You have two options for becoming a member of Photographers Direct: Commission-based or Subscription-based:


Service:

Commission-Based

Annual Subscription
Upload your images to our database :

1) Buyers can find your images through the image search.
2) Buyers contact you direct through the PD website.
  • No annual fee

  • 20/25% commission to PD*

  • Initially you will have enough space for abour 200 images.

  • If the images are good, you will earn extra space

  • When you sell images, you will earn extra space
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  • 20/25% commission to PD*

  • Initially you will have enough space for abour 800 images.

  • If the images are good, you will earn extra space

  • When you sell images, you will earn extra space
  • Receive daily email requests from our picture buyers :

    1) You upload images to a lightbox on PD for the buyer to view.
    2) If the buyer wants to use an image/s, they contact you direct through the PD website.
  • No annual fee

  • 20/25% commission to PD*
  •  

  • 0% commission to PD

  • You will also receive contact details for the buyer, and can contact them direct, and send images direct to them if you wish
  • Promote yourself with a Photographer Portfolio :

    1) You create a Portfolio, choose relevant specialities, and add images.
    2) Buyers can view your Portfolio and contact you direct through the PD website about assignments appropriate to your location and/or skills.
  • No annual fee

  • 10% commission to PD on assignment earnings

  • 20% commission to PD on stock photo sales
  • 0% commission to PD

  • Buyers will also be able to phone you or click through to your own website

  • Or pay UK£40 a year and >
    Promote your stock with a Stock Source Portfolio :

    1) You create a Portfolio, choose relevant coverage in terms of subject matter and locations, and add images.
    2) Buyers can view your Portfolio and contact you direct through the PD website about stock images you may have.
  • No annual fee

  • 10% commission to PD on assignment earnings

  • 20% commission to PD on stock photo sales
  • 0% commission to PD

  • Buyers will also be able to phone you or click through to your own website

  • Or pay UK£40 a year and >
    Promote yourself in our monthly newsletters :

    1) You write an entry and attach an image.
    2) We email the newsletter to over 50,000 picture buyers worldwide.
    3) The newsletter also appears on our website.
  • UK£30 per entry

  • 0% commission to PD on any image sales or assignment work

  • Buyers will also be able to phone you or click through to your own website
  • 4 entries per year included

  • 0% commission to PD on any image sales or assignment work

  • Buyers will also be able to phone you or click through to your own website
  • Have an image search facility on your own website :

    1) We design the search facility to match your own website design
    2) The search facility will be hosted by PD, but will fit seamlessly with your own website.
    3) When you upload images to PD, they will also appear in the search facility on your own website.
    4) You can choose whether individual images appear on both your site and PD, or just one.
  • UK£150 setup charge

  • UK£50 per year after the first year for hosting, bandwidth usage and maintenance

  • 0% commission to PD on any image sales or assignment work
  • In all the above cases:
  • You negotiate direct with the buyer regarding image usage or assignment terms,
    fees, and delivery of the high res image or print.

  • The buyer pays you direct by the most suitable method (paypal/cheque/bank transfer).

  • You then pay the appropriate commission to PD.
  • * Where commission rates are shown as 20/25%, the 25% option is applicable when a buyer has come to the site via a sales lead from one of our photographers' websites or a recommendation. The extra 5% commission will be paid to that photographer. As a member of PD, you can earn commission too!
     


  • If you are interested in the service, but are unsure whether a subscription will repay itself, you may be better off with the commission-based service.
     
  • You can register, and once your registration has been validated, we will email you the requests we receive each day. In this way you can get an idea of whether the requests we receive are suitable for you.
     
  • If you decide to change to subscription-based, all you need do is send us the payment and you will automatically be transfered to the subscription-based system.


  • Annual Subscription Rates depend on the agency size:

    Photographer (solo)  UK£239/US$394 per year
    Photographer (couple)  UK£259/US$427 per year
    Agency, 1 or 2 staff  UK£339/US$559 per year
    Agency, 3 to 9 staff  UK£439/US$724 per year
    Agency, 10 to 24 staff  UK£639/US$1054 per year
    Agency, 25 to 49 staff  UK£1049/US$1730 per year
    Agency, 50 to 99 staff  UK£1549/US$2555 per year
    Agency, 100 to 199 staff  UK£2449/US$4040 per year
    Agency, 200 to 399 staff  UK£3899/US$6433 per year
    Agency, 400+ staff  UK£5699/US$9403 per year

    To qualify as a photographer rather than an agency, you can only be marketing/selling your own images.

    Photographers Direct  =  Fair Trade Stock Photography



    email: info@photographersdirect.com
    All photographs are copyright protected and cannot be used without permission. The digital images on the Photographers Direct company website are available for licensing direct from the professional photographers who have submitted them. If you are interested in buying a picture license you can submit a 'purchase enquiry' by entering your contact details and either quoting your budget or asking the photographer to send you a quote for the use of their stock photos. Your query will be automatically emailed to the photographer and you will also receive an email with the photographer's contact details so you can contact them direct about their images. If you cannot find a photograph that is suitable for your needs on the website, please try our free online stock photography search service. We have photographic professionals for hire for assignments all over the world, so we have a good chance of finding any picture you need.

    Photographers Direct is committed to assisting pro photographers in receiving the best possible commission rates for the licensing of their stock photography images.

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