I have a LOT of duck footage and it's helped me make money! Not through sales... the ducks are always available as models and happily work for a handful of food. They've helped me practise and perfect many techniques and types of shot. I know how to get the best out of my gear because I've invested time in filming and editing... ducks!! Thanks for the tips Will, your content is brilliant.

Subject is king. Thanks for the advice of preparing a shot list of subjects before we go out and shoot!

Thanks a lot! I think these are one of the best tips for selling stock footage. Many people just talking about technical aspect, but this is also really useful advice. Great work!

Wow this is such an excellent video with some very helpful tips! Thanks for posting :)

Tip: If you shoot animals -- shoot them doing something interesting like, eating, landing, taking flight ect... Action is the key here and the more rare and unusual the situation is the BETTER For example: a squirrel riding on a horse

thanks for great tips, subscribed

Just found your vid's, and love how you use the "squirrels" for example of what people think they will be the 1st one to shoot it. SO great, haha, I can tell you want to say more, but you gotta be "good" haha Well done

Please let me know if you have any tips when it comes to stock footage, would love to discuss ideas

Relax your hand man :D They distract. Great tutorial.

very informative video, great format. I've taken notes as this is an industry I want to explore

Awesome video! Very helpful.

Subscribed, great tips. I'm going to use my spare time to shoot tourist attraction based content and see if I can hire a model. Some building exteriors need a property release so is it best to go for editorial content if that comes up?

This was so helpful, thank you!!!

great videos, subscribed! I´m a stock photographer and will start stock footage now. I´ll follow up on your channel. thanks for all the info!

Liked and subbed

Thanks for the tips man!

Would you be interested in sharing a basic generic Shot List for those of us who are new to stock footage? Love your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Thanks man you're awesome!

Thanks for the tips. I've never made any stock footage, but now it's becoming of interest to me. And you've made quite an informative video. I would say I wish you had more visual content in your video, added some examples etc., but your narration is so captivating, so I'd say "nah"

Very helpful video, thanks

What do you think about aerial stock footage of nature particular to where you live? Rivers, waterfalls, hiking trails with people?

A good video would be on good places to sell stock footage. I would like to know a bit more about that. If you can give me some suggestions in the comments I would appreciate it. Thank you *** I just found your Blackbox video. Do you think that is still the best place or do you have some other suggestions and comments?

A question, William: when uploading multiple points of view of the same subject, does every clip need unique keywording? And what do agencies like Blackbox think of this so-called 'batch' uploading?

Hi Will, great tips! Thank you. Was wondering, as BlackBox suggests and encourages users who want a full curator to select someone that they know..or at least not randomly... is there any way I could select you from the Blackbox interface? In that case, what is your BB profile name? Cheers!!! (Starting out now with video, coming from photography, but have niche production content)

Great tips William, in case we are an editor and we are looking to just edit stock footage and put up and have a share of revenue, where can we find shooters to collaborate on that? Maybe even someone overseas

Where do I go to search for the most sellable stock footage?

seems like there is a lot of people promoting black box... by where they get a % of "directed' people via their you tube sites. My question is how much money can REALLY be made on stock footage vs normal weddings real estate advertising work etc.

when uploading a clip to black box would you always colour grade, or provide it as vlog footage so client can colour grade to there liking

Does the fact that there is already stock footage of major landmarks near me make it a bad idea to shoot footage of them? Is there value in trying different angles, frame rates, exposures, that kind of thing?

What happened to 2018 videos buddy??!!

what audio equipment should i buy for filming simple stock? I'd probably want a shot gun mic instead of using the built in mic right?

When do and don’t you need a model release ?

Hi William, Maybe there's something weird with me but I can't seem to find your email As I would like to share and discuss an idea with you.... Thanks....

but don't you need permission to sell footage of landmarks and things like Government buildings?

do you realize how hard it is to get even one money making shot? anything using people you need a talent release witch is a pane in the ass. on pond5 most of the things that sell are like politics , demonstrations , current news. i have found its not quantity but QWALITY. like he said at the start ,its those hard to get shots that few have access to are the ones that sell. my friends dad has been an underwater videographer for years and shark week he sells the most.