Author Topic: What's your weekly ranking and how many images? (Read 135267 times)

cobalt · « **Reply #1775 on:** April 19, 2025, 13:42 »

made it pos 1430, this is probably my easter high for 2025

I really wish adobe had allowed to keep uploading. It could have been so much better.

Andrej.S. · « **Reply #1776 on:** April 19, 2025, 16:29 »

Had even on a saturday today 31 downloads / 21 USD.
Regurally I have only about 3 to max. 5 downloads.

Broke the 300 downloads bar this week. Tomorrow should follow the 300 USD.

Already generated new content but I am afraid the most will be rejected again. Very demotivating ...

MPfoto71 · « **Reply #1777 on:** April 19, 2025, 16:41 »

You both are doing very well - nice to see

I had a terrible week, Saturday had 3 Dl - the complete week is "123 Dl, pos 3.560, RpD $0,76"
(By the way, out of my about 270 easter images I had exactly 1 Dl this month...)

After my AI work I am 95% back to camera stuff... with the actual chaos in rejections you have to ask yourself whether uploads AS still makes sense at all and I don't see that at the moment.

cobalt · « **Reply #1778 on:** April 19, 2025, 16:52 »

seasonal images can take up to 3 season to get regular sales. customers have very, very long planning times. you need to build up a following of regular seasonal image buyers and that takes a very long time.

congrats andrej! well done!

MPfoto71 · « **Reply #1779 on:** April 19, 2025, 17:10 »

Quote from: cobalt on April 19, 2025, 16:52

seasonal images can take up to 3 season to get regular sales. customers have very, very long planning times. you need to build up a following of regular seasonal image buyers and that takes a very long time.

Maybe we will see that next year ;-)
Had the same effect last easter (and christmas), my for that season are not that new but they never started - they probably just drowned in the flood ^^

alexandersr · « **Reply #1780 on:** April 20, 2025, 08:16 »

A very bad week for me, in last place as usual. I have no Eastern or AI content. I'm standing firm. Giving up is not an option!

Andrej.S. · « **Reply #1781 on:** April 20, 2025, 08:28 »

Quote from: cobalt on April 19, 2025, 16:52

seasonal images can take up to 3 season to get regular sales. customers have very, very long planning times. you need to build up a following of regular seasonal image buyers and that takes a very long time.

congrats andrej! well done!

Thank you. Broke today already 330 downloads and 310 USD.
Seasonal content is a must for everybody.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #1782 on:** April 20, 2025, 17:12 »

another day of uploads is over...come on Adobe,approve everything don't be nasty!

for the rest..i can barely define the shape of this moment in time!

cobalt · « **Reply #1783 on:** April 21, 2025, 03:36 »

In quiet times you can move up

pos 1180

Andrej.S. · « **Reply #1784 on:** April 21, 2025, 10:11 »

Following a brilliant performance last week (346 downloads / 324,30 USD / position 1000), this Monday was very mediocre with only 11 downloads and $9 in earnings.

Currently, I have 287 images pending in review and 209 uploaded images that still need to be keyworded.

However, the rejection rate has been brutal sofar. Adobe somehow fu*ked up.
To mitigate this, I've optimized my workflow by switching from Flux to Google's model, which has helped reduce generative errors.
I'm also using Photoshop's generative fill feature to touch up any remaining minor issues - a nice and helpful feature by the way.

Additionally, I've replaced Pixify with the Llama-4-Maverick-17B Image Describer and Keyword Generator, as Pixify's time limitations were becoming a constraint for me.

My strategy now is just to flood Adobe with unique content. I hope to increase my overall chances of success despite the current brutal rejection rate.

cobalt · « **Reply #1785 on:** April 21, 2025, 10:58 »

Sounds like a good strategy.

I took some time off and started my blog project for something outside of stock.

This week I will finally process videos and every day I will also upload a tiny amount of images, camera and ai to adobe to test the waters.

My biggest concern is the holiday season, especially xmas.

I must upload now to get good returns, but I am worried that it all gets declined because the images always have a lot of copy space.

I feel like I am being punished for having experience.

Adobe is my favorite agency and I could have certainly had a much better season if I had been allowed to work normally.

Andrej.S. · « **Reply #1786 on:** April 22, 2025, 02:02 »

Okay, after having dozens of images rejected again after yesterday's submission with the reason 'The submitted work is too similar to the ones already submitted' and the Adobe discussion forum being full of it, I'm taking a break.

I don't want to risk Adobe classifying me as an AI spammer and banning me. I've invested too much time in this. So, all I can say is that Adobe can fu*k off if they don't want to make money with me. I don't need the money anyway, since I'm doing it just for fun.

So, in that sense, see you in the next months. Everybody good luck and success!

cobalt · « **Reply #1787 on:** April 22, 2025, 03:22 »

Have you tried uploading camera content? Or camera videos? Illustrative editorial?

I really need the money, but my business plan for 2025 did not include Adobe using a russian roulette ai for reviews.

HalfFull · « **Reply #1788 on:** April 22, 2025, 04:25 »

Best $ April comfortably but not with highest weekly rank. Also best in terms of DL vol... 3201 so far in April. It would suggest Adobe is growing in strength in terms of customers/sales and contributors. I would probably need 3800 or more DLs for the same period to match highest rank in April. I'm ok dropping in weekly rank if the $ are going up and I'm improving on my PB's.

cobalt · « **Reply #1789 on:** April 22, 2025, 04:58 »

Congratulations!!

Are your acceptance rates normal?

Or are you subjected to the russian roulette declines as well?

I hope they make an exception for those higher up in rank.

HalfFull · « **Reply #1790 on:** April 22, 2025, 05:12 »

Quote from: cobalt on April 22, 2025, 04:58

Congratulations!!

