ONDA — Surf Photos by Spot and Date: Find Yours, or Sell Yours

ONDA is a marketplace where water-sports photographers (surf, kitesurf, windsurf, bodyboard, SUP, foil) upload their sessions organised by spot and date, and surfers search by spot and date to find themselves and buy their photos without creating an account.

For surfers

From the water to your phone in three steps:

1. Find your session: pick the spot and the day, then slide to the time you were in the water. No account needed.
2. Buy in 3 taps: pick the ones you like and pay in seconds, with Apple Pay or Google Pay.
3. Download: your photos straight away, full resolution and without a watermark.

Browse surf photos by spot and date

How selling on ONDA works

1. Create a free account at onda.pics/register.
2. Upload a session with its spot, date and sport. Watermarks are applied automatically to every preview.
3. Surfers find their session and buy. Payment goes straight to you, through Stripe or your own PayPal.

What it costs

ONDA takes 0% commission on every plan: you keep 100% of the price you set.*

• 0% commission on every plan.
• Buyer service fee: 15% of the order, capped at €1.50, charged once per order.
• Free plan: 50 GB of storage, and your albums stay on sale.
• Onda Pro, EUR 9.99/mo: 500 GB of storage, and your albums stay online forever.

* Card or PayPal processing fees apply, the same as on any payment you take yourself.

Why photographers choose ONDA

• Buyers find photos by spot and date, so the right surfer finds the right wave.
• Buyers need no account: they tap buy, pay and download.
• Dynamic watermarks are designed to resist AI removal.
• Direct payouts through Stripe or your own PayPal, and you price your sessions in your local currency.
• Bundles and volume offers, like 3-for-2, to sell more per session.

Frequently asked questions

What does it cost to sell on ONDA?

Nothing on the Free plan. ONDA takes 0% commission on any plan: you set the price, you keep it. Buyers add a small service fee on top, which is how ONDA stays free for photographers — 15% of the order, capped at about €1.50, charged once however many photos they buy. Where Stripe operates, that service fee is collected at checkout: on a €10.00 photo the buyer pays €11.50, the card fee is €0.42 — the same as on any card payment you take yourself — and €9.58 lands in your account. On the PayPal route, that service fee arrives with your sale and we settle it with you in one simple monthly statement.

Which sports does ONDA support?

Surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, bodyboarding, stand up paddle (SUP) and foiling. Sessions are tagged by sport as well as spot and date, so a kitesurfer does not have to scroll through surf galleries.

Can I sell photos from more than one country?

Yes. ONDA supports multiple currencies, so you can price sessions in the local currency wherever you are shooting — useful if you follow a season between hemispheres or shoot in more than one market.

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