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Adobe Stock Contributor Bonus 2025
Injustice for all:
I was somewhat expecting it,because I had already noticed a change in the minimum requirements from last year,perhaps I wasn't expecting this kind of difference,especially in the minimum number of approved contents.
In any case,I far exceeded the minimum requirements,and I already have the blue bar in my dashboard,before redeeming I will wait for the last day of the expiring plan.
Thank you!
Sean Locke Photography:
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--- Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on January 15, 2025, 12:02 ---I'm really disappointed - I no longer qualify for anything free from Adobe Stock.
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Same here, with over 6000 downloads and around 30 added files in 2024 I don't qualify for anything free from Adobe Stock. I only upload stuff that I think will sell - thus I never upload a lot of content and I think with a portfolio of < 1k assets and > 6k downloads I wasn't that wrong in the past.
The new bonus rules really prefer AI spammers. So this year I might simply upload a ton of ugly LCV cr*p from my phone, just to qualify for the 2026 bonus - if this is what Adobe wants us to do. :-\
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Exactly my boat.
cobalt:
It would be really helpful if the requirements could be posted at the beginning of the year, not as an afterthought.
Would also motivate a lot more people.
I qualify easily for the full suite this year, so thank you very much from me!!!
But please consider „playing“ more fairly next time.
Why not announce what is needed in Dec 2025 for 2026?
Many good people upload slow and steady, no need to punish them or prefer the ai spammers.
I will upload a lot and hopefully never be without cc until I retire. If I ever retire.
PinHead:
--- Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on January 15, 2025, 12:02 ---I'm really disappointed - I no longer qualify for anything free from Adobe Stock.
I had fewer downloads in 2024 than 2023, so I was aware I'd probably slip back to the single app plan, which wasn't a big deal.
However, I never imagined there'd be such a big leap in the number of approved assets required to qualify - the last two years 20+ was enough to qualify as an active contributor.
I've never been a high volume contributor but only had 117 approved assets in 2024 which isn't enough.
I had 5739 downloads - that's where Adobe Stock makes 70% of what they llicense my content for, but that doesn't count for anything?
Right now I'm angry and thinking of closing my account, but I'll go away and try and calm down to think about what's in my best interests.
The flood of new content Adobe Stock has been accepting suggests they aren't short of new material. But some newbie who had 350 downloads the whole year gets the free software and I don't? And when you announce the program after the year is over, there's no chance to do anything to add some uploads?
It's just utterly disrespectful of contributors who make sales, IMO.
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Same as me, 120 clips approved for 2024...I am uploading only 3d animations (difficult to render, it takes a lot of time to make them)...1000 + downloads and NOT ELIGIBLE. Thank you Adobe for all the effort we put in :((
wordplanet:
Bummed as I had over 450 downloads, fewer than last year, but enough to qualify for the bonus ... except...
I have a relatively small portfolio with a little over 1,000 assets which I've built up slowly, adding 116 accepted assets this year. Wish I'd known in advance the change from 20 to 150 new assets as I would have concentrated my efforts on increasing my numbers to get another 34 online.
I've appreciated the free plan these past several years and the LR/PS combo is certainly worth paying for, but I'm really disappointed that the goalposts changed so drastically without any warning. Given the overwhelming number of new images on Adobe Stock and the crazy waiting times (I had some that took as much as 3 months to approve, and some that took a couple of days - never know what to expect) the change was really unexpected.
Please tell us in advance what we need to qualify for 2026. The bonus is a really nice perk.
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