Editing Image sharing (section)

==Revenue models==
Image sharing sites can be broadly broken up into two groups: sites that offer photo sharing for free and sites that charge consumers directly to host and share images.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.techlicious.com/guide/best-photo-sharing-sites/|title=The Best Photo Sharing Sites|last=Stokes|first=Natasha|date=2016-03-02|access-date=2016-10-22}}</ref>

Of the sites that offer free photo sharing, most can be broken up into advertising-supported media plays and online photo finishing sites, where photo sharing is a vehicle to sell prints or other merchandise. These designations are not strict, and some subscription sites have a limited free version. Consumers can share their photos directly from their home computers over high speed connections through [[peer-to-peer]] photo sharing using applications. Peer-to-peer photo sharing often carries a small one-time cost for the software. Some sites allow you to post your pictures online and they will then project the image onto famous buildings during special events, while other sites let you insert photos into digital postcards, slide shows and photo albums and send them to others.

Some free sites are owned by camera manufacturers, and only accept photos made with their hardware.

===Subscription-based===
In return for a fee, subscription-based photo sharing sites offer their services without the distraction of advertisements or promotions for prints and gifts. They may also have other enhancements over free services, such as guarantees regarding the [[uptime|online availability]] of photos, more storage space, the ability for non-account holders to download full-size, original versions of photos, and tools for backing up photos. Some offer user photographs for sale, splitting the proceeds with the [[photographer]], while others may use a disclaimer to reserve the right to use or sell the photos without giving the photographer royalties or notice.

Some image sharing sites have begun integrating [[video sharing]] as well.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/gadgets-and-tech/06/20/13/facebook-adds-video-sharing-instagram|title=Facebook adds video sharing to Instagram|date=2013-07-21|newspaper=ABS-CBN News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coverdrone.com/twitter-adds-video-sharing/|title=Twitter Adds Video Sharing|last=Stewart|first=Jamie|date=2015-02-18|website=Coverdrone|access-date=2016-10-22|archive-date=2016-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024024715/https://www.coverdrone.com/twitter-adds-video-sharing/|url-status=dead}}</ref>