I have friends that work in the artificial intelligence field, they record thousands of videos and images so that they can train the A.I to recognize things on it's own.
Today I saw the folder of one of my friends and suggested them that they should upload it to microstock websites, they weren't interested, thought it was too much of a hassle and told me "You can do it if you want".
So now I have a folder containing 10.000 videos, most of them being 1920x1080 (Some are 4k) lol. (Example of what the videos look like: https://stock.adobe.com/video/large-crocodile-lies-in-the-water-panorama-over-the-body-of-a-crocodile-panning-shot-of-an-alligator-laying-in-the-swamps-alligator-is-a-large-crocodile-in-the-water/209268716?prev_url=detail)

Seems like the main website that I will be using is adobe stock, shutterstock only allows 100 videos a week so it will take me years to upload everything, my 123rf submissions are still stuck on 'Pending' for about a month now, and from what I read here the other websites have very low sales, so it's not even worth uploading there.

So the question is... How much you think I'm going to be making? I know the industry isn't like what it once was, but I except atleast a couple hundred dollars every month, since the videos sells better than photos.

The reason why I'm writing this thread is because I started uploading 2 weeks ago, I have around 5000 videos in the portfolio and I made a grand total of:

So my exciting is turning to disappointment, anyone with experience here can tell me if it gets better??
Thank you!

So my model release was rejected without any reason given, can someone show me how I should fill it?
I used random info but it will give you an idea on how I filled it:
https://imgur.com/58Fddni

I just uploaded 100 pictures to 3 sites, it took me half a day even with the AI keyword tool and stuff, and I have thousands more.
There must be a quicker way to upload these files, what would you recommend?

Hey there!

A series of unfortunate events just dropped out of nowhere into my life, the most crucial ones being me losing my job and a member of my family needing some important and expensive medications.
And, in my country, finding another job is close to impossible because of the pandemic.

If I can't earn anything the next few months, I will literaly not be able to survive.

So, after some days filled with panic and suicidal thoughts, I started looking for ways to earn money on the internet, I picked up an Illustrator course and started learning to make flyers/business cards... With the intention of uploading them to all microstock websites.

But after reading this forum, it was really depressing to learn about the effect of the pandemic on the market, and the SS changes.

So, I just want to ask, if I work all day long, and produce 100 vectors a day, can I expect to make ateast 500$ a month? Just the time to find a job.

Thank you!