@bestwriter They give you tool to delete the watermark too if you pay them annual/image fee.  Pixabay is one of their sister concern which generally carries first row of Shutterstock images with watermark but those images are not for free use.

@Ruby3881 There is no free trial period as such on shutterstock. You have to be a licencee user by paying an annual fee or pay per image as the case be. You have to pay according to size of the images as prescribed by them.

@bestwriter Royalty free images are the ones you can use on your blog but with credit to them. The use of water marked ones or the ones which need annual or one time payment is serious infringement of copyright act. The site has to pay for being careless in case of approval of such content on their website.

@shaloo walia I have also posted one on EW day before besides I am a regular on 2 Indian sites. However, I suggest you to stay here. maybe they have finished the quota for the current month lol :).

On a serious note, as I had said in the beginning that I can easily post 150-200 posts per month on this site but delay in publication is a deterring factor.

@shaloo walia I have not yet posted a rant post but I am seriously thinking to post one and money is not the concern but delay in publication. 

@peachpurple  I have 4 Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge and Opera but I generally use Chrome. However I use MS Edge in my office as it is the only one allowed for official login.

@peachpurple our water bill in our area is based on size of our house/apartment/homes. I pay a very small amount of equivalent to $15 a year. However, I have a submersible pump installed at my residence which costs me another $20-30/year.

There is no shortage of water in our area but as there is serious problem in certain parts of our country…[Read more]

@bestwriter no, the link you have provided here is not free. You can see the watermark of “shutterstock” which is proof enough that shutrstock has copyright on that image.</span>

@bestwriter no, the link you have provided here is not free. You can see the watermark of “shutterstock” which is proof enough that shutrstock has copyright on that image.</span>

@bestwriter<span style=”color: #505050; font-family: ‘Open Sans’, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: center;”> no, the link you have provided here is not free. You can see the watermark of “shutterstock” which is proof enough that shutrstock has copyright on that image.</span>

@bestwriter As an online editor I must make it clear that Pixabay is a sister concern of Shutterstock therefore the first and in some cases 2nd row with watermark should not be used unless you are a paid member or have paid for those particular images. The price is mentioned as per their size. You can only use the images which are free to use.…[Read more]

@bestwriter I guess it is the case of someone deleted their post and republished here but it still stays on that site until not de-listed in form of cache which makes editors to think that the post is plagiarized. If I had been in such a situation I will make things clear by providing them necessary proof.