Are your acceptance rates normal?

Or are you subjected to the russian roulette declines as well?

I hope they make an exception for those higher up in rank.

Thanks...I don't submit in large numbers but the ones I did submit in February & March were accepted. I think there was one with "Quality issues" and to be fair, they were right. I just missed something that I'd normally check for so I corrected it and resubmitted and it was accepted.

I would add that in times past I have had random declines but they're normally resolved after emailing them. I talking about ones being declined for not labelling as "AI" when I don't submit AI. Normally an explanation plus a couple of screenshots of the PS layers etc sorts it out. I've started using Content Credentials to see if that helps avoid accidental declines of this type.

Injustice for all · « **Reply #1791 on:** April 22, 2025, 05:32 »

@ Andrej.S. thanks and good luck to you too.

@ HalfFull congrats,it must be a great satisfaction!

HalfFull · « **Reply #1792 on:** April 22, 2025, 05:40 »

Quote from: Injustice for all on April 22, 2025, 05:32

@ Andrej.S. thanks and good luck to you too.

@ HalfFull congrats,it must be a great satisfaction!

Thanks... yes, when I started FT back in 2012 it felt like a gamble and required long hours but now it feels more relaxed and calculated. Still hard to believe it's nearly been 13 years... it's treated me well which I'm grateful for!

cobalt · « **Reply #1793 on:** April 22, 2025, 09:34 »

@halffull

I am asking because also the camera producers photo/video are reporting random declines of entire batches for similar or quality. They have been uploading for years with 90% acceptance rate. So now they have stopped uploading.

Somebody is suggesting to do editorial photos. Might try that.

But i am really worried about the rest of the year. If I don't get holiday christmas content into my port now the rest of the year will be a disaster.

I feel like I have been barred from uploading of any content type.

I will try editorial, but that is not a reliable market.

alexandersr · « **Reply #1794 on:** April 22, 2025, 10:45 »

Quote from: cobalt on April 22, 2025, 09:34

@halffull

I am asking because also the camera producers photo/video are reporting random declines of entire batches for similar or quality. They have been uploading for years with 90% acceptance rate. So now they have stopped uploading.

Somebody is suggesting to do editorial photos. Might try that.

But i am really worried about the rest of the year. If I don't get holiday christmas content into my port now the rest of the year will be a disaster.

I feel like I have been barred from uploading of any content type.

I will try editorial, but that is not a reliable market.

Does editorial illustrative content in Adobe sell a lot? That's the question!

Injustice for all · « **Reply #1795 on:** April 22, 2025, 12:24 »

I can perhaps shed some light on this since I have I have a decent illustrative editorial port,not big but already ok.

when I left Istock,immediately after I started uploading illustrative editorials to Adobe,types of content that Istock did not accept,in the rejections Istock indicated that they were sorry but they could not sell this type of editorial.

On SS my illustrative editorials are my best sellers,I sell them every day,it's incredible.

on Adobe,when I started uploading them about 3 years ago I started selling them often,so much so that today I have 20 on the first page,so the short answer is yes,on Adobe illustrative editorials sell well.

This year,on Adobe however,I have sold fewer than usual,but I am also uploading fewer illustrative editorials than usual.

Today I just sold 2 illustrative editorials on Adobe.

at the moment I'm stuck with the illustrative editorials,but I'm always there ready to start again,I'll probably produce new ones soon,it clearly depends on many factors,I still have things to evaluate,I also have to see how it goes.

The illustrative editorials that I produce are images that generally require at least an hour of post-production,but often even 2-3 hours.

alexandersr · « **Reply #1796 on:** April 22, 2025, 12:34 »

Quote from: Injustice for all on April 22, 2025, 12:24

I can perhaps shed some light on this since I have I have a decent illustrative editorial port,not big but already ok.

when I left Istock,immediately after I started uploading illustrative editorials to Adobe,types of content that Istock did not accept,in the rejections Istock indicated that they were sorry but they could not sell this type of editorial.

On SS my illustrative editorials are my best sellers,I sell them every day,it's incredible.

on Adobe,when I started uploading them about 3 years ago I started selling them often,so much so that today I have 20 on the first page,so the short answer is yes,on Adobe illustrative editorials sell well.

This year,on Adobe however,I have sold fewer than usual,but I am also uploading fewer illustrative editorials than usual.

Today I just sold 2 illustrative editorials on Adobe.

at the moment I'm stuck with the illustrative editorials,but I'm always there ready to start again,I'll probably produce new ones soon,it clearly depends on many factors,I still have things to evaluate,I also have to see how it goes.

The illustrative editorials that I produce are images that generally require at least an hour of post-production,but often even 2-3 hours.

Thanks!

cobalt · « **Reply #1797 on:** April 22, 2025, 12:43 »

Thanks for giving me a little hope about illustrative editorial.

danielvisuals · « **Reply #1798 on:** April 22, 2025, 18:11 »

I upload both photos and videos camera content and have maintained a 99% acceptance rate until today. My uploads are typically reviewed within a few weeks, or at most, within one month. I submit one picture per topic or subject each day, consistently uploading every day. I usually have 5 to 7 topics submitted at the same time, resulting in 5 to 7 photos or videos uploaded daily. So far this year, I have had only one image rejected for being similar to another.

No AI.

cobalt · « **Reply #1799 on:** April 23, 2025, 03:13 »

Glad to hear your strategy is working.

But I see no difference in decline complaints between camera and ai.

I did a test with an ugly and probably unsellable ai easter illustration. That was accepted in 2 days.

Now I will try other more ugly content to see if it can get through.

My camera images are still in review, so are my test videos.

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