Naija Photo Stock - FAQs

Naija Photo Stock is a Nigerian-related stock resource company that sells royalty-free images, vector and videos across different categories that can be incorporated into any creative or editorial project. We work with photographers, filmmakers and graphics artists to sell their works through subscription plans and on Pay-as-you-go basis. Prices vary depending on the plan you choose and we accept all popular payments methods.

The Naija Photo Stock library comprises multiple collections of unique visual stock that captures people, lifestyle, landscapes, aerial, timelapse videos, PRESS, retro, wildlife and all that is Nigerian in nature and outlook from perspectives relevant to a large number of topical issues. Loads of images and videos from different types of categories that have a connection to Nigeria can be found and downloaded from Naija Photo Stock.

Very simple, you can purchase and download content on Naija Photo Stock directly; no account creation whatsoever. You can then download content from the site and pay for what you need. However there are two easy payment plans that save you money to choose from- Pay-as-you-go and Subscription. We operate a credit system where each product is assigned a certain credit equivalent to the amount to be paid. To See the Naija Photo Stock subscription Plans & Pricing, click here

Stock photography is photography that is intended to be used for either commercial or editorial purposes such as advertisements, brochures, articles and product packaging. It is commonly purchased and used by graphic designers, artists, and typographers. Depending on the license type associated with each purchase, the extent of use varies in accordance with the rules of the specific license. To buy now, click here

Stock vectors are licensable illustrations fashioned to fit into overall work. Like the photos and video clips, they are an essential part of projecting ones creative ideas. Vectors can be scaled to any size without loss in quality, making it a valuable resource in design, especially print.

Stock video is footage mainly between 5- 60 seconds long, that can be incorporated into a creative or editorial project. They can be used in, multimedia presentations, social media posts, videos for web, documentaries, films, TV advertisements and more. Stock video can be a huge help to producers or film directors because of it is time saving benefits and the opportunity it affords in getting difficult, uncommon shots. Instead of hiring professionals and waiting for the perfect situation, stock videos give you the perfect professional quality always saving precious time.

Royalty-free means that an image is available for use in accordance with the licensing terms without the need for additional description or coordination of the place, audience, or manner of use, etc. When buying an image under a royalty-free license, you receive a non-exclusive lifelong right to use it for your purposes within the bounds stated by the Standard or Extended licenses.

All Naija Photo Stock Images and videos are royalty free and come with a standard license for use and subscription if you choose. Naija Photo Stock lets you buy subscriptions that allow you to pay an amount, either pay-as-u-go, monthly or annually and download any number of photos and videos until your credit is exhausted. They can be used for commercial purposes but that will come with some restrictions. Each simple price plan gives you the flexibility to choose according to your budget and or your usage.

Pay-as-u-go Plan (Starter, Savers and SaversPlus):

  • Pay As You GO
  • No expiry
  • Saver 2-10% discount
  • No monthly subscription
  • Limited access to entire collection

 Professional and Business Plan (Monthly Subscription):

  • Monthly subscription
  • Carry-over of unused credits
  • Saver 10-15% discount
  • Download images within the year
  • Access to entire collection

Business Plus Plan (Annual Subscription):

  • Annual subscription package (Billed annually)
  • Carry-over of unused credits
  • Additional Savings up to 25%
  • Access to entire collection

Teams Plan (Annual Subscription):(Coming Soon)

  • Multi access for up to 4 or more users
  • Team subscription option
  • Annual subscription only
  • Additional Savings
  • Access to entire collection

The Subscription plans (Professionals, Business and Business Plus) gives you more privileges and rights to use our images when printing over 100,000 copies and usage on billboards, and digital media. This plan gives you access to our entire collection with more legal protection and usage rights.

SUBSCRIPTION PLANS:

Naija Photo Stock offers 3 simple subscription plans which offer flexibility and additional savings.

  • Pay-As-u-go Plan
  • Professional, Business & Business Plus Plan (Monthly & annual subscriptions)
  • Teams Plan (Annual Subscription)Coming soon

Subscription plans will be paid monthly or annually. For annual subscriptions, you can only use your images for one year after purchase date. After which all unused credits expire. For Professional and Business subscription plans, once the monthly credit has been used, customer can renew any time.. Unused credits will be carried over from month to month and valid once re-subscribed. PLEASE NOTE that the license for images or videos that were not used in a project within 6 months after the end of the subscription will expire. This means the buyer can no longer use them in any way. However, all images or videos used in a project before this date can be used based on our licence agreement, and can be used in other projects as well.

For our detailed pricing and Subscription Packages click here 

Unused credits are carried over to the next subscription be it monthly or annually and added to the new package giving you more flexibility.

  • Naija Photo Stock accepts payments from the following payment systems:
  • Payment cards (Visa, MasterCard, Verve, etc.)
  • PayPal
  • Some local payment systems 
  • bank transfer

For more information, please register or log in to the www.naijaphotostock.com website and navigate to the Payment page.

Prices are generally shown in USD.

For users from Nigeria, prices are shown in NAIRA.

However, you can choose to pay with one of the various local currencies we accept. You can change your default currency.

The price in your local currency may vary due to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

Yes, you can pay via bank transfer; however, these methods may take longer to complete transactions, thereby delaying your access to images, while credit/debit card payments allow immediate access to download.

To get an invoice, please contact our support team at support@naijaphotostock.com and let us know which plan you are going to purchase.

You’re buying a royalty-free license which means you pay once and are permitted to use the image or video clip multiple times. Please note:

Your license is for one user on one computer, but you may use the image or video clip for numerous projects.

Due to electronic nature of our products, subscription plan fees and on demand downloads on the Naija Photo Stock website are non-refundable.

