Anyone else sold photos from people contacting them unsolicited on Flickr? - Thomas Hawk

I'm not an expert in this (because I've never sold any of my photography via Flickr), but I think that maybe it's just you. :-) - Dawn M. Armfield

I have not sold any, but I have allowed others to use them in small-time publications and for editorial purposes after they found my stream and contacted me. - Tom Harrison

I've had a couple that I turned down - Damien Franco

It is just you. Or maybe it is just not me. Congrats, though. - Andy Roth

I had someone approach me once, but nothing came of it. - Ben Reierson

I've sold lots of photos from Flickr but it just seems that it's been heating up lately. Wondering if this is more of a trend as buyers move away from traditional stock agencies and more towards things like Flickr etc. Sold one to a magazine yesterday for $100 and one to a text book company today for $150. - Thomas Hawk

I've sold one, but had other 2 propositions that didn't work in the end. - Mário Pires

I've given them away to smaller organizations and literary journals. I think, though, Thomas, that you're very high profile, too. That accounts for something. In fact, if I do a search for tags that I use, and that I'm the biggest user of (Flagstaff or Northern Arizona, for instance), I don't even come up -- or at least not in the first few pages). I'm not sure why that is. Congratulations on the sales. I hope this is a trend. - Dawn M. Armfield

It's possible that art directors are looking towards Flickr because they can buy "unique" images at a cheaper price than getting a photographer to create something original. Just a thought. - Damien Franco

do you get a reasonable amount? - Toby Graham

Mine are all CC licenced so I haven't sold any as such. Some have been used with permission for blogs or travel sites and, thanks to tineye.com I found one yesterday that was being used without permission in a few places. - Fraser Smith

I have had 3 or 4. Right now I waiting to hear back from Ripley's Believe It or Not! if they are going to use a photo for an upcoming book. They found me through flickr. - Squid

Thomas, Are you doing anything special to make them available for purchase on Flickr? - Kreg Steppe

I have also received a couple of requests for prints in the last couple of weeks from my Flickr feed. - Mark Anderson

Maybe they are also being found via the friendfeed links. Hmmm... - Dawn M. Armfield

I've only sold one photo through Flickr. The majority of people requesting use of my photos from Flickr are using them under the CC licensing for free. - Jeremy Brooks

I haven't sold any photos via Flickr yet. Most people just ask if they can use it (non commercially), then I tell them about the CC license. - Holger Eilhard

Damien, I think you are right. Toby, usually I get $100 - $500 per use. Kreg, not doing anything special, but I have a lot of images on Flickr and many of them are popular and rank highly in Flickr search. Like all of you I get lots of "free use" requests all the time as well. Almost always I approve them. - Thomas Hawk

College student told me she's had 2 unsolicited requests yesterday. Mine, which are tagged with the CC attribution license, have been used 4 times. (It's growing) - Charlie Anzman

My wife, Patti, got a unsolicited request 2 weeks ago from an ad agency for a Dell TV spot - earned her $1k - Martin Taylor

I want to be contacted. I need to earn more lenses! - Becca

I got contacted by a PR firm in Florida once, but it didn't end up happening. - Rachel Lea Fox

I wouldn't mind selling something :) - Mirko

Dell TV spot Martin? That sounds pretty cool. I sold a photo to Choice Hotels once for a TV spot. - Thomas Hawk

I think that Flickr probably has a much better selection of really good photos than can be found at most stock agencies, due to the shear number of photos that are uploaded to it on a daily basis. It baffles the mind why Yahoo does not see this and build facility for users to sell stock images, and possibly fine art prints as well. This would be a win-win for both Yahoo and users. - Jeff P. Henderson

Jeff I've been saying that for years. I had a few brief conversations with Stewart Butterfield about it back in 2004 and he mentioned that they would look into it. Nothing ever happened though. The stock photo business is a $2 billion business. Seems like a no brainer to me. I thought since Bill Gates owns Corbis 100% that they might have been a good fit for that given a Yahoo acquisition by MSFT. - Thomas Hawk

I would say it speaks more to your skill as a photographer than Flickr's appeal as a stock photo source. But I've been wrong before. - Randy Hall

Thomas, maybe Flickr's new management will see things differently now, but I'm not holding my breath... - Jeff P. Henderson

I sell a few images per year on Flickr. More importantly, people see images when then lead to direct real-life work. - Aaron B. Hockley

I have sold a few through flickr. People just searching for themes then contacting me if they find one of mine which suits their theme. The issue is then the sales process. I have to import my flickr photos into Imagekind for that. - Tom Quinn

Why doesn't Flickr offer a sell option? Zooomr was thinking of doing it but has changed its mind and now it looks like Protade is trying to start up as a Flickr/stock cross breed for this exact purpose. - CJPhoto

Before I started FriendFeed, and was researching where to put my pictures on-line, I saw many webpages saying Flickr was the place to put your pics if you wanted to sell them. Opted for Picasa instead on the advice of a colleege roommate because I was mainly sharing pics with family, friends, and dancers. It was before I started using Del.icio.us, so I don't have the links handy. :-( - Mitchell Tsai