Free is almost always a good thing and Shopify’s brand new site, Burst is no exception. It offers great looking, free stock images, curated collections and even a “business idea” area for the “itchy” entrepreneur. While we always encourage our clients to use custom, professional photography where possible, there are a growing number of great resources out there for free, no attribution required stock photos and media and Shopify, who already are our SaaS/hosted e-commerce platform of choice, continues to impress with this new addition to its already impressive free resource library.
While free is great, it is not always the fastest way to find the perfect image, so if you’re currently on the hunt, here’s a list of all our favorites (in no particular order) as of April, 2017.
Best Free Stock Media Sites 2017
Shopify Burst*
Free stock photos for entrepreneurs. Download royalty-free pictures for your business; all our images are free for personal and commercial use.
StockSnap.io
Great source for CC0 photos.
Pixabay
Free stock photos for entrepreneurs. Download royalty-free pictures for your business; all our images are free for personal and commercial use.
Unsplash
Free “do whatever you want” high-resolution photos.
New Old Stock
Free public archive images, great place for finding free or historically significant retro photos.
The Pattern Library
The title says it all on this one… a good resource for free CC0 patterns & textures.
Negative Space
Beautiful, high-resolution stock images are completely free to use for personal or commercial uses.
FoodiesFeed
Free, quality food images, need we say more?
