Why would you upload your vectors to a free site when you can make money from them? Just because they haven't sold yet doesn't mean they never will. Please don't encourage free sites.

Yes I think it�s too earlier said thats never sold (around 6 month).


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I assume Pixabay checks the images by doing a reverse image search on the web, and they found your images on Shutterstock. So they want to make sure they're really yours, after all your images are also on a professional stock website. I don't know if you use the same name on Shutterstock and on Pixabay, but just let them know that these are definitely your images and that you had also uploaded them to Shutterstock... should be fine

I think it so, but now, I doubt to continue...

Quote from: Bereng La Bhoreq on March 19, 2018, 04:52

I have around 200 vector image over there, started on Mid of 2017, until now just have 4 sales...

That's an excellent record for Alamy!

wow is that Excellent...? tks ShadySue, But for 4 sales on Alamy, same with 80 subscription sales on shutterstock...

I'm chugging along as usual, some droughts then it tends to make up towards the end of the month. On a par with last year, so far.

Hope Better in future for you on alamy

I have around 200 vector image over there, started on Mid of 2017, until now just have 4 sales...

Today I try upload 5 of my unsold vector from shutterstock, In few hours they decline all because almost of "Unclear Copyright" Reason. Reason of my uploaded at pixabay, I want to know response, because there are many vector image over there (Low quality) downloaded a thousand time (I Know this site are free to download).

They are waiting for my answer if this is true of my own image...

Hello Bereng

Thank you for contributing your outstanding images! They look quite professional. To be safe, we would like to ask for a short and informal confirmation of your copyrights.

Please be aware that uploaded images may not contain any parts of protected works. Even if you purchased images somewhere else, you may not upload them under Creative Commons CC0 - not even individual elements of them. Also, please do not upload any images from external sources, because the risk of a copyright infringement is generally too high and cannot be assessed by us.

Thanks for your understanding!


Your Pixabay team

I appreciate your opinion about this...

Should I continue this?

Sorry for spelling English No My Native language

Fyi This my image

There are something wrong, most of my image with no EL over there....

Quote from: namussi on November 18, 2017, 08:40

A search algorithm might put popular files higher up in the list of results.

So if your file sells once in a day, it might move up the list of results, and therefore becomes more likely to sell again.

That would be my guess as well.  But if it happened within a few minutes then sloppiness might be the answer.

I've noticed a slightly different phenomenon, where the same, not particularly popular, image gets downloaded from different agencies on the same day.  No idea why - probably just coincidence - but I'll take it.

On DT lately I tend to get runs of images on the same subject downloaded at once - it happens only rarely on other agencies.  Goes to show that DT's old policy of banning similars didn't make much sense to buyers - they like having multiple variations on the same theme.

Hope in this case no negative effect on payment

Hi Everybody,
I am From Indonesia actually doing microstock around 4 mounts, my speciality is vector illustration.
Already contributor for shutterstock, fotolia & Dreamstime also istock.
Hopefully allow to share something or learn something here.
Tks