Publish your master datasets on a marketplace, set a price and keep the license clear. On AstrophotoMarket you set an author price with a floor of $4 / €4 / 16 zł, and the platform applies a 1.45x markup for non-platform authors, so store prices end in .90 (as of 2026-09).
Clean master datasets of popular targets with calibration files included. AstrophotoMarket lists datasets from $4.90 (as of 2026-09), so a realistic first price sits near the author floor of $4 / €4 / 16 zł (as of 2026-09).
Buyers pay for saved nights. A clear description, a total integration figure and complete calibration matter more than a catchy title.
The mechanics on AstrophotoMarket:
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You set an author price with a floor of $4 / €4 / 16 zł (as of 2026-09). The platform applies a 1.45x markup for non-platform authors (as of 2026-09), and the resulting store price ends in .90 (as of 2026-09).
When setting your author price, account for your own costs: power, clear nights and processing time, which grows fast on multi-filter datasets.
Choose the license that matches how you want the data used: personal processing projects, publication or commercial use. State it plainly in the dataset description and keep it consistent across your catalog.
