Overview

Electronic Personal Use licenses are appropriate for images you'd like to sell to individual consumers for their personal use, which may include, but is not limited to, using the image for at-home printing, screensaver slideshows, wedding announcements, online personal profiles, etc. A Personal Use license prohibits the buyer from using the image for anything but strictly personal or limited educational use (e.g. school projects or single-classroom education).

Creating a Pricing Profile

To view your pricing profiles, click Sell -> Pricing Profiles.

To add a new pricing profile, click the "Add Profile" button in the upper right. Then click "Royalty Free" in the pop-up bubble.

Enter a profile name, an external description (which is seen by buyers at the "Add to Cart" stage), and an optional internal description (for your reference only), and then set pricing for each size (in pixels) that you'd like to offer.

Enter a profile name, an external description (which is seen by buyers at the "Add to Cart" stage), and an optional internal description (for your reference only), and then set pricing for each size (in pixels) that you'd like to offer.

For Personal Use sales, PhotoShelter will always generate a JPEG and embed IPTC metadata into the file.

FAQs

How does a customer buy/license this image?

A customer never buys the copyright to the image. The use of the image is always governed by the license for that image.

When a customer finds your image, they can click "Add to Cart," which leads them through a series of steps to determine the size of the image they need. When they check out and provide their credit card, your merchant account receives the funds automatically.

PhotoShelter then generates the file they purchased from your original file, and e-mails them the location. The file is available for download for 10 days from a secure area after purchase.

Is there an image license associated with the sale?

Yes. We have a common image license that all image buyers agree to as a part of the checkout process. You may also upload your own personal licensing terms, which can override or supplement our generic licensing agreement.

I've priced "Medium" and "Large" sized files but they do not display to buyers. Why?

This is because your original image is smaller then the size being offered. The solution is to upload a larger original file.