This just in! How would you like to find a money-making kid’s project that’s not only potentially lucrative, but fun at the same time? I’ll tell you all about it.
For a few years now, websites have existed called stock photo sites. Their sole purpose is to attract people who need photos for their image projects. They need new content all the time. This is what we can play into with our money-making kid’s project.
Stock photo site users come from the backgrounds of advertising, website developers, graphic designers and many others. Instead of trying to shoot or otherwise obtain the photos themselves, they save a lot of money and time by “renting” the images from a site like this. Part of that rent could flow into our money-making kid’s project.
Here’s the idea in a nutshell. Anyone can go to these sites and sign up for an account; it’s also free. Once you go through their qualifying system (they’re insistent on quality content being uploaded), you’re then free to post photos at will. When someone wants to download an image they must pay for the privilege and you are paid a commission; the heart of our money-making kid’s project.
The commissions can vary some by site, but generally are around 20% of the total fee. Download fees are staggered by the size of the image, but the money will go from around $.30 per download up to over $8.00. 20% of those fees doesn’t sound like much, but if multiplied hundreds of time potentially, it makes our money-making kid’s project sound pretty nice.
Using a digital camera and computer are usually no problem for kids after age ten or so. And if you already own these two devices, you’re can go into this money-making kid’s project with no real costs. The return on investment will be almost all profit.
You just need to be aware of a couple of other things.
Most stock photo sites have an age requirement. Eighteen is the minimum age allowed to sign up for an account. In this case one of the parents may need to be involved in the account sign-up phase. If you have a problem with this why not try to think of this money-making kid’s project as more of family fun project, which it truly may become. You can share the login information.
Next, there’s the whole quality thing. These sites are very serious about photo content and quality. It’s what keeps users coming back for more. They expect the best; no junk. You may want to spend some time talking to your son or daughter about this and look at many examples on the site. Get to know the Terms of Use requirements thoroughly. The site owners get very specific about their rules. Just obey them and you’ll operate your money-making kid’s project just fine.
You should probably spend quite a bit of time with your child in the early stages of setting up the money-making kid’s project just so they understand the seriousness of this point. This should probably get done before you even start the sign-up process. Take some practice photos and discuss them. Compare them with ones you find on the site. The whole thing will get to be pretty natural after a while.
Further, a child usually possesses a mind full of new ways to look at things. They are not stuck yet on looking at the world in the same old way as adults sometimes do. This one quality may put them at the head of the line with new and exciting content for a prosperous money-making kid’s project.
This is not a get-rich-overnight money-making kid’s project. It will take time to get established and find your groove. You may change your style or subject matter several times before you find what you’re really good at shooting. The market will do its voting with commissions!
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