1.Overview

Regardless you are professional photographer or not, you can sell your photos to people worldwide.

Photo selling process

Register information as a photographer and apply for marketing approval for each photo. Once the application is accepted, you can start selling photos.

2.Sales terms of photo

On photo selling, you need to follow below sales terms.
In case you sell your photo violating this term, you may be punished by an infringement of copyrights or personality rights.

• Photos are taken by you and copyrights belongs to you. ( Photos are taken by others are not allowed.)
  If you post or sell photos taken by others as your own work, you will be punished by an infringement of copyrights.
• Regarding any photo depicting an identifiable person, you must get an agreement for commercial use and be able to submit an agreement with his/her handwritten signature in file format. (Submit model release)
  If the photographer use the photos promotionally or sell the photos commercially without model's agreement, you may be punished by a violation of personality rights.
• Other than people, in case your photo uses specific properties such as buildings, stores, statue, art objects, company name, logo, trademark, furniture or pet, you must get an agreement for commercial use from property owner or manager and be able to submit an agreement in data format such as PDF. (Submit property release)
  When you post or sell photos without property owner's permission, you may violate copyrights or personality rights.
• You are over 18 years old. (You can not register if you are under 18 years old.)

Please note that pictures that are out of focus, foggy, or poor-quality may not be sold.

Important notice

Selling photos allow various companies and people to use the photo in advertisement, media and product.
In case your photos violating copyrights or personality rights, companies and people who use this photo will file a suit for damages against us. The cost of damages for infringement could be enormous.
Now that anyone can easily access to image data, however you can not sell photo retrieved from search engine or other people's blog post since website's owner has the copyrights not you.
Please sell photos you took by yourself and own copyright.
On photo selling, model release and property release form are required. For more detail, please read next section.

3.About a model release

Any photo depicting an identifiable person must have an agreement for commercial use from that person. Photographer must submit signed model release.
In case photo depicting more than one identifiable person, model release for each individual is required.
If the photographer use the photos promotionally or sell the photos commercially without model release, you may be punished by a violation of personality rights.
Also, even if the photographer is the model in a picture, a model release must be submitted to allow the buyer to use the picture.

Here are common definition for personally identifiable photo. Model release is required.

1. 
   Photo with person's face
2. 
   Only person's back but it can be recognized an individual
3. 
   Baby's photo
4. 
   No person's face but unique outfit to be recognized an individual

Other example is tattoo which can be unique to the specific individual.
If someone see that picture and identify the specific individual, it means the photo is personally identifiable.
In this case, model release is required.

Also, here are common definition for photo which does not enable the identification of the specific individual.

1. 
   Only legs and hands
2. 
   Only body silhouette
3. 
   Only person's back and it can not be recognized an individual
4. 
   Not clear

In this case, model release is not required.
If you are not sure whether model release is required such as side profile or part of face, we recommend to obtain model release form just in case.

Important notice

Again, model release is required to prove that models are agreed with personality rights' use. Not to secure a morel release may cause trouble for company or people who use these photo as an advertisement, media or product.
For example, one model complain about one photo. We need to withdraw all posters or products which use this model's photo with a lot of cost and effort. In such case, photographer may be liable for damages.
For photos which you didn't get model release, please do not use them for commercial use to prevent any issues and sell only photos you can be confident about.