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There are many free photo hosting websites available and more are appearing all the time. I
have put together a list below of the 12 I think are the best of those currently available. They
all offer either free starter accounts or free unlimited storage. Some of the free photo
hosting sites offer a photo sharing gallery, a slide show and video sharing.
My Top 12 free photo hosting websites:
1. Wix tops my list
as it is the most stylish of the lot and has a wide variety of gorgeous templates to choose from, but
more importantly Wix sites are especially suitable for photographers whether amateur or professional.
2. Zenfolio
is another outstanding company whose sites are great for visual orientated people such as photographers. Zenfolio
offers a free, two-week trial without needing a credit card to get started. You get a fully functional
account that allows you to try all the features they offer and allows you to keep all your settings
and photos if you decide to continue beyond the trial period.
Photoshelter
Professional websites for professional photographers
Free starter account
150 MB storage
E-commerce option - 30% fee on sales
Social sharing tools
Advanced SEO
Flickr
Nice interface
The biggest on the internet - over 4 billion photos already hosted
Flexible privacy controls - sharing images is simple and secure
Partnered with Picnik to allow integrated editing of photos
Imgzzz
Earn money from your pictures through Adsense. Imgzzz.com give you 50% income
from ads placed on your image pages via Google Adsense Revenue sharing. No starting fees or membership.
BlueMelon
Free - 1GB storage
Maximum 1000 photos
maximum image size 12 MB
KoffeePhoto
Free - 500 MB storage
Create your own online store and sell your photos, T-shirts etc
Uses PayPal
Blog feature lets you easily add news
InselPix
Unlimited number of images allowed
25,600 MB of storage
Mejuba
Completely free - no monthly quotas
No advertising on the site
Stores originals, no compression
Videos as well as photos
File size 1 GB max
Geo-tag your photos
FreeImageHosting
No registration required
Max file size 3 MB
Hot linking to your website allowed
VillagePhotos
No image size limit
Private albums and photos
PGN, BMP, GIF and JPEG support
Easy to navigate public photo albums
PhotoBucket
Free, built-in image editor with lots of special effects
Slideshows/albums
Free hosting for photos and videos
Make collages
ImageShack
Bulk uploader
ImageShack toolbar for Firefox and IE - drag and drop, right-click upload etc
No registration required
More Helpful Stuff
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