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  "name": "Free Stock Media Platforms",
  "edition_label": "October 2026",
  "edition_updated_at": "2026-10-11",
  "slug": "free-stock-media-platforms",
  "kind": "subcategory",
  "parent_slug": "stock-media-content-platforms",
  "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms",
  "scope": "Category research. No publishable AOV benchmark is available.",
  "directory_status": "deferred",
  "page_readiness": "published",
  "directory_notice": null,
  "benchmark": {
    "status": "unavailable_insufficient_cohort",
    "slug": "free-stock-media-platforms",
    "parent_slug": "stock-media-content-platforms",
    "cohort_scope": "exact_child",
    "median_aov_usd": null,
    "p25_aov_usd": null,
    "p75_aov_usd": null,
    "metric_window": null,
    "scope_label": "The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate.",
    "methodology": "Median and middle 50% of account-level average order values. Each account value is purchase ROAS multiplied by cost per purchase in USD. Successful classifications, including manual corrections, with positive finite spend, purchases, ROAS and cost per purchase. Accounts are counted once with equal weight. Quartiles use linear interpolation. Root cohorts include direct root classifications and their child categories; exact-child cohorts exclude parent and sibling categories. The source selects the highest-spend coverage row per account among snapshots dated within the preceding 30 days; the underlying reporting period is not supplied. This is a dated aggregate advertising-data snapshot, not business-wide AOV or a census.",
    "read_at": "2026-10-11T14:11:58.268206+00:00",
    "period_label": "No publishable aggregate; underlying reporting period not supplied",
    "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Free Stock Media Platforms: no publishable AOV benchmark. The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Status reviewed 2026-10-11T14:11:58.268206+00:00. https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#benchmark",
    "source": {
      "name": "Madgicx Research & Labs",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#benchmark"
    }
  },
  "metric_definitions": [],
  "metric_definitions_scope": "Definitions only; no ACV, MRR or ARPU benchmark or measured correlation is supplied.",
  "brands": null,
  "answers": [
    {
      "group": "In this category",
      "id": "answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-1",
      "question": "What must a free-stock acquisition offer say about attribution?",
      "text": "Pexels' license permits free photo and video use without mandatory attribution, while appreciating credit. Its page also gives product-promotion examples. Describe the free download accurately and keep its license restrictions visible; lack of an attribution requirement does not settle every proposed commercial use.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-1",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Free Stock Media Platforms. What must a free-stock acquisition offer say about attribution? Pexels' license permits free photo and video use without mandatory attribution, while appreciating credit. Its page also gives product-promotion examples. Describe the free download accurately and keep its license restrictions visible; lack of an attribution requirement does not settle every proposed commercial use.  Source: https://www.pexels.com/license/ Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-1",
      "source_url": "https://www.pexels.com/license/"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this category",
      "id": "answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-2",
      "question": "Can a campaign turn a stock model into an apparent product endorser?",
      "text": "Pexels' license forbids implying endorsement by people or brands depicted in its imagery. Avoid a testimonial-style claim that presents a stock subject as a customer recommending the product. Permission to use the image does not provide that person's endorsement.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-2",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Free Stock Media Platforms. Can a campaign turn a stock model into an apparent product endorser? Pexels' license forbids implying endorsement by people or brands depicted in its imagery. Avoid a testimonial-style claim that presents a stock subject as a customer recommending the product. Permission to use the image does not provide that person's endorsement.  Source: https://www.pexels.com/license/ Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-2",
      "source_url": "https://www.pexels.com/license/"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this category",
      "id": "answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-3",
      "question": "Can a free-stock platform advertise unaltered prints as a resale opportunity?",
      "text": "Pexels' license prohibits selling unaltered copies as prints, posters or physical products. Define the proposed end product before promoting a resale workflow. A free download does not establish permission to sell the unchanged photo, and modification alone is not a blanket clearance of other rights.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-3",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Free Stock Media Platforms. Can a free-stock platform advertise unaltered prints as a resale opportunity? Pexels' license prohibits selling unaltered copies as prints, posters or physical products. Define the proposed end product before promoting a resale workflow. A free download does not establish permission to sell the unchanged photo, and modification alone is not a blanket clearance of other rights.  Source: https://www.pexels.com/license/ Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-3",
      "source_url": "https://www.pexels.com/license/"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this category",
      "id": "answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-4",
      "question": "Does downloading a free photo provide a business with logo rights?",
      "text": "Pexels' license prohibits using its photos or videos as part of a trademark, business name or service mark. A platform offer must distinguish campaign imagery from brand identity assets. Download availability does not make the image suitable for a registrable logo.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-4",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Free Stock Media Platforms. Does downloading a free photo provide a business with logo rights? Pexels' license prohibits using its photos or videos as part of a trademark, business name or service mark. A platform offer must distinguish campaign imagery from brand identity assets. Download availability does not make the image suitable for a registrable logo.  Source: https://www.pexels.com/license/ Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-stockgamestelecom1-free-stock-media-platforms-4",
      "source_url": "https://www.pexels.com/license/"
    },
    {
      "group": "Category research",
      "id": "answer-benchmark-status",
      "question": "Is an AOV benchmark available for this category?",
      "text": "No publishable AOV benchmark is available.",
      "context": "The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Parent and sibling benchmarks are not substituted.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-benchmark-status",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Free Stock Media Platforms. Is an AOV benchmark available for this category? No publishable AOV benchmark is available. The exact category cohort does not support a publishable AOV aggregate. Parent and sibling benchmarks are not substituted. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-benchmark-status",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Use this research",
      "id": "answer-download-research",
      "question": "Can I download this industry research?",
      "text": "The exports section provides this edition in Markdown and JSON, along with a research index. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-download-research",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Free Stock Media Platforms. Can I download this industry research? The exports section provides this edition in Markdown and JSON, along with a research index. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.  Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#reuse Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-download-research",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#reuse"
    },
    {
      "group": "Use this research",
      "id": "answer-cite-research",
      "question": "How should I cite a finding from this page?",
      "text": "When reuse is permitted, credit Madgicx Research & Labs and link to the exact source. Keep its snapshot date and scope. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-cite-research",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Free Stock Media Platforms. How should I cite a finding from this page? When reuse is permitted, credit Madgicx Research & Labs and link to the exact source. Keep its snapshot date and scope. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.  Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#reuse Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/stock-media-content-platforms/free-stock-media-platforms#answer-cite-research",
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