Kelp Market · For photographers
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Kelp Market.
Upload the photos sitting on your drive, prove they're yours, and get paid when they're licensed. The desktop app does the scanning, the verification, and the publishing — nothing leaves your machine until you say so.
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How it works
Four steps from drive to market
01 — Download the desktop app
Grab the app for macOS or Windows and sign in. Your account is what ties published assets to payouts.
02 — Point it at a folder
Pick a folder and the app reads everything into a local index, previews included. It takes JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, and RAW files from all the big brands: DNG, ARW, CR2, CR3, NEF, ORF, RAF, RW2. New shots added later get picked up on their own.
03 — Verify your gear
The app asks your camera to photograph a challenge code. That one photo proves the camera and lens are really yours — checked right on your machine, without uploading anything.
04 — Publish & earn
Publishing is the only step that needs you signed in — until you hit it, nothing leaves your drive. Published photos earn 50% of every license, with proof that travels inside the files themselves.
JPEG · PNG · TIFF · WebP · DNG · ARW · CR2 · CR3 · NEF · ORF · RAF · RW2
Local-first
Nothing leaves your machine
until you publish
Your library, the previews, your keywords — everything stays on your machine. Browse, verify, take your time. The only thing that ever touches the internet is publish, and publish needs your sign-in.
The full journey
From your drive to your payout
Shots sell one by one or bundled into datasets — either way, 50% of every license is yours.
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