I stopped uploading to DT 5 or 6 months ago, mostly because I didn't find worth the effort for getting a payout ~ once / year.   
But just yesterday got  EL  ($13), so maybe DT is not completely dead yet.  Time will tell

I managed to get one payout this year.

I find the upload process very easy and I will always be grateful that Dreamstime was the only agency that raised our income for one year during the pandemic.

Good karma deserves to be rewarded, so I will keep uploading.

Longterm goal is one payout every 3 months.

I wonder how many files it would take to get a payout once a month?

What I really like is that what sells on Dreamstime is totally different from what sells on Adobe. 95% of what sold on Dreamstime this year never had a sale on Adobe.

I also like being able to see the keywords customers use for searches, it helps a lot.

No, I've had an average of one DL per month since my first sale in Dec 2020 even though I used to upload regularly. I have just under 1500 images including 20 videos. I still upload vids because I was told it's the easiest way to get to the 100 dollar payout but no videos have sold (I'm currently on $27. More established contributors have earned more so there seems to be a real decline on there. I fear I'll never get to payout

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on December 27, 2024, 16:55

Quote from: TonyD on December 27, 2024, 11:11
I want to leave DT due to very few sales but I've only just over $26 in my balance. I've Uploaded videos which pay more but no sales. And the rate of sales hasn't increased at all even though I steadily increased my port to about 1500 photos & videos

Sorry, but your lifetime download per image is 0.03, mine is more than 6 for lifetime.
I never expected a fortune for snapshots, and I think I was right to be very selective, and hard working for the highest level I could produce.

DT was and is a very good company I like to contribute to.

What is 0.03 & 6?
DT is by far the worst in sales for me. Even Alexandre Rotenberg's reported poor sales on there. I've done much better on adobe SS & even Depositphotos & alamy with the same photos. Update: its now september & have only had 2 august sales on DT since january - way below normal

Quote from: Yakystockero on February 25, 2024, 23:51
"Dreamstime makes it extremely easy to upload." 
  extremely?? 

For me it is one of the most tedious to upload, so much so that I hardly upload anything there anymore.  2023 stopped selling me almost nothing, and in 2024 nothing. Port of almost 30k images.

How come? After upload I only have to click Submit (or choose release if needed), everything is populated as it should, it even does a very good job of selecting the right categories itself most of the time. After Submit it goes right to the next image. The only thing I find could be bad about it is that sometimes takes some time to process the upload, so it might seems at first that the upload has failed.

Bad my sales there a very seldom.

Yes, kinda. Obviously way less sales than on Adobe, but enough sales to make 1-2 payouts per year with < 1k assets. And really super easy to upload. For me Dreamstime is still worth the upload time.

It's simply the most honest company still in the market, they get all my trust.

But they should reduce the $100 payout min. then they'd get my trust. It's took me 5 years to get to nearly $28 meaning it'll take me nearly 15 more yrs to get a payout despite uploading regulally

Quote from: qunamax on February 15, 2025, 13:05

Quote from: Yakystockero on February 25, 2024, 23:51
"Dreamstime makes it extremely easy to upload." 
  extremely?? 

For me it is one of the most tedious to upload, so much so that I hardly upload anything there anymore.  2023 stopped selling me almost nothing, and in 2024 nothing. Port of almost 30k images.

How come? After upload I only have to click Submit (or choose release if needed), everything is populated as it should, it even does a very good job of selecting the right categories itself most of the time. After Submit it goes right to the next image. The only thing I find could be bad about it is that sometimes takes some time to process the upload, so it might seems at first that the upload has failed.

Bad my sales there a very seldom.

but you can only process 1 item at a time, all others allow bulk submit

due to the time it takes to submit & low sales i stopped uploading more than a year ago

pond has similarly low sales but takes bulk submit so, i still upload there

No luck there. Also sudden drop of earnings around end of the 2023 or begenning of the 2024.

"Luck"... well... why not speak about "skill"? 

huge drop sell. down down down