The valuation tool's range for a small everyday image library

What the valuation tool returns for images on these answers: Images: Under 10,000 (counted as 5,000); Kind of library: Everyday photography; People in them: None recognisable, or all released. Its working: 2 cents to 25 cents an image, tapering above 100,000.

Updated 11 Oct 2026, from its newest record.

The 2 records it is computed from, largest first

Records behind this figure
Record	Amount	As stated	Dated	Source
Images sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)	$2	$1 to $2 an image	5 Apr 2024	Reuters, via The Decoder
A photo host's archive of 13 billion photos (Photobucket, in talks)	$1	5 cents to $1 a photo per image	5 Apr 2024	Reuters, via Australian Photography

Images sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
Amount
$2
As stated
$1 to $2 an image
Dated
5 Apr 2024
Source
Reuters, via The Decoder
A photo host's archive of 13 billion photos (Photobucket, in talks)
Amount
$1
As stated
5 cents to $1 a photo per image
Dated
5 Apr 2024
Source
Reuters, via Australian Photography

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