How to get a backlink from Pond5
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Open submit page on pond5.com (opens in a new tab)In short
- What you get
- A contributed article on Pond5 (“Contributor profile”)
- Link type
- Unknown. We have no record of it; check once your listing is live.
- Cost
- Free.
- Time
- About 45 minutes of your own work, plus whatever review the site runs.
- Requirements
- Sign up as a contributor and upload original footage, music or images. Conditions apply.
- Submission path
- Not yet checked by us. Our note: “Site's own page seen 2026-11-05”.Official page we read (opens in a new tab)
Before you submit
- Open the submit page first and confirm the form still exists: we have not tried this path ourselves.
- Once your listing is live, inspect the link's rel attribute: our record of the link type is unconfirmed.
How to submit to Pond5
Get your material ready
Sign up as a contributor and upload original footage, music or images.
Meet the site's conditions
Read Pond5's stated conditions below and make sure your entry meets them.
Submit on pond5.com
Open the submission page on pond5.com and complete its form — that is the "Open submit page" link at the top of this page.
Open the submit page on pond5.com (opens in a new tab)
Conditions and cautions
Pond5's stated conditions
ID verification required; AI-generated content not accepted.
Alternatives to Pond5
Profiles and entities with a similar value score, in the same order as the category page.
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- IDSAidsalliance.orgValue score 52PaidLink type unknownEst. DA ~50
- Maltmalt.comValue score 52FreeLink type unknown
- Promote Projectpromoteproject.comValue score 52FreeLink type unknownEst. DA ~35
- Shutterstock Contributorsubmit.shutterstock.comValue score 52FreeLink type unknown
- Vecteezy Contributorvecteezy.comValue score 52FreeLink type unknown