Sometimes, timing just works out perfectly. For the past several months we’ve been fielding user-submitted 500px Prime success stories, scheduling one per week to keep you inspired and dispel the rumors that people aren’t selling their work through Prime.
People are selling photos on Prime, and we want to celebrate these wins with you!
Usually we share success stories in the order we receive them, but one we received two days ago is just TOO GOOD not to share on Easter Sunday. It’s Ashraful Arefin‘s first Prime sale story, and it features one of his adorable bunnies:
The first license I sold on 500px Prime was a photo titled “Jack Frost.” It was a photo of a white bunny sitting outside with snow falling.
Few months ago I adopted two little bunnies and started photographing them and just for the fun I posted those photos on 500px. I got some great responses from people, some of those images even landed on the front page of the popular list but I never thought that someone would ever wants to pay for a bunny photo! And when I got the email from 500px Prime that someone wants to buy the license I was really surprised and happy!
I used to think that there’s not a good market for artistic images, but 500px Prime has certainly changed that thought. I saw other success stories, and from my own experience now I know that there’s a market and chance of making money from doing what I love to do! Also the 70% earnings for the photographer is definitely more than fair!
I hope to sell more licenses in the future and also wish the same for other photographers. Thank you so much 500px Prime for creating this amazing platform for photographers to share and have the chance of selling their art!
Thank you to Ashraful for sharing his success story with us, and with such perfect timing too! Check out more of the ready-to-license photos of his adorable bunnies on 500px Prime here. He used to think nobody would pay for a bunny photo… now he knows better:
For the record, Ashraful doesn’t just sell photos of bunnies. Here are some still life images from his Prime store that we really love!
Keep checking back with ISO every week for a new user-submitted Prime Success Story, or submit your own by sending me an email at dl@500px.com. And if you haven’t already, get your already-awesome 500px images into the Prime collection! It’s super easy, just follow these steps.
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