Exactly,Jo Ann raised an important point in my opinion.

I believe that as things currently stand,a contributor who produces at least 30-40 content on average per month will continue to earn more every year,but the question is:"How much content will it be necessary to produce in 5 years?"

this is a good question,which has an uncertain answer,because in my opinion,being an active contributor and uploading at least an average of 30-40 contents per month,It not only counteracts total Adobe collection growth,ensuring your portfolio continues to sell,but it also ensures that your portfolio is "active" for Adobe's sales system,which therefore in my opinion manages it differently,continuing to grow your earnings over the years.

for me,regardless of what you produce,unless you are truly terrible,the sales system if it recognizes you as "active" continues to make you grow.

It seems clear to me,and if anyone is wondering why I'm so sure,it's because I am able to understand how many sales I will make each month,not how much I will earn but I can easily understand the number of sales in a month.

I already know how many sales I will make each month and I guess 95% of the time,so it seems clear to me that our portfolios are managed by the sales system,which allows you to grow,certainly based on some conditions unknown to me,but of which being "active" is certainly one of them.

therefore,in light of all this,I believe that even an exponential growth of the Adobe collection is certainly reduced by being considered "active" by the sales system.

but still the question certainly remains:"how much content will we need to produce in 10 years to continue earning more?"

It's $0.27 now...

the countdown to extinction continues!

so it would be a custom royalty of $0.31 but because of your tax deduction is $0,27.

My tax is 10%, so I don't know what it suppose to be anymore

Today's custom royalty levels are both up and down - $1.01 (versus $1.03 yesterday), $0.31 and $0.39.

 It's hard to match these tiers up with past royalties, but I think what is now $0.39 was $0.42 back in Dec 2023

I got a custom license for .30 today - no tax withholding. This is Sunday the 5th - which seems an odd day for sales to be so high that my license cut is rock bottom.

Maybe they offset the sales a day or 2 or more to calculate out what we will get paid - it seems they would have to wait at least until the end of the day before they could calculate it. If that was the case I would expect a lump of custom sales at the time of calculation every day.

In any case the march down seems to continue. Anyone want to make any predictions when the first .29 will come - or the first .25 or lower. I don't think Adobe has said there will be a floor and they are happy to discount our images since they get paid up front and get their full cut, it is just our cut that is sliced thinner and thinner with these custom plans.

got one too

This was all really to be expected.   At least it is still (almost) 3x better than endless SS 0.10 stream

In more ways than one Firefly and similar AI platforms are final nail in stock photographers coffin.  I'd love to be proved wrong

only .30 and 1.02 today. yesterday I had .30 and .40

I'm not sure that my time zone (west coast USA) syncs up with Adobe's days though.

I have 0.30 and 1.03 today

I'd imagine prices will also fluctuate based on exchange rates clients/customers are paying. When I see a shift in those exchanges rates the $ I receive also changes. I don't think the changes are always discounts, although that does happen as well. The customers sub is set once a year @ what ever �$ or whatever currency they pay in so as the exchange rate changes, it may mean the $ per image also shifts as the strength of the $ also shifts. Also, it could be to do with the volume. If a client doesn't make use of their full allocation 400 images instead of 500 then the split may vary. It's probably quite a complex but has a base to stop it dropping below minimum payment.

I only occasionally see one drop below $0.38 and see a lot of $1.03. Sometimes they drop to $0.99... ebb and flow, they change like the (economic) tide!

As I said.... small daily fluctuations most likely exchange rate related.

I'd imagine prices will also fluctuate based on exchange rates clients/customers are paying. When I see a shift in those exchanges rates the $ I receive also changes. I don't think the changes are always discounts, although that does happen as well. The customers sub is set once a year @ what ever �$ or whatever currency they pay in so as the exchange rate changes, it may mean the $ per image also shifts as the strength of the $ also shifts. Also, it could be to do with the volume. If a client doesn't make use of their full allocation 400 images instead of 500 then the split may vary. It's probably quite a complex but has a base to stop it dropping below minimum payment.

I only occasionally see one drop below $0.38 and see a lot of $1.03. Sometimes they drop to $0.99... ebb and flow, they change like the (economic) tide!

Based on what Mat Hayward has posted here about how these royalties are calculated, it has nothing to do with exchange rate fluctuations:

https://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/adobe-stock-announcing-pro-edition-for-creative-cloud-for-teams-and-enterprises/msg563164/#msg563164

From the above:

"... every day, we generate an overall earnings pool equal to 33% of our total Adobe Stock CCE Pro revenue for the day. We then allocate these earnings to contributors based on the number of downloads."

When the unlimited subscriptions were first introduced, I explicitly asked about a floor - some minimum royalty - and Mat effectively acknowledged there wasn't one (outside of royalties in the "subscription" category; all these sales are in the "custom" category)

https://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/announcing-adobe-creative-cloud-express/