Instagram: A New Marketplace for Professional Photographers?

A New York-based photographer offered prints for sale on Instagram and made $15,000 in just one day.

danielarnold

Instagram is perhaps the most popular photo-sharing app in the world. A few months ago, the service surpassed 200 million monthly active users, who upload more than 60 million photos per day. Some of those users are starting to realize that having a free platform to host photography may be an excellent way to make money.

When Facebook purchased Instagram, many users were worried, specifically by Facebook’s privacy practices. Another concern was that Facebook would attempt to monetize the photos uploaded to Instagram.

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