The Stock Photo Cheat Sheet
Below is a list of websites where you can find photos for social media and blog images. Please make a note of the licenses and use accordingly. Some are paid and others are free. Woohoo!
The sites are also available in this Stock Photo Cheat Sheet so you can keep them handy:
PAID AND ROYALTY-FREE
These are paid sources that offer photos for personal or commercial use. You can use them for any project but can't resell or distribute them to others.
- Stocksy (paid)
- Creative Market (paid - affiliate link)
- Haute Stock (membership)
- Adobe Stock (subscription)
FREE PHOTOS
The sources below offer photos that are free for personal and commercial use. Some also allow you to resell and distribute the photos.
Can resell and distribute:
Many of these sites are available at The Stocks:
- Pixabay
- Unsplash
- Free Range Stock
- Gratisography
- Pexels
- Jay Mantri
- Travel Coffee Book
- Moveast
- Startup Stock
- Visual Hunt (some photos require attribution)
- Magdeleine (some photos require attribution)
- Flickr (CC0 only)
- Skitterphoto
- Foodie’s Feed
Can’t resell or distribute:
ICONS AND GRAPHICS
Freepik and Flaticon are free as long as you attribute the author. If you want to avoid attribution, you can sign up for a monthly subscription. Note: You can not resell or distribute graphics from any of these sources.
- Freepik (paid or attribution)
- Flaticon (paid or attribution)
- Pattern Library (free for any use)
- Creative Market (paid - affiliate link)