What has your biggest "win" been in 2023?

Was it a big sale from a stock site you didn't expect? Was it getting a sale from an image you didn't rate or was it just getting accepted by a stock company you didn't think you would?

Love to hear some good news stories, so type away!

Excellent!

After 13 years i'm still here, fulltime contributor, earnings are still growing, despite all the catastrophic news i've heard in these years.
The funny thing is that since the ai boom, my sales have had a solid boost...but i don't submit any ai generated content. Maybe there
are many customers that appreciate the 'old school' style

That after a 10 year break and my income down to often less than 10 dollars a month on most agencies, it is still possible to regrow my business and wake up my ports with steady fresh uploads.

It will take quite a while to a full time income, but if you spend the time looking for the content that is missing on agencies, you will make sales.

We survived the free images from unsplash, we will also survive ai.

I love my job. Now I must find a way to increase my output.

Had some pretty large sales on SS this year...some life still left in this business.

Adobe Stock sales are amazing for me, they just keep getting better -- better than ever, to be frank. SS isn't too shabby and I'll get the larger $$ licenses there, not so much on AS. DepositPhotos is a huge surprise for me, as I sell a decent amount every month. And I'll never give up Dreamstime - for some reason, their customers like to by my images to use in printed books. I love seeing my work in print in major publications. I can pick up any newly released travel book for a destination I've been to and so far, without fail, is at least one of my photos in that book.