The first free photography website where users can share, protect and make money from their photos has been announecd by Photrade.com (http://www.photrade.com ). Available now to select private users before its full, public rollout later this year, the Photrade.com beta site is designed to give photographers a comprehensive platform to consolidate everything a digital photographer needs, all in one convenient site.

CEO of Photrade, Andrew Paradies, stated: "After many years of shooting, I realized that I needed a place for all my photos-but I also wanted to share, sell, print and protect all of them. I had to go to 5 different sites to do everything." "I needed one place that could do it all, so I created that place, and Photrade was born."

For both professionals and hobbyists alike, Photrade.com has the most ways to make money from your own photos. Through Photrade's patent-pending AdcosystemTM, you can sell stock, prints and merchandise and also make money. The photographer gets paid for every view, every time, as the AdcosystemTM provides ad-supported, free, legally-licensed images to online publications and blogs.

Allowing photographers to decide who, where and how the image is used and to be able to set a fair price for its usage, Photrade is developing as an emerging marketplace, one that gives more control to them.

Photrade also provides users with unparalleled protection for their photos. Helping to avoid image theft and copyright misuse, custom watermarking, the newest feature, allows users to protect their photos and insures proper credit when the image is shared.

said Paradies decalred: "Photography is at a point where people are weary of seeing their images misused." He adds: "They want to be able to share their creative output safely, and not have to pay a premium price for that protection. We created Photrade with that in mind."