I had a horrible week - like an xmas-new years week. 11 dl position 25900 (I'm usually around 15000) just under 3300 mostly LCV images.

sales slowing down drastically, still moving up a bit

pos 1930

congratulations,an excellent result with only 4000 contents

Whow, very impressive!!!

Single artist, or team production/family if I may ask?

Congratulations on all the hard work.

I find it encouraging that many people have good rankings as a single artist.

Gives me hope I can still rebuild a full time income from stock.

Whow, very impressive!!!

Single artist, or team production/family if I may ask?

Congratulations on all the hard work.

I find it encouraging that many people have good rankings as a single artist.

Gives me hope I can still rebuild a full time income from stock.

Thanks� Just me, no one else or any help or use of AI.

Quote from: cobalt on April 01, 2024, 10:51

Whow, very impressive!!!

Single artist, or team production/family if I may ask?

Congratulations on all the hard work.

I find it encouraging that many people have good rankings as a single artist.

Gives me hope I can still rebuild a full time income from stock.

Thanks� Just me, no one else or any help or use of AI.

yes really impressive!
and how long have you been a contributor in Adobe Stock? and how much content do you have in your portfolio if I may ask?

if you make AI content you would sell a lot of it because you have excellent exposure,so it is much more likely that you will sell everything and therefore also AI.

However,I understand you,this AI content is a double-edged sword,on the one hand it is better to make it but on the other it can result in a waste of time,it is certainly better to make real content.

Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port� not just a handful of top sellers. I�ve been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port� not just a handful of top sellers. I�ve been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Thanks for the reply,it's interesting to know.

I think that from now on I will focus more on real content and much less on AI,I don't have much AI content for sale,but I can already see that it doesn't sell much,even because I don't have a good exposure yet,since my best weekly rank ever was 3210,which only happened once.

with AI there is too much competition and contents are easily replicable by others,and then the technology will improve and it will be even simpler.

I think that AI content was easier to sell until December,now it's already becoming different,so in a year it will probably be much worse.

The problem is not so much the money spent on Midjourney and other things for AI,because the money can be made again,but time,that is the most important resource that no one can ever give back!

Quote from: HalfFull on April 02, 2024, 13:16

Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port� not just a handful of top sellers. I�ve been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Pretty good! Tips/strategies/recommendations on how to create a better selling/balanced portfolio?

I learned early on that if anyone is serious about making a career from this business, they should follow one simple rule. Do not divulge or give away details of what works for you including images that sell well. You have to treat it as a business and businesses do not provide, "Secrets of their success" to help their competitors take money from them. It sounds harsh but ultimately it will serve you well. Sorry if this sounds nasty but it's hard enough in this line of work without shooting yourself in the foot.

That said, I do enjoy teaching so when I retire, I would like to teach one or two people about how I did things. Not so much for money etc, just because I like the idea of passing something on.

Quote from: HalfFull on April 02, 2024, 13:16

Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port� not just a handful of top sellers. I�ve been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Thanks for the reply,it's interesting to know.

I think that from now on I will focus more on real content and much less on AI,I don't have much AI content for sale,but I can already see that it doesn't sell much,even because I don't have a good exposure yet,since my best weekly rank ever was 3210,which only happened once.

with AI there is too much competition and contents are easily replicable by others,and then the technology will improve and it will be even simpler.

I think that AI content was easier to sell until December,now it's already becoming different,so in a year it will probably be much worse.

The problem is not so much the money spent on Midjourney and other things for AI,because the money can be made again,but time,that is the most important resource that no one can ever give back!

AI or not AI, well... for me it wasn't so much a question of right or wrong, just what's right for me.

Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.

Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.

Less than 10k/day? Hmm wow!

On my way back down

pos 2240

you go down and I go up  but I'm always far from you rank,even though I have more content than you,I've been on Adobe Stock for much less time than you.

Quote from: SuperPhoto on April 02, 2024, 22:10

Quote from: HalfFull on April 02, 2024, 13:16

Not a million miles away. 20k images and sales are distributed across my port� not just a handful of top sellers. I�ve been doing this type of work since 2010 probably 2013/14 with Adobe / Fotolia. No AI in port.

Pretty good! Tips/strategies/recommendations on how to create a better selling/balanced portfolio?

I learned early on that if anyone is serious about making a career from this business, they should follow one simple rule. Do not divulge or give away details of what works for you including images that sell well. You have to treat it as a business and businesses do not provide, "Secrets of their success" to help their competitors take money from them. It sounds harsh but ultimately it will serve you well. Sorry if this sounds nasty but it's hard enough in this line of work without shooting yourself in the foot.

That said, I do enjoy teaching so when I retire, I would like to teach one or two people about how I did things. Not so much for money etc, just because I like the idea of passing something on.

That's the best advice!!!