Royalty-free means simplicity! Thanks to our standard licences, you are enabled to use the purchased images for (almost) anything you like: advertising, websites, blogs, presentations, packaging, flyer, posters, books, magazines, brochures, catalogs, campaigns, and other.


Once purchased, you are allowed to use an image
• as long as you wish to
• as often as you wish to - without any limitations
• worldwide and all sorts of media such as: print, internet, TV, cinema, and other
• to adapt it graphically (i.e. montage, retouching, detail)

Advantages for companies:
• All employees may work with the image files. Multi-user licenses are unnecessary.
• You may purchase an image for a customer (i.e. advertising agencies or graphic designers)


EXTENDED LICENSE RIGHTS
You might be interested in purchasing our „Extended License“ and use  images in
• press releases for editorial publication
• up to five associated companies within a group of companies (corporate license)
• sales/merchandise products such as postcards, posters, wallpapers, calendars, t-shirts, and others
• electronic resale products such as templates for electronic products, websites, computer games and others.

All images will be delivered in the highest resolution available when purchased according to the extended license rights.

FURTHER TERMS OF USE

Only for editorial use
Images marked as „only for editorial use“ may be used in a newspaper article or a magazine, but not for advertinsing purposes of any kind.

Image usage in social media
Images may be used on social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, if
• the image is part of a composition/layout and you upload an image of the final product
• a visible, digital watermark or copyright notice is graphically affixed.

Original image files are not allowed to be published on social media platforms since those platforms reserve themselves unlimited rights of use for any uploaded image. In order to use our stock photos on other social media websites than those mentioned, please check on their respective terms and conditions. The upload of original images on platforms which claim full rights of usage rights for any uploaded photo is not allowed. 


Copyright note
All image publication on websites or in an editorial context have to carry the following copyright note either next to the image, on the legal notice/ imprint or the picture credits: „© name of author / Shotshop.com“

Transfer and resale
The rights of use of an image may only be given to a single third party, i.e. due to a customer project. If you wish to use an image in projects of different customers, you a new license for each customer is required.  

Usage restrictions
It is not allowed to use the image or parts of it within or as a logo, a trademark or as service marks.

Images may not be used for pornographic, criminal, reputation-damaging, or humiliating purposes. Any retouch or image editing of the images must not damage the reputation of the photographer or the model.

Further information in our General Terms and Conditions

Any Questions?
Contact our support at kontakt@shotshop.com or call +49 (30) 695 823 00.