I was also pretty discouraged with my January-February and March sales on Shutterstock, but just yesterday sold two images for $52.82 each. Quite ordinary photos too. I've noticed that over the years, Shutterstock is the only agency that does have those high-value sales for photos.

Actually, after writing to [email protected] to enquire about payments going forward, I have received the following answer:
We have requested your pending payment.

The earnings generated through your EyeEm account are specifically linked to the platform and, as such, will not be displayed on your Freepik account. EyeEm users are no longer able to log in to their accounts as the site has now closed.

We do, however, have visibility of your account, so all pending income from image sales will be calculated and paid according to current terms. Although the EyeEm website and app have shut down, payouts will continue to be processed, and you'll receive a confirmation email once they are completed.

Regarding the migration of your content, please let us know whether you are still unable to see any of your images on Freepik. If this is the case, we will escalate this to our tech team.

I have also had notifications of sales through EyeEm market, one yesterday that read: Congratulations! You sold this photo on Getty / iStock via EyeEm Market for $5.60 USD.

The link to Earnings brings me to Freepik, where none of my photos have migrated, even though I opted in. There are no earnings appearing. Freepik, when I opened a ticket, answered:  Please note that EyeEm earnings are not shown in your Freepik contributor panel. Any earnings generated through EyeEm, even after the transfer to Freepik, will continue to be handled separately.

Any outstanding EyeEm earnings will be paid using the payment method you have set up in your EyeEm account. (This account has disappeared and the address eyeem.com leads you to Freepik's landing page).

They continued:

However, for EyeEm migration related issues, you can contact directly [email protected] for more accurate information.

I have written to that email, the automatic response said they should answer me in 48 hours. It really looks as if the photos in EyeEm's partner portfolio are still selling on Getty, but not sure I will ever be paid those earnings.

Amazingly, I have recently made a somewhat large commission on a sale from EyeEm's partner collection, even though I have not uploaded in ages, and actually started at some point deleting my images because of their troubles. And EyeEm paid almost immediately when I requested payment, so I'm thinking it is not dead yet.

Quote from: stocky on October 08, 2024, 23:55
I'm wondering - does Adobestock still want photos? Should I just stop submitting? Be nice if they communicated why they've suddenly stopped accepting my work, after many years of working together.

I was thinking the exact same thing this morning, wondering if it is still worth my while to upload any photo that is not editorial or model released, even though my commercial ones still sell on Adobe. Seems illogical.

I have actually had quite a good month on SS in May, with two larger sales for photos. However, they have now started refusing model releases that are perfectly fine, in some cases accepting four releases for a family of four, then refusing the same releases for other images of the same family, crazy behaviour. Or accepting a photo of a 19th century church and refusing the presbytery next to it on intellectual property grounds. Not sure if the reviewers are human or not, the reviews are much faster but crazy now. Have any of you experienced this in the last few days? Is it worth it contacting them to have explanations?

Same here, no reviews at all in several days. Slow sales too.

Yes Brasilnut it is true, but on the other hand your images on Arcangel can be sold several times for book covers as well.

No. 1: Now that I have done the work and reached a several-thousands images and a few videos portfolio, why would I want to stop getting any kind of income from that work? I have to say I'm not uploading model releases to SS anymore, that was too much work for the usual 10 cents sale. I sometimes upload a portrait in the editorial section, but that's it. However, I still get the occasional $20 to $150 sale, so I guess I'm sticking with SS for the near future.

SS is well aware of these pitiful results, as they lowered their payment threshold to $25. Enough said!

No, I do all my work in English, being fairly bilingual. It is excellent for my knowledge of the language, especially when I have to learn names of animals, birds, trees, architectural vocabulary, etc. in English. When my English titles appear to me translated in French because all my computer environment is French, I don't think the translator tool does a good job, so I would rather do everything in English.

Yes, you should add the exact location in the title and the keywords. That noted, I have found that my best-sellers from my hometown Quebec City are more the famous buildings or locations (such as the Montmorency Falls) or sometimes very quaint traditional French-Style houses in nearby Island of Orleans. Photos taken at dawn with tripod and in the best light help of course, at the peak of Fall or Winter conditions. That said, this morning's $108 on SS sale was purchased in the USA and it was not of a famous Quebec City building at all, so you never know.

 Me too, best SS November month ever, just sold a SO image this morning for $108, for example, a rare event. Strangely, even though I have images from many remote countries such as Namibia, Nepal, Burma, etc., my best-sellers are all from my hometown, Quebec City, or Montreal or the Quebec province.

Yes, Adobe does approve some photos that are not at the end of the queue, or editorial (these get reviewed pretty quickly). I'm not sure what the rationale is, as those recently approved were not more or less timely than the oldest uploads (more than a month after upload). Still, I am grateful whenever some are approved these days, rather than taking it for granted.

Yep, two images "submitted last month" i.e. more than 28 days ago, when they announce moderation can take up to four weeks. They should correct this to say moderation can take more than four weeks. I have no A.I. illustrations and 72 photos waiting to be reviewed.

I do use Lightroom presets and especially like those aimed at portraits, but I have tested and used most of them and I do feel they are helpful and a shortcut during post-production. I have never purchased any presets.

I had my first two sales with Arcangel Images and got to see my photo on a book cover.

I have been receiving Your Photography Is In Demand! Confirm Market Details to Start Selling messages from EyeEm in the past two days, with photos attached. Wondering if they are going back in business or some of their partners want to use my photos, without paying for them. Have any of you received similar messages?