Become a Contributor. Create. Produce high-quality images and videos for our customers to download. Submit. Upload your content with our easy-to-use platform, and get tips for success. Get paid. Make money every time your content is downloaded by one of our worldwide customers.
As a Shutterstock contributor, you will earn a percentage of the price Shutterstock receives for licensing your content. There are 6 separate earnings levels for images and for videos, ranging from 15% up to 40%. You can graduate through them independently based on your download count in each category.
Contributors always earn a percentage of the price Shutterstock receives for licensing their images, ranging from 15% up to 40% across 6 levels. ... The more content customers purchase from your image portfolio, the faster you progress through the levels, increasing the percentage you earn from each license.