Let's face it, there aren't a lot of graphics resources for direct sellers available.
Typically, direct sellers like to share their graphics with their teams, because why reinvent the wheel? If something worked for them, then it can work for me too…
Ironically, these are often the same people who will complain about not being able to sell anything because of market saturation.
“Brenda, how can I stand out online when there are so many other consultants selling the same thing I am? The market is just oversaturated.”
First of all – no.
There is one simple trick that you can do to make sure you can stand out from other consultants who are selling the same or similar products as you are: stop sharing corporate graphics and engagement posts all the time and start creating your own!
Once I start talking to a direct seller about creating and making her own graphics for social marketing, the question inevitably comes up: “where can I find images I can use?” So, I've done some research and decided to put together this huge list of graphics resources for direct sellers.
But, before we dive right into all the graphic goodies, there are a couple things that you should know. First of all, do not simply go to Google and grab any image you happen to find and like. Grabbing an image off Google could subject you to legal copyright issues down the road if you are not the original creator of an image and did not obtain proper approval to use or modify it.
As a direct seller, you will, at some point in time, need to create your own graphics, marketing materials, and social media images.
Familiarize yourself with common terminology and always check the terms of use on each website so you are sure you have rights to use, edit, or alter any image, if there is an attribution requirement, and if an image can be used for commercial purposes.
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Where might you want to use stock photography or graphics design elements?
- Blog or website images
- Marketing materials
- Brochures, flyers, rack cards
- Lead magnets
- Quotes graphics
- Social media graphics
- Email marketing
- Videos
Common Terminology (may vary by site)
- Attribution: Attribution is acknowledgement as credit to the copyright holder of a work.
- Copyright Free: A work that is not protected by copyright.
- Commercial Use: Images said to be for commercial use, can be used for money-making or advertising purposes.
- Creative Commons License: A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of otherwise copyrighted work. A CC license is used when a creator wants to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a work they have created.
- Free: Content that is available without fee.
- Intellectual Property: Intellectual property refers to the work or invention that is the result of creativity, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, or trademark.
- Personal Use Only: Images said to be for personal use only, cannot be used in any designs that will be used for commercial (money-making) purposes.
- Public Domain: Something said to be of the public domain, is available to the public as a whole and is therefore not subject to copyright.
- Royalty-Free: Royalty-free refers to the right to use copyrighted material or intellectual property without the need to pay royalties or license fees for the use of the property.
- Stock Photo: Stock photography is the supply of photographs by photographers or creatives, often provided for free or a lower cost than hiring a photographer.
List of Graphics Resources for Direct Sellers
Free Images (check each site for specific terms of use)
You will find that some of the following sites will become your favorites over others based on the style of photographs, subject focuses, or general design aesthetic. Bookmark this page and visit often for new links.
- All the Free Stock
- Cupcake
- Death to the Stock Photo
- Designers Pics
- Free Images
- Free Nature Stock
- Get Refe
- Gratisography
- ISO Republic
- Jay Mantri
- JeShoots
- Life of Pix
- Magdeleine
- Negative Space
- Pexels
- Photo Stock Editor
- Pic Jumbo
- Pikwizard
- Pixabay
- Raumrot (conglomeration of other sites)
- Skitter Photo
- Splitshire
- Stocksnap
- Unsplash
Paid Images
- Adobe Photo Stock
- Creative Market
- Dreamstime
- Fotosearch
- Getty Images
- Haute Stock (formerly Haute Chocolate)
- IStock Photo
- Shutterstock
- Stocksy
- Took a Pic
Free and Paid Fonts
- 1001 Fonts
- 1001 Free Fonts
- Creative Market
- DaFont
- Font Squirrel
- Font Fabric
- Font Space
- Google Fonts
- Lost Type
- My Fonts
Color Inspiration
Online Tools for Creating Images
Use these online tools to create your own images. You can also find a more in-depth look at some of these tools and how you can use them to make amazing graphics for direct sales and why they're so great over here.
Other Resources
- Check out this page: it's filled with direct sales resources and articles you can use to find success in direct sales!
- Search Pinterest for “digital paper” or “digital frames” (and I apologize in advance if you fall down the rabbit hole – see you in 6 hours)
- For more information for image copyright rules, please see this article.
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Thanks so much for this amazing list! I will be able to use this for my J.O.B., as well as for my direct sales business!
Fonts101.com is another great resource for fonts. 🙂
(no affiliation, just a happy customer) I have recently discovered http://www.thehungryjpeg.com and due to my own mistake I had the chance to experience their customer service. They came through with flying colors – a quick and above and beyond response.
This is why I love you. How can we not be successful with all that you do for us.
Thanks so much for sharing such an awesome compilation of resources!!! I clicked on literally every single link. 🙂 I found that a couple of the links that are listed aren’t working (Crow the Stone and Tinyography) and just wanted to give you a heads up. 😉
Also, Took a Pic is listed as a free stock image site, but it looks like you have to purchase images.
Thanks Brenda!
Ooooh thanks!!! I will update those links tonight! 🙂
Brenda
I like good stock, free images, and picsabay. I’m sure I’ll find more to like! There are sooo many! Thank you! 😀
Thanks for the information!
Thank you so much for doing the leg work for us!
Thank you so much! Wonderful resource! Will this remain online?
Ribbet is also a fun online photo editor!
Foap is an app where big brands can pay to use photos submitted by the public. I don’t know how accessible it would be for little people like us but check it out!
I found this website you might want to check out. It’s all Vectors, so you need to know how to work with them, but still cool. http://www.vectorian.net/free-vintage-vectors.html
I have had a lot of success finding free images, digital papers and fonts at http://www.thehungryjpeg.com. May be a good addition to this list, though if you want the freebies it requires checking back often. However, their weekly freebie comes with commercial rights: BONUS!
Thanks for all you do Brenda! You push us beyond our limits!
I have used GL Stock images (link below) for free images as well as low priced paid artwork too. Might be a good option to add to the list.
Thanks for your invaluable resources!
Michelle
https://graphicleftovers.com/free-images
Thanks for this awesome list, Brenda!
I also used this site for browsing color palettes, and I liked it a lot!
http://colorpalettes.net/
Another Freebie, if you want an “all in one” downloadable program for designing is: https://www.getpaint.net/
It is amazing, have used it for 10+ years!!!
Vintage Printavle isn’t working, at least for me. Just a heads up 🙂
Over is an app I use on my iPad. It has many images to use for personal and commercial use.
For photos: Morguefile
For photoshop brushes, styles, textures, etc. brusheezy
For vector graphics Vecteezy
I will have to check some of these sites out. They look like they will have some good stuff. I have heard of a few of these sites, but not very many, so thanks. I use https://freephotos.cc/ and unsplash, but now I will use this list also.