Make money by scanning old photos with your iPhone

Are you interested in making some extra income? Scanning photos is a great way to earn extra cash and new technology opens up this opportunity to anyone with an iPhone.

Today, a large number of the trillions of old printed photos are getting dusty and degrading with age in shoeboxes and photo albums in basements. Families want to convert them to digital images so that they can be preserved and shared online but they lack the know-how or time to take on the task.

Leveraging recent advancements in cell phone camera technology and image enhancement algorithms, a company called Sepio has built a free App that opens up new opportunities. Using only an iPhone, anyone can now become a photo curator and offer a high quality scanning service. The work can be done very quickly since photos do not need to be removed from the album and all of the work to straighten, orient, crop and enhance the photos is done automatically by the Sepio App.

Being a photo curator is a great way to earn side income because you aren't competing with people from other countries. Customers will generally pay between $0.20 and $0.50 per photo depending on volume and hundreds of photos can be scanned per hour. We’ve been offering this service in Vancouver, Canada and multiple clients have paid us more than $1000.

The best way to get started is to try it out on some of your own family photos. Once you get the hang of the process, you can reach out to your network of family, friends and colleagues. If that's working well, you can ask for customers to refer you to their friends and can take out your own local ads to promote your service.

In addition to being a great way to make some additional money, scanning photos can be very rewarding work and families are very grateful for the service.

Don’t hesitate to contact us at feedback@sepio.com if you have any questions.