Pexels is a provider of stock photography and stock footage. It was founded in Germany in 2014 and maintains a library with over 3.2 million free stock photos and videos.
Pexels was founded by twin brothers Ingo and Bruno Joseph in Fuldabrück, Hesse.[1] The brothers started the platform in 2014 with around 800 photos.[1] Daniel Frese joined the team in 2015.[1][2] The graphic design platform Canva acquired Pexels in 2018.[3][4]
Business modeledit
Pexels provides media for online download, maintaining a library that contains over 3.2 million photos and videos, growing each month by roughly 200,000 files.[1] The content is uploaded by the users and reviewed manually. Using and downloading the media is free, the website generates income through advertisements for paid content databases. There is also a donation option for users, and while attribution of the content creator is not required, it is appreciated.[1] Through the merger with Canva, Pexels' database is available in the Canva application.[5]
Pexels is committed to providing a diverse database, for example by including LGBTQ+ stock content, and through a partnership with Nappy, a platform that focuses on POC content.[6]
Licenseedit
Like Pixabay, Pexels originally offered photos under the CC0 Creative Commons license.[7][8][9] Today, Pexels doesn't offer media under CC0 but has their own set of rules for the use of their photos and footage. Importantly, their license does not permit the user to sell unaltered copies of a photo or video or to resell the content on other stock platforms.[10][11]
Staffedit
The Pexels staff consists of the three founders, who live in Berlin, Germany, and a team of 40 who are based in Germany, other parts of Europe, and North and South America. The company does not have headquarters; all staff work from their respective homes. Bruno and Ingo Joseph were CEOs until November 2018, when Clifford Obrecht, founder of Canva, became CEO of the company.[1][12] Bruno Joseph was reinstated as CEO in July 2020.[13]
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pexels, provider, stock, photography, stock, footage, founded, germany, 2014, maintains, library, with, over, million, free, stock, photos, videos, type, businessgmbhavailable, in28, languagesfounded2014headquartersgermanyarea, servedworldwideownercanvafounder. Pexels is a provider of stock photography and stock footage It was founded in Germany in 2014 and maintains a library with over 3 2 million free stock photos and videos PexelsType of businessGmbHAvailable in28 languagesFounded2014HeadquartersGermanyArea servedworldwideOwnerCanvaFounder s Bruno Joseph Ingo JosephCEOClifford Obrecht Bruno JosephIndustryStock photography Stock footageEmployees40URLwww pexels com Contents 1 History 2 Business model 2 1 License 3 Staff 4 External links 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory editPexels was founded by twin brothers Ingo and Bruno Joseph in Fuldabruck Hesse 1 The brothers started the platform in 2014 with around 800 photos 1 Daniel Frese joined the team in 2015 1 2 The graphic design platform Canva acquired Pexels in 2018 3 4 Business model editPexels provides media for online download maintaining a library that contains over 3 2 million photos and videos growing each month by roughly 200 000 files 1 The content is uploaded by the users and reviewed manually Using and downloading the media is free the website generates income through advertisements for paid content databases There is also a donation option for users and while attribution of the content creator is not required it is appreciated 1 Through the merger with Canva Pexels database is available in the Canva application 5 Pexels is committed to providing a diverse database for example by including LGBTQ stock content and through a partnership with Nappy a platform that focuses on POC content 6 License edit Like Pixabay Pexels originally offered photos under the CC0 Creative Commons license 7 8 9 Today Pexels doesn t offer media under CC0 but has their own set of rules for the use of their photos and footage Importantly their license does not permit the user to sell unaltered copies of a photo or video or to resell the content on other stock platforms 10 11 Staff editThe Pexels staff consists of the three founders who live in Berlin Germany and a team of 40 who are based in Germany other parts of Europe and North and South America The company does not have headquarters all staff work from their respective homes Bruno and Ingo Joseph were CEOs until November 2018 when Clifford Obrecht founder of Canva became CEO of the company 1 12 Bruno Joseph was reinstated as CEO in July 2020 13 External links editOfficial websiteSee also editList of stock footage libraries List of online image archivesReferences edit a b c d e f Drei Nordhessen haben riesige Datenbank fur kostenlose Bilder entwickelt Hessisch Niedersachsische Allgemeine in German 2021 03 19 Retrieved 2021 04 12 Sep 2016 Kim Richters 05 2016 09 05 Wie zwei 20 Jahrige ihre Fotosuche bootstrappen Business Insider in German Retrieved 2021 04 26 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Aussie unicorn Canva acquires Pexels and Pixabay to become the Netflix of stock photography SmartCompany 2019 05 17 Retrieved 2021 04 12 Singh Nidhi 2019 05 21 Australian Unicorn Canva Hits 2 5 Billion Valuation After Acquiring Pexels and Pixabay Entrepreneur Retrieved 2021 04 12 Canva Acquires Pexels and Pixabay Launches Photos Unlimited MarTech Advisor www martechadvisor com Retrieved 2021 04 12 Silver Curtis Free Stock Photo Platform Pexels Increases Visibility Of LGBTQ Content Forbes Retrieved 2021 04 12 License of our free stock photos Pexels 2018 06 02 Archived from the original on 2018 06 02 Retrieved 2023 03 26 Pixabay license change No longer a CC0 license 24zero 2019 09 07 Retrieved 2023 03 26 Carolina 2020 04 17 How to check the license on Pexels com Themes By Carolina Retrieved 2023 03 26 Wie vertragen sich Fotos und Inhalte aus Pixabay und ahnlichen mit Creative Commons Lizenzen und OER iRights Kreativitat und Urheberrecht in der digitalen Welt in German Retrieved 2021 04 12 License Pexels Retrieved 2021 04 12 Request from Unternehmensregister 16 11 2018 retrieved 12 04 2021 Request in Bundesanzeiger Unternehmensregister 09 07 2020 retrieved 21 04 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pexels amp oldid 1217468855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
