Though we are all aware of the fact that there are scores of companies that buy stock imagery, things are changing as many companies are paying people for images they click with your cameras, smartphones or tablets.

If you want to earn a few bucks quickly and you are wondering how to make money with pictures, then you need to scroll down and know about the top websites that are worth checking out.

• EyeEm

This app helps android users and Apple users to make money with pictures as it is available for iOS and Android. The best thing about this website is its variety of photo enhancing filters. The pictures are sold in partnership with Getty Images.

• Foap

You can earn 5 bucks easily when you sell photos via this website. The approval process depends largely on your ratings as a member. Each time you upload a new photo, you will need to rate images with other members. This ensures that every member has a rating. The more positive ratings you have, the higher would be your chances of approval.

• Alamy

Most people have heard of Alamy as reputed newspapers, publishing houses and magazines buy images from this platform. It has an app called Stockimo that allows you to make money with pictures by letting you upload pictures clicked via a mobile device. This website is meant for class photographers as you can get up to 500 dollars for a picture. The average sale price is about 90 dollars and a photographer gets flat 20 percent fee for any photo that’s sold. You are also free to sold the photos repeatedly if you are willing to go through the approval process again and again.

• Twenty20

This website pays you 20 percent of each picture that earns money. The price of each picture is decided by the company, and the charges are usually based on the size of the photo. The minimum price claimed by the website is 10 dollars.

• ScoopShot

This website mainly caters to websites that are looking for photos of a specific nature. If you seriously want to work hard to sell your photos, then this assignment-based website is perfect for you. When a request comes, you submit photos to fulfill the request, and the person/company that raised the request chooses the photos he or she likes. This app is available for Android and iOS.

• Clashot

If you want to make money with pictures and don’t want to go through a lot of legal red tape then you should try the mobile app known as Clashot. It allows you to upload any picture you want. The ones that get approved are put up for sales. The ones that don’t get approval still get visibility online.

• Fotolia

This app is a bit complicated as the photos you upload here get ranked, and there are some exclusivity deals as well. The payment system is quite generous as you get to earn anywhere from 20 percent to up to 60 percent for the photos that were uploaded by you and sold.

Now that you know about the websites/apps that help you make money with photos, you should learn to target specific niches that are underrepresented in order to ensure that your pictures sell quickly.

CAMRADATA, a leading provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has launched a Private Markets Database giving investors who are looking for more diversification in their investments access to a new private markets screen within CAMRADATA Live.

CAMRADATA Live enables asset managers to showcase their strategies and allows institutional investors and investment consultants to analyse them all in one easy place.

 Over 2,500 investors and consultants use the portal to search and analyse nearly 6,000 investment products offered by more than 700 asset managers.

Now clients can search in eight private market categories – allowing them to make more informed investment decisions. These categories include: Commodities, Infrastructure Debt, Infrastructure Equity, Natural Resources, Private Debt, Private Equity, Real Estate and Real Estate Debt.

Sean Thompson, Managing Director, CAMRADATA said, “This is an exciting time for CAMRADATA. Not only have we seen our business expand into Europe, MENA and Asia, but this year, we have also been busy developing new services to give our clients even greater value and insight. Adding private markets to CAMRADATA Live further enhances our market offering.

“Increasingly, investors are seeking alternative investments to achieve greater yield and portfolio diversification. Private markets have seen tremendous growth in recent years and we’ve launched this new facility in response to client demand and interest in these types of assets from the institutional investor.

“We encourage investors who are not currently using our online manager research platform, CAMRADATA Live, to get in touch, as it would provide them with a wealth of information at no cost.  Investors will be able to take full advantage of the range of opportunities and strategies in traditional asset classes and now private markets as well, with the confidence that they have robust, up-to-date information at their fingertips,” adds Mr Thompson.

For more information on CAMRADATA visit www.camradata.com.

Switzerland is set for sturdy growth of 2.4% this year and 2.0% in 2019, though further Swiss franc appreciation against the euro remains a risk should investors turn again to the currency to hedge against tensions in global trade and EU politics.

For the updated rating report, click here.

Switzerland’s credit profile reflects its exceptionally strong fundamentals, low levels of debt and sound fiscal management.

Switzerland furthermore benefits from a strong external position, effective financial policy settings and highly developed capital markets, underpinned by the safe-haven status of the Swiss franc.

The Swiss currency however constitutes a potential source of economic uncertainty. The depreciation of the franc against the euro at end-2017, alongside strong external demand, drove the economy’s buoyant growth in the first two quarters of 2018 at 3.2% YoY. In line with the Federal Government’s and IMF’s estimates, Scope expects GDP growth of 2.4% for 2018 due to the continued strong performance of its main trading partners and robust domestic demand, supported by investment and favourable labour market trends, before flattening out to 2.0% in 2019, as the global economy slows down.

The main risks to future growth stem from international trade tensions and regional political uncertainty, which could create renewed safe-haven pressures on the Swiss franc. This has been amply demonstrated in the past, triggering the SNB’s heavy currency intervention leading to a quadrupling in the size of the central bank’s balance sheet since the financial crisis.

On the domestic front, Swiss banks’ exposure to real estate, with mortgage lending accounting for around 85% of total domestic bank lending, is a source of potential economic instability given elevated household loan-to-income ratios, up 10 percentage points since 2013 to around 50% in 2017. Risks are somewhat mitigated by Swiss households’ ample financial assets, amounting to 370% of GDP.

In addition, while Scope is confident in continuing constructive relations between Switzerland and the EU, also with regards to concluding a new bilateral framework agreement, two key potential strains could emerge, given:

• First, the right-wing Swiss People’s Party’s collection of more than 100,000 signatures (to be validated by the Federal Chancellery) necessary for a national vote to discontinue the existing free movement agreement with the EU. A similar referendum in 2014 took place, though the Swiss parliament later voted to ensure new legislation conformed with EU rules.
• Second, the status of the Swiss stock exchange within the EU. In December 2017, the EU granted a one-year stock-market equivalence to Switzerland, while the Federal Council adopted a contingency measure, under which, if no extension is made by December 2018, it would require EU stock exchanges to apply for permission to trade in Switzerland.

Scope currently rates Switzerland at AAA with a Stable Outlook. This publication does not constitute a credit rating action. For the last credit rating action release, click here.