Want to sell stock photos or video from your own site or blog? If so, you may already have an idea of the challenges of integratingwith an e-commerce platform or of setting up merchant accounts for payment, etc.

Fortunately, LicenseStream can make it  a very straightforward process. For thepurposes of this post, we’ll assume that you are already using LicenseStreamand have a Gallery set up.

Read on as we quickly walk through the rest of stepsinvolved:

1. Gather the images on your site that you want to sell from your site.
2. Upload them to your LicenseStream account and activate them, ensuring that you select the licensing model and pricing you want to use for each one (Rights Managed, Royalty Free, Rights Simple).  Be sure to leave the permissions in place to let them get published to your Gallery.
3. Go to your Gallery URL and click on the cart/purchase link for one of the images you want to sell from your site or blog (note that you must be logged out to see the cart link in your own gallery): 
   
   
4. After clicking on the cart/purchase link, select the URL from your browser for this particular “License Content” page (for instance: http://www.licensestream.com/LicenseStream/Gallery/galleryLicense.aspx?uid=628&cid=5801)
5. Edit the page that displays the corresponding image (or video) and post the URL you’ve just copied. If you’re posting on a blog this can be as simple as pasting the URL into the blog post. If you have a site, you’ll likely want to create a custom link. In the example below, the “available for download” link takes your visitor directly to the “License Content” page for that particular photo. Visit http://www.summerstockphotos.com/glowingclouds.html if you’d like to see it in action.
6. That’s it - you’re done. Visitors to your site or blog can now click on the link for a specific piece of content and be taken directly to the License Content page where they can select their preferred resolution and purchase the license in a secure environment.