SpaBoom Dynamic Websites come with a great selection of stock photos. But what if nothing quite works for you, or you're looking for something especially unique?

If you haven't looked at stock photos recently, you may be surprised at how cost effective it is these days to find great photos for your website, or for ads, brochures, etc. Selection has improved dramatically, and prices have plummeted. Two of my favorite sites for finding great spa photos:

• Dreamstime has almost 10,000 spa-related photos, for $1 each for web use and $2 each for print use. Any photographer can include their photos, so there are some of questionable quality. But there are plenty of great photos, and it's hard to complain about the price.
• iStockPhoto is bit more of a traditional stock photo site with 9,000 spa-related photos. It's a little more expensive, costing the equivalent of $1.20 for an "xsmall" resolution (which is a little on the small side, but will work for a lot of website photos) and $2.40 for "small", which is about the same as Dreamtime's web size.

Both sites use a system where you buy credits up front, and then use them whenever you find a photo you like. For Dreamstime, the minimum purchase is $20, and with iStockPhoto it's $12.

Start with a search for "spa", and then narrow it down with "spa massage", "spa facial" and so on. It's fun to play around and see what images you can find — that undiscovered stock photo is a cost-effective way to add unique imagery to your spa's website.

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