Recently we heard about Shopify Marketer Dan Desilva getting sued because he had stolen images from someone else on the internet (I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of linking to him but you can google it). This absolutely amazed me that he thought he was in the right and that any images online are fair game for piracy. It also amazed me because there are so many images free for use under the creative commons license.
To help save all from a $150k lawsuit I've put together a list of a few royalty free image and other resource sites. If you have any more please leave them in the comments. You can also search.creativecommons.org for complete assurance that you are using images legally cleared for commercial purposes.
- Public Domain Archive
- Stock Snap
- Pexels
- Unsplash
- Bucketlistly
- Splashbase
- Pixabay
- Death to the stock photo
- Skuawk
- Find a photo
- Stokpic
- Mystock
- Free nature stock
- Burst
- Foodshot
- Magdeleine
- Pickup image
- Life of pix
- Split shire
- Little Visuals
- Unsplash
- Death to the Stock Photo
- New Old Stock
- Superfamous (requires attribution)
- Picjumbo
- The Pattern Library
- Gratisography
- Getrefe
- Jay Mantri
- Public Domain Archive
- Magdeleine
- Foodiesfeed
- Picography
- Raumrot
- ISO Republic
- https://nanamee.com
- http://pexels.com
- https://stocksnap.io
- http://producthunt.com/e/best-stock-photography-tools
- http://visualhunt.com
- https://thenounproject.com
- https://vecteezy.com
- https://videezy.com
- http://allthefreestock.com
- http://unsplash.com
- http://search.creativecommons.org
- http://picjumbo.com
- http://getrefe.tumblr.com
- http://imcreator.com/free
- http://gratisography.com
- http://picography.co
- http://jaymantri.com
- http://publicdomainarchive.com
- http://magdeleine.co
- http://photopin.com
- http://pixabay.com
- http://imcreator.com/free
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
- http://google.com/advancedimagesearch
- https://flickr.com/creativecommons
- http://compfight.com
- http://littlevisuals.co
- http://foodiesfeed.com
- http://join.deathtothestockphoto.com
- http://photorack.net
- http://skitterphoto.com
- http://raumrot.com
- http://nos.twnsnd.co
- http://superfamous.com
- http://thepatternlibrary.com
- http://dollarphotoclub.com
- http://designmodo.com/free-photos
- http://1001freedownloads.com
- https://vectoropenstock.com
- http://canstockphoto.com
- http://table19stock.com
- http://splitshire.com
- http://lifeofpix.com
- http://goodfreephotos.com
- http://thepatternlibrary.com
- http://getrefe.tumblr.com
- http://snapographic.com
- http://morguefile.com
- http://freeimages.com
- http://pexels.com
- http://startupstockphotos.com
- http://lifeofpix.com
- https://stocksnap.io
- http://lockandstockphotos.com
- http://freerangestock.com
- http://isorepublic.com
- http://pickupimage.com
- http://snapographic.com
- http://freepik.com
- http://dreamstime.com
- http://finda.photo
It is quite an exhaustive list but if you have found any better sites please share them in the comments.