It's very possible to sell your stock photos from your own website.

You will first need a web hosting company to give you the actual space to put your photos onto (called uploading!)

You can either put medium resolution pictures on as samples or thumbnail pictures with a link to a high resolution picture.

A web hosting company will cost anything from $ 100 a year upwards depending on what they offer. Beware of the amount of downloads you can do from your website as this can get very expensive in additional fees.

You'll next need Gallery Software - I recommend Allwebco who have a range of galleries specifically for photographers and artists from $ 50 upwards. Their after sales service is super.  The alternative is to get a ready made photo gallery and these range from Yessy.com who charge $59 for lots of photos right up to hundreds of $$.

Do a web search on photo hosting or photo gallery or just look at a photographer’s website and ask him/her what software they use.  You will have to spend LOTS of time promoting your website and including it on your stationery and business cards.

There's also a lot of work to do writing to potential customers telling them about your website.  You can also offer limited edition prints on your website and this is worth investigating.

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Keith Jones has been a Stock and Travel Photographer for over 40 years

His Website is at http://www.fotos4web.com