Quote from: Stockhome Syndrome on November 20, 2025, 18:04
I can't remember the amounts they were paying for the 1-year option.  Was it $7/file?

I think I had 1,800 possible files.  I got $280 today.

I got an earnings of $27.30, it doesn't specify what those are about but am afraid its this.... The illusion of over $8,400 to just $27.30 :s hahahha

0 out of 97 (do mostly photos not video). So that sums up to $0.00. Thanks Adobe for the trouble. First time and last time of making content eligble fo free collection.

Quote from: SimonSays on November 20, 2025, 18:51
0 out of 97 (do mostly photos not video). So that sums up to $0.00. Thanks Adobe for the trouble. First time and last time of making content eligble fo free collection.

With no video, there's note even a note, so they knew, don't bother writing to me.

I'm so happy I went Pond5 exclusive for the big advantage. So far, that's been, nothing to write about and a total of $1.79. 

I have about 1% selected, which resulted in only +-$700. Not much more than last year, even though portfolio has grown meanwhile

FYI, I did a quick search and Adobe has 41M non AI videos for sale, and now 91K videos in the free collection, so they chose 0,23% of the video collection on average.

I think that more contributors just clicked that all the contents should be sent for evaluation (at least it seemed so according to what I have read here on forum), so it is just given by the fact, that much more content was there than in previous year. It is just a number game. Similar amount of free spots, more content submitted = less content accepted per each of us. Simple maths.

I have 2% with decent $4.5k

$63 for 9 videos

I'm surprised at some of the videos they selected, but I'll take it.

How do you see how many video they got selected?

Just got the official e-mail, they accept 17 for 1 year, and 2 perpetual: 151. the strange thing that, looking at the earnings, I got around 115$. Looks like another payment will be added or maybe I'm missing something

Same, received the email and no payment in sight presently.

One of the five videos they licensed from me was literally of flies on rotting meat.

Quote from: alijaber on November 21, 2025, 15:48
Just got the official e-mail, they accept 17 for 1 year, and 2 perpetual: 151. the strange thing that, looking at the earnings, I got around 115$. Looks like another payment will be added or maybe I'm missing something

Never mind, I think this is the 30% tax withhold put on my country. Well, US needs money to support Israel after all.

196 items eligible (out of 573 total), 24 accepted, total of $357... 3 for 1 year and 21 perpetual. 

Quote from: demich on November 20, 2025, 20:57
I have 2% with decent $4.5k

Did you do perpetual, or 1x license?

Quote from: alijaber on November 22, 2025, 06:48

Quote from: alijaber on November 21, 2025, 15:48
Just got the official e-mail, they accept 17 for 1 year, and 2 perpetual: 151. the strange thing that, looking at the earnings, I got around 115$. Looks like another payment will be added or maybe I'm missing something

Never mind, I think this is the 30% tax withhold put on my country. Well, US needs money to support Israel after all.

You can direct your gaze in another direction, but that won't improve your political opinion :
More than $130 billions for Ukraine 

Assuming the email is inaccurate. I only see previously selected files. Ah well.

Quote from: DiscreetDuck on November 22, 2025, 11:30

Quote from: alijaber on November 22, 2025, 06:48

Quote from: alijaber on November 21, 2025, 15:48
Just got the official e-mail, they accept 17 for 1 year, and 2 perpetual: 151. the strange thing that, looking at the earnings, I got around 115$. Looks like another payment will be added or maybe I'm missing something

Never mind, I think this is the 30% tax withhold put on my country. Well, US needs money to support Israel after all.

You can direct your gaze in another direction, but that won't improve your political opinion :
More than $130 billions for Ukraine 

Hehe, right. But in case of Ukraine, at least Trump is asking for something in return (rare earth minerals, security deal...)..

Sorry but how do I see which videos have been accepted for the Perpetual collection? I can only see the Free 1-year ones on my dashboard.

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on November 22, 2025, 08:13
196 items eligible (out of 573 total), 24 accepted, total of $357... 3 for 1 year and 21 perpetual.

That's really nice, but I don't understand perpetual, for a one time payment. Are those videos that you personally feel have no future and a little something payment, one time, forever, is better than nothing ever? How did you decide to give them free forever?

1 out of 80 or so. I don't think I'll be participating next year.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 22, 2025, 18:56

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on November 22, 2025, 08:13
196 items eligible (out of 573 total), 24 accepted, total of $357... 3 for 1 year and 21 perpetual.

That's really nice, but I don't understand perpetual, for a one-time payment. Are those videos that you personally feel have no future and a little something payment, one time, forever, is better than nothing ever? How did you decide to give them free forever?

So nobody knows?

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 22, 2025, 18:56

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on November 22, 2025, 08:13
196 items eligible (out of 573 total), 24 accepted, total of $357... 3 for 1 year and 21 perpetual.

That's really nice, but I don't understand perpetual, for a one time payment. Are those videos that you personally feel have no future and a little something payment, one time, forever, is better than nothing ever? How did you decide to give them free forever?

I did the math... at current levels it would take, on average, 9 years for me to make the same amount per file. As earnings per item decrease every year, it's more like 15 or 20 years. By then Adobe might not sell stock anymore, I might be dead, AI robots may rule the world. And Adobe only accounts for about 5% of my total earnings, so may as well go for the early Christmas bonus instead... it's no great loss!

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on November 28, 2025, 14:23

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 22, 2025, 18:56

Quote from: SpaceStockFootage on November 22, 2025, 08:13
196 items eligible (out of 573 total), 24 accepted, total of $357... 3 for 1 year and 21 perpetual.

That's really nice, but I don't understand perpetual, for a one time payment. Are those videos that you personally feel have no future and a little something payment, one time, forever, is better than nothing ever? How did you decide to give them free forever?

I did the math... at current levels it would take, on average, 9 years for me to make the same amount per file. As earnings per item decrease every year, it's more like 15 or 20 years. By then Adobe might not sell stock anymore, I might be dead, AI robots may rule the world. And Adobe only accounts for about 5% of my total earnings, so may as well go for the early Christmas bonus instead... it's no great loss!

Good way to evaluate, for yourself, based on your sales. For the photos and Illustrations, since I have no video, I still decided, nothing perpetual or forever. And I don't disagree with you. I'll probably make less in the next ten or more years, plus there's no promise that Microstock will exist that long, as a viable marketplace.

That's where I stand on Microstock itself. I'd rather stay with SSTK, and make some dimes, than make nothing at all. DT is the same. Deposit and the bottom feeders, were so despicable that I wasn't going to participate. That's why I'm happy with WS. But others may have a different viewpoint. When the merger is over or voided, Pond5 is next. Being an exclusive was a bad choice on my part, but it sounded good at the time.

Adobe has picked the same images, over the years, and added some new, so I'll assume, they make more from my "free" images, than it costs them. Well good news. So do I.