Using PayPal and PayLoadz to sell your Stock Photos – Part 1
By Harry Kaplanian
April 10, 2004

Overview
Over time you have spent many years working at your hobby of photography. During this time you have built a collection of photos that you are proud of. You think people might want them or even pay you for them. If you only had a way to distribute or securely sell them using the internet in order to reach the broadest audience possible.
There is a way that is simple and quick for the prospective customer, but it does require some setup on your part. Here is one way to get it done.
First, you need that web site.
Assuming you have one and are able to navigate and view photos, you need to work out how payment for your stock photographs is handled. Two services on the internet combined will give you this ability.
The first is PayPal. PayPal enables any individual or business with an email address to securely, easily, quickly and cheaply send and receive payments online. PayPal will give your website the ability to accept all major credit cards without having to go to each credit card vendor individually and establish merchant accounts. PayPal also allows payment from bank accounts and money transfers. Paypal requires no special software, credit checks or any financial requirements and signing up is free!
Once you have PayPal setup, you still have one problem to solve. PayPal does not offer a delivery mechanism for your stock photos. It assumes you will be shipping purchased items in the traditional manner. The problem here is that you will not be shipping in the traditional manner, you are delivering files.