General information / Commissions

Photographers who sell images via Tastylemon earn money according

to their commission rate. Every sale of 1 of your images earns you a

percentage of the total price of the image.

For photographers, we tie each credit to a static ratio. In other words,

you can always calculate your earnings based on a conversion rate of

For instance, if a buyer purchases an image for 25 credits and your

commission is 50%, then you will receive $10.00.

This is actually a protective mechanism for photographers. Most stock

sites base your earnings on the 'price' their buyers paid for the credits.

This means that if a buyer purchases a bulk credit package of say 2,000

credits where each credit is worth $0.35, your earnings will be calculated

according to the ratio 1 credit = $0.35.

Since the most frequent buyers of stock images purchase their credits at

discounted bulk prices, this dynamic ratio actually reduces your earnings

over the long-run.

Boosting your commission

The base commission rate for new photographers is 30%, but you can

increase your commission rate quickly by earning more karma.

Every time you upload images, sell images, or participate in the community

by posting blogs, liking and commenting, you receive good karma. What's

more is that you also receive karma when your images are liked or

commented on.

Your karma count is below your avatar at the top right corner of this website.

Currently, users can increase their commission by 30%. That means by

increasing your karma you can earn as much as 60% of each image sale.