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RINKDRAFT PHOTOGRAPHERS
Your photos. Their cards. Your royalties.
Supply approved NIHL photography for RinkDraft digital trading cards. When one of your photos is selected for a real card issued from a pack, you earn a royalty based on the image pool used — from 20p for Standard up to £1.00 for One-of-One — and can track every use from your photographer dashboard.
20p–£1 per issued card
Upload & tag player images
Track every use & payout
Choose premium image tiers
Upload onceUse the same account to keep adding new hockey images
20p–£1 a cardHigher image tiers earn a higher royalty on every issued card
Proof of useSee the exact numbered cards where your work appeared
Manual payoutsTrack outstanding royalties and paid history
HOW IT WORKS
We turn approved player photography into collectible card artwork.
Photographers can contribute real hockey photography to the RinkDraft Cards ecosystem. We review and approve images first, then make them available for eligible player cards. When a collector opens a pack and one of your images is selected, you get paid.
Upload & tag
Upload photos, choose the club, enter the player name and confirm you hold the necessary rights.
Nominate premium shots
Choose your best work for Rare, Premium and One-of-One image pools.
Earn & track
When your images appear on issued cards, your dashboard shows the use instantly and adds the royalty to your balance.
WHAT YOU GET
A proper photographer portal — not just an upload form.
The portal is designed so contributors can treat RinkDraft as an ongoing revenue source and image library, with transparent tracking around approvals, card usage and payouts.
Upload & organise
Keep adding approved photography to your library and tag it by club, player and season so it is ready for card use.
Set image tiers
Nominate up to 5 Rare picks, 5 Premium picks and 1 One-of-One image so your best photos can power higher-rarity cards.
See what you earned
Every card use is tracked. View lifetime earnings, unpaid balance, paid totals and full payout history in your dashboard.
EARNING POTENTIAL
See what your images could earn as collectors pull cards.
Royalties are paid per issued card using your approved image. Use the calculator below to explore the maths at the current royalty rates. These figures are examples only — actual earnings depend on how often your images are selected and cards are issued.
Card-use calculator
Choose an example number of times one image is used on issued cards.
Standard · 20p/use£20at 100 uses
Rare · 40p/use£40at 100 uses
Premium · 50p/use£50at 100 uses
One-of-One · £1.00/use£100at 100 uses
Example, not a guarantee. Earnings only arise when an approved image is actually selected and used on a real issued card. A single One-of-One image will normally have far fewer eligible uses than a Standard image.
Example earnings per image
A quick guide to what repeated card usage could produce at today’s rates.
Image tier
50 uses
100 uses
Standard
20p per use
20p per use
£10.00
£20.00
Rare Pick
40p per use
40p per use
£20.00
£40.00
Premium Pick
50p per use
50p per use
£25.00
£50.00
One-of-One
£1.00 per use
£1.00 per use
£50.00
£100.00
IMAGE POOLS
Choose how your best images can be used.
All approved images can live in the standard pool, while a limited number of standout photos can be nominated for higher-profile card uses.
Pool
Limit
Royalty
Typical use
Notes
StandardDefault approved image pool
Unlimited
20p per issued card
Base cards and general card art
Best for your regular approved player photography.
Rare PickPromoted image choice
Up to 5
40p per issued card
Rare pulls and selected premium slots
Use for your stronger action shots or standout player images.
Premium PickHigher-end image pool
Up to 5
50p per issued card
Elite and Legendary style usage
Ideal for your best premium-quality hockey imagery.
One-of-OneTop exclusive image
1
£1.00 per issued card
Special 1/1 cards
Reserve this for the single hero image you most want tied to a unique card.
READY TO JOIN?
Start building your RinkDraft photo library.
Register your photographer account, upload your best NIHL imagery and let your work power the next generation of RinkDraft Cards.