Question about legalities of selling your own photography?

[Hailey]

What are some legal details of selling your own photography (online)? Could I sell it on places like Ebay, or should I create my own photography website and start my own business? What if I am a minor.. could I sell my own photography online for my mother and I to earn some extra income? How would I go about doing that if I could? Some links or tips would be very helpful and appreciated. Thank you.

[Johnny]

As long as its original your fine to sell it anywhere you'd like.

Make sure you know all the rules and regulations for each site you sell on. A lot of sites won't let you sell digital goods like eBay. So should you decide to sell your photography on eBay, it would have to be a physical tangible photograph.

You will probably need your mom's help to open a sellers account, since you will be required to have a verified paypal account as well to sell on eBay to receive payments. So a checking/savings account is required for paypal if you want to spend/withdraw any money you make on eBay.

I wouldn't recommend you to start eBay as they are pretty strict. You may want to start off on the smaller sites. Yardsellr.com is a good website to start things off if your not familiar w/this business.
My little sister (13 yrs old) sells her own stickers on there lol, so no minimum age requirements, paypal is not required, you can receive a check for anything you do make, and should you want to sell your photography as digital images (sending them via email), you can. No fee's, meet great people since they sell through facebook, user friendly, and the staff is exceptional.

eCrater and Vendio are other good options. You can create your own free online store and get a feel on how things work w/out worrying about violations and suspensions.

hope that helped!

[Rake]

When you sell photography be sure that you follow the following rules
--Model Releases
-Property Releases
-Trademark/Copyright Laws

If you take a picture with a person in the photo, be sure that you have a signed model release that states that you have the models written consent.
If you take a picture of a property, this can include pets, be sure to have a signed release of the owner as well providing their consent.
If you take a picture of a trademark or copyrighted object, be sure you have a signed release approving of their consent, or you could get in a lot of trouble selling it.

Yes you can sell it on ebay if you wish but starting your own site is a better idea (if you know how to market your site properly). Another option to get into is micro stock photography...