Here’s how much I made selling stock footage last year (2022) online, how I made it, and how you can do it too!
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1:35 this mindset has brought my life new meaning. I think I may have to rewrite my packages to be in value tacos instead of dollars.
yes more content please
Iām happy to discover you! Thank you for the knowledge and encouragement. Fun way to build additional income while I learn to make my product videos š
I appreciate your frankness about the reality of selling stock – I hate that photo/video is becoming "commoditzed" but you can't fight it. Always good to look at all potential sources of income from imaging these days. I still think being a videographer/photographer is easier than making money as a musician!
going to do this
dont worry nobody thinks you're bragging about 5000 bucks
Great stuff!! I have a youtube channel that focuses on flying and figure I can take some of the B-rolls to sell as stock or does it have to be professional camera stuff (vs gopro)? Also, from what you were saying the video, I understand that I can upload the same stock footage to multiple sites? Does that not create a licensing issue between stock footage sites? Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
No way. My sister and I used to compare it to McChickens instead of Tacos back when they were actually 1 dollar. xD Great tips!
Do you think is better to upload RAW footage or edited footage…?
Informative video, but you ran the taco joke into the ground. Once or twice, mildly amusing. Fifteen times… sorry, had to shut the video off.
can you upload the same clips to all the different sites? or do you have to be careful to not upload duplicates? thanks for the help Matt you've been a big help with knowledge around my Premiere pro editing!š
yes it's very interesting, I filmed lots of videos while freelancing a couple of years ago and looking forward to developing this stock footage skill going forward
Yes I want more videos about making and selling stock videos.
legende dankie matt
Thanks for sharing but why would I buy footage from anyone I got three BMPCCs, three Panasonic G7, one BMCC, one Panasonic GH3, a few other cams and a bunch of lenses and lots of time. So NO i am not interested in your income at all
Yes more content. What are the specs on the video they accept and can I still use it for myself. I have 8mm film up 4k video.
Yes more content please. What video specs do they accept. I have 8mm Film to 4k and everything in between. Can I upload the same footage to more than one platform. Can I still use the footage for myself. Thank you for your help.
Hello Matt, your video really did encouraged me. It's a long way to go for me but you did your part in a holistic way. Just got to let you know that your videos was floating on my YT timeline for a few days, but seeing this one made me subscribe to your channel. I was for long thinking about stock footage business, now really hoping to start it. Thanks for this awesome content and please do make more videos on this topic. Looking forward.
Love and respect.
Great content!
Is this supposed to be a promising number? That seems low for selling stock footage
Is there a reason to manually add all your videos to the different sites. Instead of uploading it onto blackbox?
Yeahhh it definitely is interesting and I will be starting to upload my FPV footage there and see if some tacos come this way! š
Should I uploaded ungraded or graded footage?
Just finding this video…heck yes, please do more on the subject.
How about a guide to preparing clips to be uploaded to a stock site? no audio? 4 k? or do the sites provide guidelines ?
Thanks Matt. Been looking into the idea of selling stock footage for a while now. Your advice is greatly appreciated!
Appreciate the video. Maybe you can make one and talk about if you shoot upload Raw or Edited videos. Whether they should be 4K or not. Like if I shoot 4K 60 FPS on Sony IV, should I say it's 4K cause it's cropped? Thanks.
I adore videos like this. Always more please. Thank you! ^_^
if made tha tmoney he wouldnt post u can do it to becos that increase the comp .. for him self …wth ai art and mid journey and 3d all over saturated markets… currenlty …. ye ucan do it to
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What if my footage has brands in them (like a Coca-Cola sign) do i have to blur them or Is It okay to not worry about It?
Are there any apps that you can sell stock footage on? I have some really nice stuff but I filmed it on my phone.
For real man.. usually people be like 5000 a day and they can't even read
Nice video.
I'm quite new in these thing, but I was wondering if there are website where client request a specific footage rather than searching for it.
So they don't have to look through a massive list and can have result a bit more controlled.
Do you know any such website and did you try it?
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I like what your saying keep it up šš½ KOURAGE
do it sir
its not a flex man, 5 grand is not a lot anyway. good video
These stock sites are like the pimps of the video world. Someone else does all the work and they grab the lions share of the profits. Hard to say if this is a viable income. Depends on who owns the footage. Apple started this kind of ripping off artists years ago. Put your work on iTunes or Spotify and watch how much they actually pay the artists. Who cares if the artist banged it off in 30 minutes.
Now the concept of making it once but selling it thousands of time to create a passive income is very alluring and a great idea theoretically but if it takes ten years to make $1000 then clearly itās only making the sites wealthy. They just buy more storage and have bigger bank accounts.
Thank you Matt. I know this comment is late but yes Iād love to see more videos on this topic and other side income streams