Gettyimages.com - Stock & Royalty-Free Photos

As the old saying goes, one image says a thousand words, with Gettyimages you will be able to say whatever you may want to say. With a large trajectory and over 3.2 billion stock photos in their database, this site will surely have just the image you are looking for. The site offers royalty-free photos, this means once you have paid for a picture and you have successfully downloaded it, you can use it over and over again without having to pay any extra fees. The site has a special feature called rights-managed that lets you pay an amount that will exactly fit the use you are going to give to the picture depending on size, placement, duration of use and geographic distribution. Apart from photos, Gettyimages now offers film and footage.

“Getty Images creates and distributes the world's best and broadest imagery collections, making them available in the most accessible and usable way -- 24 hours a day, every day. From contemporary creative imagery to news, sports, entertainment and archival imagery, our products are found each day in the full range of traditional and digital media worldwide. Today, gettyimages.com serves an average of 3.2 billion thumbnails, 7.3 million visits and 4 million unique users in addition to an average of 175 million page views each month. Nearly 100 percent of the company’s visual content is delivered digitally.”

The site is very appealing and easy to use. Due to their extensive database, users are sure to return to the site whenever they need to purchase a picture. The site targets an immense market, and will be capable of attracting a big piece of it with all the extra features they have to offer. The site is fun to visit, showing previews of their photos and footage.

Won’t users prefer to browse the web looking for images with no copyright, rather than paying for them? Why should users choose Gettyimages rather than any of its competitors?