The Fastest, Most Profitable Way to Sell Your News Content!
Now celebrities, professional and amateur photojournalist can protect and sell newsworthy photos and videos directly through their own social media in real-time, it also lands on our SellNews market place and we’ll notify our buyer network of best content. There’s no faster, easier way to sell news footage to more global media buyers with the option to donate all or partial proceeds for positive social and economic change.
Best Contributor Payout
We’re the only platform in the world that pays 100% of market rate to news contributors. We earn by charging buyers a service fee on top for instant access to your content. Other platforms take 40% to 85% of your earnings from each sale. Our model significantly boost content creator earnings.
Transparency
Did you know there are industry market rates for licensing photo and video content? Try our “Earnings calculator” to see what the press will pay to license photos and license videos.
Speed to Press is Critical
Every minute counts. We’re the fastest way in the world to protect, get discovered and sell your news content. Searching for, and communicating with brokers can cause you to lose half a day or more. These brokers are manual and slow creating a bottleneck, which limits your potential earnings.
Hashtag for Instant Discoverability
Sell media content in minutes. Use SellNews to hashtag, post to your social media, then watch your newsworthy photo or video go viral. Add relevant and popular hashtags to draw instant global media attention; #BreakingNews #News #NewYorkCity #Hero
Easily Multiply Virality
Post to multiple social media with one click to increase buyer visibility and sales. Posting to multiple social media is tedious and time consuming. We make it easy. Simply describe, use keyword hashtags and post to multiple social media with one push of a button..
Earn From Followers
Only news media platform in the world that tracks referrals and pays contributors a percentage of our earnings from your social media followers who choose to register and sell their high value photo or video media content.
Access to Buyers
We’re directly connected to almost 400 press, newspaper, digital media outlets who buy high quality news relevant content daily. Hundreds of thousands of other media agencies are following social media and hashtag keywords. You’ll have faster access to more buyers through combining social media with the Sellnews marketplace. We’ll even push best content to our buyer network.
Retain 100% Ownership
Protect and retain full ownership of your content. Earn many times from a single photo or video without losing control or ownership.
Copyright Protection
Photos and videos are often illegally stolen from social media for commercial purposes. Our tech automatically implements a watermark and tracking pixel on image of video upload, we then track if content is used illegally. Our partner pursues copyright infringement.
Metadata
Our app automatically captures and tags content metadata (device type, resolution, file size, captured location, date and time) which increases value and sales.
No Haggle, No Hassle, No Time Lost
We’re automating the photojournalism industry by removing time-consuming hurdles for media sellers and buyers. Our system even alerts buyers of license expiration with the option to renew for increased earnings.
Receive Job Notifications
Activate location and notifications to receive nearby photo and video assignments directly from news outlets to be first on the scene, sell and earn more.
Fast & Easy Cash Out
Withdraw funds 48 hours after we’ve received funds. Competitors make you wait months for your funds.
Where’s the Catch?
Only that stock photography may not sell. We’re focused on “news”. Our app is free to use for anyone looking to quickly and easily sell news media footage to the global media industry. Try it first, sign up later.
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