Microstock Photography Course 2027Make $2,000/month selling AI photos and videos
Even if you've never sold a single file. I'll show you the exact system behind my own microstock portfolio: find what buyers want, create 1,000+ images a day with frontier AI models, and sell every file on every agency.
$99 First Wave tuition until Dec 31, then $199 · +500 bonus credits · Certificate
Weekly earnings
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+18%Monthly earnings
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+24%Sell your AI photos and videos on every agency that pays




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Stock Fastlane in 2 minutes
The system, start to finish.
Here's the truth
Most people quit microstock at 500 files. Not because it doesn't pay.
They quit because nobody showed them the system. They make what everyone else makes, upload it to one site, spend hours on keywords, and watch a few cents trickle in. Then they read "AI killed stock photography" and give up.
The people making real money do the opposite. And that's exactly what you're going to learn.
Sound familiar?
- 15,000 AI files and two sales a day
- Earnings dropping every month
- Hours of keywording for every batch
- Uploading to one site, one file at a time
- No idea what buyers actually want
Stock Fastlane fixes every one of these, in order.

My microstock income
~$7,000/mo
Why I'm teaching this
I made every mistake. So you don't have to.
Hi, I'm Alex. Today my microstock portfolio pays me around $7,000 a month. It didn't start that way.
I learned generation the hard way: which models buyers pay for, which files get rejected, and why great images with bad metadata never sell. Then I hit the real wall: scale. Doing every step by hand, you never get past a few thousand files.
So I built the tools I needed. That's how CyberStock was born: trend data, keywording in 1.3 seconds a file, one-click uploads to every agency. More than 1,100,000 files have gone through it since.
Every step I went through to build my content factory, I'm handing to you.
0.0M+
files processed by CyberStock
10,000+
contributors use our tools
26
stock sites we support
The $2,000 math
100,000 files. $2,000 a month. Every month.
100,000 photos
or 25,000 to 50,000 videos earn about $2,000/month
1,000+ images a day
with our automation workflow, while you sleep
× every agency
one file sold on six sites instead of one
Monthly earnings by portfolio size
~$0.02 per file a monthFiles in your portfolio, across the agencies that accept them
What you'll learn
From trends to payouts. One system, on autopilot.
Find the trends that pay
We show you how to read buyer demand with our own trend data: what people search this week, where few files compete, and which niches peak next.
Create with the best AI, at factory speed
Generate photos and videos with frontier AI models: which ones make files buyers pay for, how to set them up, and how our automation workflow turns them into 1,000+ images a day.
Turn images into video that earns more
Animate your best images into stock footage. One good clip can earn what ten photos do, and most contributors still don't make video.
Metadata that gets you found
Just as important as the content itself: titles and keywords in the order buyers search, 1,000 files in about 22 minutes, ready for 26 stock sites.
Upload once, sell everywhere
Every file on every agency that accepts it, in one click with CyberPusher and 0% commission. No more uploading site by site.
Graduate with the CyberStock Certificate
Ten exams passed, a public verification link you can show clients and brands.
1Trend researchCyberStock DiscoverWhat buyers search this week, where few files compete
2Content creationFrontier AI image and video modelsOur automation workflow: 1,000+ images a day, the best turned into video
3MetadataCyberStockTitles and 49 keywords in buyer order, 1.3 s per file
4DistributionCyberPusherEvery file on every agency, one click, 0% commission
5EarningsAdobe Stock · Shutterstock · Pond5 · moreRoyalties from every agency, every month, on autopilot
The curriculum
10 modules. Zero to content factory.
Built from what contributors search on Google and YouTube, in the order you need it. You'll work with the frontier AI models for photos and video.