Currently, Naija Photo Stock is compatible with many popular browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari, and more.

If you are experiencing problems accessing Naija Photo Stock, please let us know by contacting us at support@naijaphotostock.com

Naija Photo Stock contributors have a rare opportunity to be part of the Nigeria’s largest online stock photography database.

By contributing to Naija Photo Stock, you get a chance to reach various buyers across the globe interested in buying Nigerian stock photos and footages from which you can earn residual income on over and over again for your creative assets.

Get access to free webinars, tips and occasional tours and expeditions (terms and conditions applied)

You must have full ownership rights to all digital content uploaded. All Naija Photo Stock contributors must ensure they solely own all creative assets (photos & footage) uploaded or otherwise own and control all the rights to use them.

All Naija Photo Stock contributors must be adults (i.e. at least 18 years of age).

Contents containing recognizable people or private property must have an attached signed release to such content.

Click here to follow our step by step process of become a contributor.

You can sell photographs and footages on Naija Photo Stock. The categories covered include (but are not restricted to) Arts, Festivals, Business and Finance, Food and Drink, Illustrations, Nature and Landscapes, Travel & Tourism, Culture, Timelapse, Aerial, Jobs and Careers & News / Press.

We have a comprehensive document explaining our legal requirements, categories of licensing and associated guidelines. Click here 

Supported File formats include:

Images (photos or illustrations):

  • RAW / JPEG format only
  • Minimum image resolution is 4MP (megapixels)
  • Maximum image resolution is 100MP (megapixels)

Footages:

  • Minimum video resolution is 1280 x 720. However, we recommend recording in Full HD, 4K DCI, or 4K UHD.
  • File format must be: MOV, MP4, or AVI format.
  • Duration needs to be at least 5 seconds and not exceed 30 seconds.
  • Maximum file size: 250MB
  • Avoid vertical or square framing.

 

The quality of photographs must be of the highest quality possible so that it can serve the uses of the variety of clients we have.

It must be creative, unique with a touch of the rich Nigerian and African culture. They must be photographed or filmed in such a way as to enable other professionals to incorporate them into their own projects with the greatest of ease.

Avoid images that have issues with intellectual property or copyright. We are building the largest database of Nigerian stock photography/videos and our customers across a wide range of industries and our clients require high quality resolution, relevant, current and authentic content.

Content ownership information is of paramount importance and should be provided with the highest level of integrity.

We do not accept:

  • Photographs of photographs;
  • Photographs containing logos, trademarks, trade names;
  • Photographs of objects protected by patents, copyright or intellectual property rights;
  • Subjects of contemporary arts;
  • Photographs/pictures with design elements protected by copyright;
  • Photographs or illustrations on the base of archive pictures, illustrations, magazines, reproductions, etc;
  • Photographs of documents where personal data are shown, images with screensavers, computer monitors, current maps, etc.;
  • Photographs with elements of military awards, military property, symbols and attributes of state power, governmental property;
  • Studio shooting of people if you have no model release;
  • Photographs from public events, sport events, concerts, where photographing was directly prohibited;
  • Images that do not answer our quality requirements.

Every photograph or video uploaded to Naija Photo Stock is uploaded under a specific license; the buyers are therefore required to use the creative assets within the licensing guidelines. Buyers, depending on their industry are however at their own discretion on the use of content from Naija Photo Stock. Naija Photo Stock Contributor’s content just like usual stock content will be used for online or offline advertisements, branding, publications, software, product packaging, digital design and movie projects. We however do not accept the use of the content for logos or sensitive and defamatory topics.

Every time someone purchases your content on Naija Photo Stock, you get 70% commission for photos, vectors or videos.

For better accounting, payment will be made monthly (at the end of every month) every time your images, vector or videos(products) sell up to $100 or the Naira equivalent. If your products are not sold up to that amount. It will be carried over to the next month until it gets up to $100 or its Naira equivalent. Payment is made in Naira as we have a currency switcher on the site where visitors can choose the currency of their choice. Naira or Dollar.

You will also monitor your sales commission from your account. You will get notifications every time you have a sale.

No, the price for images is standard and is set by Naija Photo Stock exclusively

Each image you upload, upon approval by our technical team will be made into 4 versions:

  1. Large (L)
  2. Medium (M)
  3. Small (S)
  4. Watermark featured image(what people see)

The prices of each (L,M,S) will be determined strictly by our technical team.

Exclusive content sale is subject to negotiation. Kindly contact us for details. info@naijaphotostock.com

Although technology is constantly advancing we are not accepting images captured with a cell phone camera as they may not meet our standards. Please see what kind of content can I sell on Naija Photo Stock?

Yes, you should be aware of any logos and trademarks that appear in your images or footages. These are strictly forbidden and must be removed before submission. If your content contains recognizable persons, buildings, locations, or intellectual property such as objects, artwork, sculptures, or designs, a Model or Property Release may be required.

Click here for a free Model Release Form.

If your image, vector, or video features an identifiable person you will need a Model Release. If it features intellectual property or private property such as buildings and locations, you may need a Property Release.

  • An image does not meet the quality criteria
  • An image contains unacceptable elements, logos, forbidden objects;
  • An image fully or in part coincides with the one already stored in the archive;
  • An image has low artistic value / unredeemable content.

We have a limited number of site administrators evaluating images uploaded by everyone around the globe. The time it takes for your images to pass the evaluation process entirely depends on the quantity of images uploaded at or near the same time.
We make every effort to release everyone’s images for sale as quickly as possible without sacrificing our reputation for quality.

Yes, you can manage images for sale in your account at your own discretion

If you suspect unauthorized use of your content or have licensing questions related to a client’s usage, please contact us immediately at support@naijaphotostock.com.

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