{"id":3542,"date":"2020-10-18T10:23:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T10:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:55:28","slug":"6-ways-to-earn-passive-income-as-a-video-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/6-ways-to-earn-passive-income-as-a-video-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Earn Passive Income as a Video Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you earn a living as a video creator or producer, you know that it is hard work. You have to\u00a0market your services<\/a>, meet with potential clients, go through multiple rounds of emails with them as they make a decision to hire you or not, create a proposal or estimate, draw up a contract, then pack and prep your gear, shoot the video over one or many days, transfer the footage, edit the video (or videos), go back and forth with the client for feedback, then deliver the final video.<\/p>\n

Just writing all of that was exhausting. But as a video creator, that\u2019s what you have to do to earn a living. (Naturally, I\u2019m talking about freelance creators or those who own their own small business. If you are an employee for a larger agency or production company, it\u2019s a different situation.) If you don\u2019t have clients to serve, you don\u2019t earn an income.<\/p>\n

But there are other ways to earn money that, while it may require a little work up front, once that work is done, you will continue to earn money.<\/p>\n

What is passive income?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Think of passive income as money you earn, even when you\u2019re asleep. Other than the initial work to create the product you will sell to generate that income, you don\u2019t have to do anything to generate revenue. You can earn passive income in many ways: real estate or stock investments, royalties from software, licensing fees, etc. Other than perhaps some minor maintenance work or accounting, there\u2019s no additional work needed.<\/p>\n

Passive income ideas for the video creator<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I would like to highlight some specific ways in which you can earn passive income, specifically from work you do as a video creator.<\/p>\n

Stock footage<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Stock footage<\/a> is an obvious choice for video creators. Sites like Artlist.io allow you to upload footage and earn income from your share of people who download your clips. What\u2019s great about this is that you may already have a lot of footage you could use. For instance: b-roll footage from various shoots, footage of people you\u2019ve shot from various projects, vacation footage from your travels, etc. You might already have hundreds, even thousands of clips that could be earning you money right now.<\/p>\n

Here are some things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n