On another note, could you confirm if this is one of your clips?

Yes, it is.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention.  I'll submit a DCMA takedown request.

BTW, here's my "form" letter I send to Shutterstock when I come across one of my clips.  You can list multiple infringements in one letter.  Feel free to use and modify for your needs.

They pay for videos too now, i wonder for how long we can continue to make sales before AI will take over completly

It was a good ride while it lasted.  Hopefully everyone saved up some of their earnings for a rAIny day.

There is an upload guide for AI images on adobe's website.
It depends wether the images are hand drawn illustrations, 3d rendered stuff, etc. or if they contain photo realistic portraits,

Wasn't the rule with AI is that you had to always choose "illustration"?  Did that change recently?

Where do you find these negative sales listed?

Not Shutterstock, but Pond5 this morning. This sale was a single download. Really great if we see Pond5 pick up again.

I had one today too.

I hear Etsy's algorithm dings listings that get viewed but not purchased.  That's why so many Etsy Youtubers do not reveal their storefronts in their "Look at Me! I made $50K on Etsy!" videos.

Perhaps that's a correct way of thinking, and who knows if some agencies have the same policy.

Great!!  Did you see your clips there?

One. I did a take down request. 

I personally toured their Empire State Building offices a few years ago.  Very over-the-top, almost unnecessarily.  Hidden rooms behind fake bookcases, a ping pong room, a music area with instruments, free lunches and snacks with drinks.

I wonder if this is still going on there now.

This is my 6-month trend for SS.  Pretty much like a nosedive.

I've tried that as well. Didn't worked out. Probably I had wrong items. Don't know. Are you selling landscape images on them shirts?

My t-shirt images are 4500x5000 px @ 300 dpi.

T-shirt sales do work.  You just need to produce what's in demand.  That's the hard part.

So basically x amount of images for x amount of money? Is it sustainable? I know you have to pay some fees as well. My store is closed as I got in debt - �12, neve made money, so a bit pointless spending money.

I'm by no means earning a living off Etsy.  My primary income still is stock.  But it's good for a couple hundred dollars a month.  Sometimes less.  I really use it as a supplement for my Starbucks.  I don't put a lot of effort into it, but I found a few niches that seem to sell semi regularly.  And I test out new niches occasionally.

I price a bundle of 4 or 5 similar items for $8.  Since it's digital, it nets me about $6.75 after fees.

Yes, the fees are something you need to watch out for, so I tend to let non-selling items (after a reasonable amount of time) to go offline.  Items that sell regularly, I have set to auto-renew every 4 months. 

It's only 20� per listing per 4 months, but that can add up quickly and eat up your profits.

I do have some t-shirts and sweatshirts on my Etsy store, but I primarily sell those on Amazon Merch, which has zero fees, but is incredibly hard to get approved as a seller these days.

May ask, by unique items, you mean digital photos, or hand made stuff?

All digital items.