01The platforms: sign up right, get paid rightEvery agency that pays for AI photos and videos, how to join each one and how to get your money out.+
- Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Getty, Pond5, Freepik and the rest: who pays most and who accepts AI
- Registration, tax forms and payout settings done once, correctly
- Your $2,000/month number: how many files, which kind, on which agencies
02The best AI for photos and videos that sellWhich models make images and clips buyers actually pay for, and how to set each one up.+
- The frontier AI models for photos, compared on what buyers actually license
- The frontier AI models for video, and which one to use for which shot
- Settings, sizes and quality checks that pass agency review
03Prompt engineering that sellsEngineer prompts for buyers, not for Instagram, and get commercial-grade results on the first try.+
- The prompt structure we use for commercial microstock images
- Prompts for series: one idea, fifty sellable variations
- The words and subjects agencies reject, and how to avoid them
04Find trends: high demand, low supplySee what buyers search this week against how many files already compete, and make exactly that.+
- How we read buyer demand and competition in CyberStock Discover
- Spot seasonal peaks 6 to 8 weeks before buyers arrive
- Leave with your own list of 50 niches that pay
05Automation: 1,000+ images a dayOur automation workflow: thousands of prompts in, thousands of finished images out, while you sleep.+
- Generate prompt lists by the thousand from your niches
- Run generation on autopilot, day and night
- Sort a night of renders into upload-ready series in minutes
06AI video: clips that earn more per fileTurn your best images into 4K stock footage that brands buy for ads, YouTube and film.+
- Stock footage explained: the 5 to 20 second clips buyers license
- Image to video with frontier AI video models, step by step
- The specs agencies accept, and why one clip can outearn ten photos
07Metadata that gets foundGreat files with weak titles never sell. Write metadata the way buyers search.+
- Titles and 49 keywords in buyer order, with the 10 that decide your ranking first
- Each agency's metadata rules, so nothing is rejected for keywords
- Categories, AI labels and the names you must never use
08Keywording at scale and the API1,000 files keyworded in about 22 minutes, ready for 26 stock sites, and the same from your own scripts.+
- Batch keywording with CyberStock: one run, every agency's format
- Connect the CyberStock API to your pipeline
- Quality checks that keep your acceptance rate high
09Upload once, sell everywherePut every file on every agency that takes it, without uploading by hand.+
- Getting around Adobe's weekly upload limit and the common rejection reasons
- One-click distribution to every agency with CyberPusher, 0% commission
- A weekly upload routine that never stalls
10Your content factoryConnect it all: trends feed the prompts, the prompts feed generation, and finished files flow to every agency.+
- Prompts generated automatically from the trends you found
- The full pipeline, from trend to payout, connected end to end
- The weekly routine to 100,000 files
Results
Real portfolios. Real payouts.
Kemi A.Lagos, Nigeria$0$2,050/mo
in 7 months · 38,000 files
Zero accounts, zero files. Built the pipeline in month one, then 1,000+ images a day on six agencies.
Monthly earnings
Maria S.Curitiba, Brazil$40/mo$1,240/mo
in 4 months · 21,000 files
Switched from guessing to trend data, redid metadata on her old portfolio and added video.
Monthly earnings
“I was stuck at 600 files and like $40 a month for a year. The trend module alone changed what I make. Now I upload what people actually search and it sells within days.”
Maria S.Curitiba, Brazil“Honestly thought AI stock was dead. Turns out I was just uploading the same stuff as everyone else. The metadata part is underrated, my views doubled after redoing my keywords.”
James W.Leeds, UK“The automation pipeline is the real deal. I set it up on a weekend and it runs while I'm at my day job. I just check the results in the evening.”
Anna K.Kraków, Poland“Very practical, no fluff. Took me a bit to get the video part right, but clips earn way more per download than my photos ever did.”
Raj P.Pune, India“I used to upload to Adobe only. Now every file goes to six agencies with one click. Same work, way more sales.”
Lucas M.Valencia, Spain“Started from zero, no camera, no idea. Followed the modules in order and hit $2k in my seventh month. The exams kept me from skipping stuff.”
Kemi A.Lagos, NigeriaWhat you walk away with
Not another course you watch. Skills you keep for life.
Lifelong skills in AI image and video generation
The same skills brands pay for: product shots, ad creatives, short video.
A clear path to $2,000 a month in the shortest time possible
Your number, your weekly quota and the exact order to do things in.
The skill to research trends with data
Know what to make before you make it, every single week.
A content factory that runs on autopilot
From trend to payout, connected end to end.
Who it's for
Wherever you start, the target is the same.
Complete beginners
No camera, no portfolio, no experience. You start from zero accounts.
AI creators
Turn thousands of renders into a portfolio that sells on every agency that takes AI.
Photographers
Sell where AI is banned and shoot what buyers searched this week.
Video creators
Clips earn more per file. Learn the specs and the fastest way to make them.
Trend hunters
Upload 6 to 8 weeks before the season peaks, with the data in front of you.
Side-income seekers
A few hours a week and a system that keeps selling while you sleep.
Admissions
Seats are by application. Certificates are earned.
- 01
Apply
Two minutes. Tell us what you make and where you want to be.
- 02
Get admitted
Your seat and your price are locked.
- 03
Classes start Feb 10
All ten modules open on schedule.
- 04
Pass the exams
One per module, 80% to pass, two attempts.
- 05
Earn your certificate
The CyberStock certificate with a public verification link.
First Wave tuition
$99 now. $199 from January 1.
Stock Fastlane 2027
First Wave$99$199one payment
- All 10 modules, from your first agency account to an automated content factory
- Our automation workflow: 1,000+ images a day
- 500 CyberStock credits: keyword your first 500 files free
- Our trend and niche lists
- Module exams and the CyberStock Stock Fastlane Certificate
- Lifetime access to the 2027 edition
Classes start February 10, 2027. On a yearly Pro or yearly Unlimited plan at the Early Bird price? It's already included.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
CyberStock data puts $2,000/month at about 100,000 photos, or 25,000 to 50,000 videos, on the agencies that accept them: roughly $0.02 per file a month, plus Adobe's Firefly training payouts. Module 1 gives you your own number and weekly quota.
A year from now you'll wish you started today. Start with one application.
Two minutes · $99 until December 31 · +500 CyberStock credits · Certificate