How does 500px Licensing work?
What is Licensing? 500px photographers can grant permission to certain individuals to use their photos for commercial or editorial purposes. At the time of upload, 500px photographers can choose to submit their photos for Licensing with 500px, via 500px’s royalty-free (RF) stock photography collection.
Is 500px Licensing worth it?
If you’re just starting out in photography and want to improve your skills, 500px can be a valuable resource. However, it’s hard to recommend a paid 500px membership. The main selling point of this platform is that you can easily license your photos, but you don’t have any ability to set your own prices.
Can I use an image with a commercial license?
Editorial use only photos are photos that may include people, private property, branding, or artwork for which no release has been granted for commercial uses. Because there isn’t a release, you aren’t permitted to use the image for any commercial, promotional, advertorial, or endorsement design projects.
What is exclusive Licensing in 500px?
Exclusive means that only 500px can license the image commercially and you have never licensed this content commercially before. Non-Exclusive means you can sell your image through other commercial licensing vendors, or directly to commercial buyers, or you have licensed it commercially in the past.
What is small business commercial use?
The commercial use terms pertain to small business owners who run business from within their home without other employees with exception being family members in the same household. The Small Business Commercial Use does not apply to businesses that mass produce products for commercial gain.
Can I sell free for commercial use?
My intended use is for a non-profit purpose, can I use RF images for free? – No, you can’t. Royalty Free images are sold under a paid license, regardless of your intended use being commercial or non-profit. You cannot use Royalty Free images for free, because it’s an unlicensed, and therefore illegal use.
Is 500px licensing free?
Royalty-free content is licensed for unlimited, perpetual use, and pricing is based on the file size. Content submitted to 500px for licensing is all royalty-free. Note: due to the nature of royalty-free, it’s not possible to confirm the end user or client in most cases.
What is commercial licensing?
A Commercial license is the standard licensing option for organizations and business entities. Licenses are purchased by the company and can be used by any single person within this organization. Personal licenses are not to be purchased, refunded or in any way financed by companies.
What qualifies as commercial use?
Commercial use describes any activity in which you use a product or service for financial gain. This includes whenever you use software to create marketing materials, since those materials are used for business purposes with the intention of increasing sales.
What does it mean to license a photo on 500px?
Non-Exclusive licensing means that in addition to 500px, you can license your images through other commercial licensing vendors, or to other commercial buyers, or you have licensed the photo commercially in the past.
What does it mean to be exclusive to 500px?
Exclusive licensing means that only 500px and our distribution partners can license the image (s) commercially and you (photographer) have never licensed the content commercially before, either directly or through another licensing platform.
What does it mean to be a contributor on 500px?
500px Licensing – Contributor FAQ. What is Licensing? 500px photographers can grant permission to certain individuals to use their photos for commercial or editorial purposes. At the time of upload, 500px photographers can choose to submit their photos for Licensing with 500px, via 500px’s royalty-free (RF) stock photography collection.
How do I upload a photo to 500px?
Photos must be uploaded and submitted to 500px pass a content inspection before they can be licensed. To upload your high resolution images, simply visit your Photo Manager or Licensing Manager, select the photo (s) you’d like to submit, and enable the Licensing option at the top of the right hand sidebar.