Stock photos services to illustrate your websites, articles

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2015-04-29 22:27:25

If you need to illustrate an article or a website you don't need to hire a photographer or graphist. For a lower cost you can easily browse online stock images services and buy online the photo you will use for your next blog post.

These websites, that sell images for your illustrations, will allow you to pay using credit cards or paypal. Each service have their own pricing model, but they usually have a pay per image option or a monthly subscription with an images limit to download per day or month.

If you are a photographer, some of these stock services, allows you to submit and sell your photo for you (See the "User contributed images").

123RFBigStockCorbis ImagesDepositphotosDreamstimeFotoliaGettyimagesiStockphotoJupiterimagesPunchStockShutterstock
Websitehttp://www.123rf.com/http://www.bigstockphoto.com/http://www.corbisimages.com/http://depositphotos.com/http://www.dreamstime.com/http://www.fotolia.com/http://www.gettyimages.com/http://www.istockphoto.com/http://www.jupiterimages.com/http://www.punchstock.com/http://www.shutterstock.com/
Available media
PhotographyYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
IllustrationYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Vector graphicsYesYesNoYesYesYesYesNoNoYes
VideoYesNoNoNoNoYesYesYesNoNoYes
MusicNoNoNoNoNoNoYesYesNoNoNo
SoundNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNo
Details
Number of images16319962120000001000000001500000019519181100000002500000220000022377736
Pricing
  • Pay-As-You-Go plans
  • Daily subscription plans
Pay-As-You-Go plans
  • Pay-As-You-Go plans
  • Daily subscription plans
  • Pay-As-You-Go plans
  • Daily subscription plans
  • Pay-As-You-Go plans
    Buy minimum 10 credit from $1.30 to $0.74 / credit
  • Daily or monthly subscription plans
    Starts from $75 for 50 images download in the month for one user.
  • Pay-As-You-Go plans
  • Daily subscription plans
User contributed imagesYesYes- "hand-picked contributors"YesYesYesYesYesNoNoYes
Free images/photosYesNoNoYesYesNoNo
Search/Browse options
By tag/themeYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
By locationYes location nameNoYes on a mapNoNoNoNo
By colorNoYesYesNoNoYesNo
By photographerYesYesYesYesNo
By dateYesNoNoNoNo
Other search/browse optionsBy model (age, ethnicity)
Payment methods
VisaYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
MastercardYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
PayPalYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
American ExpressYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Other payment methodsMoneybookers, WebMoneyJCB, Diners clubJCB, Visa electron, Diners clubJCB, Diners clubJCB, Visa electron
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Name123RFBigStockCorbis ImagesDepositphotosDreamstimeFotoliaGettyimagesiStockphotoJupiterimagesPunchStockShutterstock
Websitehttp://www.123rf.com/http://www.bigstockphoto.com/http://www.corbisimages.com/http://depositphotos.com/http://www.dreamstime.com/http://www.fotolia.com/http://www.gettyimages.com/http://www.istockphoto.com/http://www.jupiterimages.com/http://www.punchstock.com/http://www.shutterstock.com/
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