As usual, shameful numbers. But I keep uploading!

just keep uploading, we have all been there, it will get better

It's been a good week.

I didn't sell any higher extended licenses as I did in previous weeks, but the sheer volume of downloads still pushed my sales up slightly compared to last week.

What's also encouraging is that Easter sales made up just around 25% of my total sales, which is a much more balanced performance compared to December when Christmas sales dominated my numbers (accounting for over 95% of sales) and when I crashed then really hard in January.

One of my goals for the year is to strongly increase evergreen content to have more stuff that sells all year round instead of just the holiday images.

That and more videos.

Quote from: cobalt on March 14, 2025, 16:19
just keep uploading, we have all been there, it will get better

Thanks! I will keep uploading content!

I somehow managed to reach a 3-month high this week. 128 Downloads / 105,24 USD, Position 4.280 / 6.834 Files.



Although it's still about $40 under the all-time high in early December, it's going up again.
I'm hoping for Easter that sales will increase strongly, similar to Christmas back then.

I'm currently focusing on my strongest categories and creating new variations of them.

Ultra weak monday sofar. 11 downloads / 7,45 USD. Approx. 1/2 to 1/3 of usual sales.

I guess it will be a very dissapointing week...

Quote from: Andrej.S. on March 17, 2025, 16:29
Ultra weak monday sofar. 11 downloads / 7,45 USD. Approx. 1/2 to 1/3 of usual sales.

I guess it will be a very dissapointing week...

For me too. Today on AS only 12 downloads ... usually on a weekday I make 40/60 sales a day. All very old images, even from 10 years ago. 

On SS an exceptional RPD today: $0.24 ... level 5. 

Finding a bit of optimism to work today is really difficult 

Pretty good Monday for me, can't complain, both AS and SS.

With 37 downloads and 34 dollars yesterday was a lot better

Weekly rank down to 4120, I hope it picks up again this week.

30 dl were in the Euro time zone.

US zone is very weak.

I hope this is not the beginning of the recession in the USA.

Easter is picking up a little but most sales were very wide spread, some backgrounds, some christmas, some people and even flowers.

Now 8000 files.

had a little jump up pos 3630

a little jump easter is coming

days 18 and 19 were good..

today (20) is slow..

so far these are the earnings this week

That looks great!

i am really worried about the US time zone.

A little bit.

things just keep getting worse and worse,to be honest when I started in 2018 I never,ever imagined something like this.

I spent the last 7 years doing this job,all the time,all the effort to learn,all the sacrifices to then see this.

I hope things get better soon because I honestly don't know what else to do,
What should I do at 50?Should I start over again?Something else?Again?

I just can't take it anymore,I feel like I'm living in a nightmare.

late last year things were finally starting to look up,and starting to get interesting,and now this nasty crash,I haven't sold anything since Wednesday.

but what's happening?

However,I have noticed a drastic drop in illustrative editorials,which represented about 30% of my total sales.

when I started more seriously with illustrative editorials in 2022 I started selling them like hotcakes,and now they are not sold at all anymore,probably customers today on Adobe Stock are looking for AI content,because Adobe Stock is now known as the best agency for AI content,so i will focus more on AI content,at the moment i am producing some AI png and jpg.

if things don't improve in a couple of weeks at most,I will start deleting 1000 contents that have never sold in years,or contents that I think will never sell,in this way I increase the percentage of contents that have sold at least once,hoping that it improves my position in the algorithm.

Maybe it won't help at all,but I'm on the road to desperation now,and at this point it doesn't make any difference anymore,whether I have to make 5-10 sales a week or if I make 0 a week there's just no difference.

I hope things get better soon,because I really can't stand this crap anymore.

I'm not sure what it is that is going on... The last couple months some of my regular sales dropped by about 30-50%, when I was expecting it to the opposite (I was expecting a 30-50% increase). I will see. Perhaps it will get better. Working on making that happen.

Quote from: Injustice for all on March 23, 2025, 12:52
things just keep getting worse and worse,to be honest when I started in 2018 I never,ever imagined something like this.

I spent the last 7 years doing this job,all the time,all the effort to learn,all the sacrifices to then see this.

I hope things get better soon because I honestly don't know what else to do,
What should I do at 50?Should I start over again?Something else?Again?

I just can't take it anymore,I feel like I'm living in a nightmare.

late last year things were finally starting to look up,and starting to get interesting,and now this nasty crash,I haven't sold anything since Wednesday.

but what's happening?

However,I have noticed a drastic drop in illustrative editorials,which represented about 30% of my total sales.

when I started more seriously with illustrative editorials in 2022 I started selling them like hotcakes,and now they are not sold at all anymore,probably customers today on Adobe Stock are looking for AI content,because Adobe Stock is now known as the best agency for AI content,so i will focus more on AI content,at the moment i am producing some AI png and jpg.

if things don't improve in a couple of weeks at most,I will start deleting 1000 contents that have never sold in years,or contents that I think will never sell,in this way I increase the percentage of contents that have sold at least once,hoping that it improves my position in the algorithm.

Maybe it won't help at all,but I'm on the road to desperation now,and at this point it doesn't make any difference anymore,whether I have to make 5-10 sales a week or if I make 0 a week there's just no difference.

I hope things get better soon,because I really can't stand this crap anymore.

Welcome to the club! I joined Fotolia.com in 2009. I haven't uploaded much content, but I've been uploading more since 2015. And I continue uploading despite everything! My numbers aren't that great either. Cheer up!

Thank you! I am very happy and satisfied that I have finally joined your prestigious club! 

Now I'm also starting to gain positions in the rankings,I just recovered 100 positions without making any sales!

soon,the less sales we make,the higher we will climb in the rankings!

My rank is stable but lower than I had hoped. Sales taper off after Europe time which has me worried that we are in the beginning of a US depression.

8000 files, the last 2 weeks I didn't upload much because i was busy with other thngs.

just for comparison here is my BWE on Adobe in September 2023,best week ever,it has never been the rule,but I have never sold as little as I do now.

@alexandersr I honestly don't know how you managed to keep uploading in these conditions,for all these years.

For now I'm continuing,because the decline began in January,it's still early,and I can continue for maybe another month or two in these conditions,but if I don't start growing again soon,I really don't see how I can continue for long in these conditions.

I congratulate you on your tenacity!Respect! 

Quote from: Injustice for all on March 23, 2025, 18:31
just for comparison here is my BWE on Adobe in September 2023,best week ever,it has never been the rule,but I have never sold as little as I do now.

@alexandersr I honestly don't know how you managed to keep uploading in these conditions,for all these years.

For now I'm continuing,because the decline began in January,it's still early,and I can continue for maybe another month or two in these conditions,but if I don't start growing again soon,I really don't see how I can continue for long in these conditions.

I congratulate you on your tenacity!Respect! 

Thanks! Resilience is the key!
Never give up! Never give up!

Position pretty good but earnings down at lowest in 6 weeks with a much lower RPD... 

Quote from: Injustice for all on March 23, 2025, 12:52

I just can't take it anymore,I feel like I'm living in a nightmare.

l hope things get better soon,because I really can't stand this crap anymore.

Man that does look like you're living a nightmare. Are you doing any video? If not, do video and get out there and shoot your local places of interest, landmarks, landscapes, major construction projects, towns, cities and everything in your area. Use a drone for much better results. Reduce your competition by filming subjects that you (and few others... not the rest of the world) have access to. Come back in 6 to 12 months and thank me for it.       

A little improvement, even with slower sales. Guess it is slow overall.

Agree with the doing video part. Need to get into processing and uploading.