The ChallengeFor years we have been building digital products, websites, brands and marketing campaigns for clients across Europe.
Every single project – whether it was a website, mobile app, e-commerce store or social media campaign – had the same recurring problem:
Finding high-quality stock photos and vectors that are:
- actually affordable for freelancers, small agencies and startups
- come with clear, flexible licensing (especially Extended for merchandise and templates)
- do not impose daily download limits or forced attribution
- do not cost €200–€500+ per month for serious usage
We got tired of compromising.
So we decided to build the platform we always wanted ourselves.
Our Solution – Amilma StockIn early 2025 we started from zero and built Amilma Stock – a fast, modern, contributor-friendly royalty-free stock photo & vector marketplace with the best price-value ratio in the industry.
Core philosophy:
- Radical simplicity (only three paid plans + real free tier)
- Creator-first licensing (no attribution, true Extended License included in top plan)
- Unlimited rollover of unused downloads
- No daily download limits ever
- Built for speed and beauty on mobile and desktop
- Free Tier Forever – 3 free downloads every day for every registered user (commercial use, no attribution)
- Pro – €29/mo → 1,500 downloads/month
- Team – €49/mo → 3,000/month (most popular)
- Enterprise – €99/mo → 8,000/month + Extended License (merchandise, POD, templates)
Key Features Implemented
- Blazing-fast search with color palette, similar images, AI-assisted tagging
- Contributor dashboard with daily uploads (up to 10/day), earnings charts, 5% referral program
- Modern UI/UX with Livewire + Alpine.js (instant interactions without page reloads)
- Secure payment processing (Stripe)
- Responsive, mobile-first design (PWA-ready)
- SEO-optimized individual photo pages with proper Open Graph & Schema markup
- Role-based access (free, subscriber, contributor, admin)
- Backend → Laravel 11 (PHP 8.2)
- Frontend → Laravel Livewire + Alpine.js + Tailwind CSS
- Database → MySQL + Redis for caching
- Storage → DigitalOcean Spaces (CDN)
- Images → Intervention Image + Imgix (on-the-fly resizing)
- Payments → Stripe Subscriptions & Webhooks
- Deployment → Laravel Forge + Vapor (serverless on AWS)
- Queue & Jobs → Horizon + Scheduler
- Search → Meilisearch (instant search)
- Queue Workers → Redis queues
- Security → Laravel Sanctum + Fortify + rate limiting
Results (First 24 Hours Post-Launch Metrics – November 21, 2025)
Become one of the top 10 independent stock media platforms in Europe within 24 months.
- 427+ photos live (and growing fast)
- First 150+ registered users in the first hours
- First paid subscriptions activated within the first 2 hours
- First contributor uploads approved and already earning
- Zero-downtime launch, 100% uptime
Become one of the top 10 independent stock media platforms in Europe within 24 months.
Amilma Stock is not just another side project.It is now the flagship product of Amilma Digital and the foundation for several upcoming extensions (video, audio, fonts, templates, AI tools…).
This project proved again that a small, passionate team in Sarajevo can deliver world-class product that competes with companies 100x larger.
Want to see it in action?
Visit → stock.amilma.net right now and grab your 3 free daily downloads.
Interested in something similar for your business?
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