9 Product Photography Business Success Stories [2023]

Updated: July 24th, 2023
Start A Product Photography Business

Product photography involves taking pictures of products for commercial use. Online traders hire professional photographers to take great photos of their products to post online. The images testify quality and value of the products and establish transparency in the eCommerce business.

If you love photography, you can become a product photographer. Take high-end photos and use photo editing software to improve the appearance.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a product photography business:

1. Product Photography Studio ($540K/year)

Tsour Lee Adato (from Miami, FL, USA) started Product Photography Studio ago.

Revenue
$45K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees

Case Study

Hi! My name is Tsour Lee Adato and I am the founder of Pro Photo Studio. I started my product photography business over 5 years ago while living in New York. Pro Photo Studio specializes in high-end commercial photography and also caters to the average eCommerce online seller who sells on platforms like Amazon and Etsy.

The company began realizing a profit very quickly, in the first quarter after opening and year over year profits have increased while the cost of customer acquisition has decreased. Currently, the company makes approximately $350k per year and is on its way to becoming a 7 figure business.

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2. PortraitFlip LLC ($540K/year)

Sunny Choudhary (from Pune, Maharashtra, India) started PortraitFlip LLC almost 6 years ago.

Revenue
$45K / month
Team
1 founders / 15 employees

Case Study

I am Sunny Choudhary, a 24-year-old co-founder of PortraitFlip with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai.

We make sure to choose the best artists across the world so that there are no doubts in the hearts of our customers.

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Learn more about starting a product photography business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a product photography business?
-> Pros and cons of a product photography business

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established product photography business
-> Marketing ideas for a product photography business

Other resources

-> Product photography business tips

4. jonathan is media ($101K/year)

Jonathan (from ) started jonathan is media about 7 years ago.

Revenue
$8.4K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

Case Study

Hello, Starter Story! My name is Jonathan from jonathanismedia.com, where we help Amazon sellers with their product photography to stand out from the competition.

I believe it’s better to focus down and specialize on one aspect rather than be an agency that does it all. Whenever I need to work with an agency that says they specialize in social media, website design, SEO, influencer marketing, and marketing, I get unconvinced. How can an agency of a small number be specialized in totally different topics?

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5. picjumbo ($120K/year)

Viktor Hanacek (from Brno, Czechia) started picjumbo over 9 years ago.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

Case Study

Hi! I'm Viktor and I run a free stock photo site picjumbo. Anyone can visit it and download any photo of mine for free, without any registration or email input, and use it for their blog, website, Instagram, or even a billboard.

While all photos are free, you can buy the All in One Pack to download all the free photos to your computer at once or sign up for PREMIUM Membership to get access to more unreleased photos, entire collections, and extra content every month. Together with advertising, these are the main sources of income and currently, picjumbo is above the $10,000/month mark.

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6. Goodo Studios ($300K/year)

Matthew Gattozzi (from Seattle, WA, USA) started Goodo Studios almost 4 years ago.

Revenue
$25K / month
Team
1 founders / 2 employees

Case Study

I’m Matthew Gattozzi, the founder of Goodo Studios, a content creation studio that creates photos and videos for direct-to-consumer brands.

We work with brands in three ways. The first way is an original production, where we shoot high-end photos and videos on cinema cameras. The second way is remixing and editing photos and videos to optimize for ads on platforms like Facebook and TikTok. The third way we work is by creating TikToks and User Generated Content for organic and paid media. We are doing around $25k/month.

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8. Digital Cohort ($120K/year)

Sepideh Maleki (from Lynnwood, WA, USA) started Digital Cohort over 8 years ago.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
2 founders / 2 employees

Case Study

Hi, My name is Sepideh Maleki. I am a photographer based in the Seattle Metro Area, WA. I started my business as a Product Photographer in 2014. I do product, clothing, jewelry, and Lifestyle photography for Amazon sellers and online store owners.

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9. PEWDOC ($14.4K/year)

Manthan Gajjar (from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) started PEWDOC almost 4 years ago.

Revenue
$1.2K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

Case Study

Hello, my name is Manthan Gajjar and I am the founder of pewdoc. Using my blogging platform I'm helping young ( or you can say beginner ) photographers to learn something about photography in their day-to-day life.

So right now as my side hustle project, from this business, I’m earning $1.2k/month.

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