I too have had rejections for similar content,when in reality there was nothing similar in my port,then I read on the Adobe pages that the rejection for similar content is also related to the Adobe Stock library.

Quote from: Injustice for all on April 09, 2025, 06:12

and then how do you explain this?

If there have been weeks where I have made these numbers,it means that it is possible that I can very well make an average of 20-40 sales a week.

this year so far the best week has been 14 sales,excuse me,I'm also a little tired?

Adobe punished your portfolio ranking.
One can only guess what the reason was.

Have you uploaded to many similar images?
Got too much competition in best selling categories?
How good is your portfolio diversified?

I mean instead of beeing angry and upset you should either doing other things or analyze and try other content.

but I'm not angry,I'm just very disappointed.

I'm already trying other ways,for example with AI videos,but are still in review since 12 days.

I'll try downloading Premiere Pro soon and processing this AI videos differently,hoping that somehow they will be accepted sooner or later,I have already used Premiere Pro or even Illustrator,a couple of years ago I had all the Adobe apps,another thing i would like to try is AI vectors too.

I'm still looking for other ways,but in any case,the number of sales I've made since the beginning of the year is really depressing.

and then how do you explain this?

If there have been weeks where I have made these numbers,it means that it is possible that I can very well make an average of 20-40 sales a week.

this year so far the best week has been 14 sales,excuse me,I'm also a little tired?

crappy week (position is still time lagged from last week).



Gonna do more seasonal content to catch up (worldwide national holidays) aswell probably more woke and lifestyle (skin / facial care, etc.) stuff.
Classic business people / food / animals / landscapes seem to be dead on Adobe Stock.

if it's a "crappy" week for you I don't know how I should define mine so far!

I repeat,I don't know how it's possible that with a portfolio of about 7000 contents,with 75% real contents and 25% AI i can't even make 20-40 sales a week!

you say that you want to make more skin care concepts,I have 14 in total of skin/facial care concepts generated with MJ for sale for a year,I haven't sold even one so far,I probably would have to have at least 100 of this concepts to sell any,I don't know.

however it is unacceptable to sell so little with my port of 7000 contents,after all there are a lot of different contents,I just don't see how it's possible not to make at least 20 sales a week minimum!

it's too little,this quantity does not reflect what should be at least the minimum for my port per week.

Adobe's rejections are 90% because of quality aspects. I guess that there are a lot of contributors who provide very good quality since the flux model is now very common.
So your competition might become a lot harder now.

true,although I think it's more of a 50/50 between quality and similar,but also these criteria have been around for a long time,so we can say with reasonable certainty,that these criteria are applied with greater intensity today.

Reviews have generally become more restricted,and the library has grown a lot in the last year,making it much more difficult to produce unique content that is also saleable.

Before all my AI content was accepted,it was really rare for me to get rejections,I have AI content for sale with a resolution of 5376 x 3072 and even better.

so in my opinion,today we need to take these points,listed previously,more carefully,and I am also quite sure that if unique contents are produced,even if they are not excellent in quality,but acceptable in quality,will still be accepted.

Thanks Cobalt,the two accepted are 4200x2400 and 3500x3500.

I'll eventually try to downsize the ones that were rejected and resend,so I'll see if it depends on the resolution.

for me nothing extraordinary everything as always.

regarding "turbo superproduction",I was unable to send a minimum of 30 contents,I sent 21 yesterday and one today,so I am unable to produce a high quantity of contents that are also of quality,I think that an average of 15-20 a day would already be more than good.

Today I deleted about 60 contents from the review,since they kept reviewing one a day and rejecting it for similar content,so I got rid of the problem and deleted the entire batch,which had cost me a week of work,never mind,it doesn't matter,but now,if possible,please review these videos that are 10 days old and I would like to understand what I have to do,if it is worth investing more in this or not.

Thanks.

I think it doesn't really depend on the image resolution,reviews have become harsher and longer in general.

my current situation is only my fault,because I wasted too much time trying to do particular things,but above all things that required too much time,in fact I only have 1500 AI contents at the moment,and with little different themes.

I also have thousands of real contents though.

in any case,this has become a numbers game now more than ever,and I've never been particularly good at producing a high amount of content because I paid too much attention to detail.

so now that's enough,if I have to do the numbers,let's do the numbers,from now on I will try to send at least 30-50 contents a day.

select the generated contents yes,but without wasting too much time in post-production.

turbo mode activated! 

Quote from: Injustice for all on April 01, 2025, 05:35

Quote from: synthetick on March 31, 2025, 16:06

For anyone deleting files from Adobe, note the following clause in your contributor agreement:

"6.2 Managing the Work. You may remove any Work from the Website at any time, provided, however, that you do not remove more than 100 items of Work or 10% of the Work, whichever is greater, in any 90-day period without 90 days' prior written notice to Adobe."

https://wwwimages2.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/en/legal/servicetou/Adobe_Stock_Contributor_Agreement_Addl_Terms_en_US_20240216.pdf

ok,I missed this one.

anyway I was planning on deleting 500 images,which is less than 10% of my port,if I decide to do so.

thanks!

Please explain how less images and deleting images you already have accepted, will make more money? What's the secret.

do you really have to make me write this? 

I never said that deleting 500 contents increases sales,if anything the opposite!

but maybe i want to delete 500 old contents,if i want to do it or not.

March on AS was a real surprise for me.

BME and today my best weekly ranking ever.   

I don't have AI or video in my portfolio. Is this a return to classic photography? In the next few weeks, we'll see if this month was a coincidence.

I'm glad to read it,here a small improvement,this month seems to have started a little better,but it's still too early to say anything.

here too 101 contents still blocked in review,not for long,the oldest has been waiting for 2 weeks,I'm interested to know especially for 35 videos still in review,I hope it doesn't take much longer.

@Andrej.S.

interesting,thanks!

Quote from: Injustice for all on March 29, 2025, 06:28

My slowdown has been permanent since January,whatever the reason,this year I'm selling much less than last year,and I can't stand this crap anymore.

I will try to invest something in video,because in the end what matters most is how much you can invest,in anything, software/hardware,travel,equipment,AI subscriptions... anything,but if you have low investment possibilities this job cannot be done,like many other jobs.

I hope the situation improves soon,because this is just not going well,sales and earnings are too low,and above all much worse than 2024,and my patience is at the limit of endurance! 

Do you generative AI content or only real photos?
If your portfolio is massively declining then there is probably a problem with your diversification. Which topics do you create?

I have mainly real content,which includes videos,illustrative editorials,vectors,illustrations,and photos.

and then I have about 1500 AI photos and illustrations.

portfolio about 7000 contents in total.

The topics I cover are the most varied,including various concepts on various topics.

the possible explanations in my opinion are,decrease in customers,increase in contributors,copycats,algorithm,the reasons can be many,and then from what I see many are registering a drop in sales,someone like you is still doing well,but I think the majority are generally selling less or at most stable.

anyway as I said,now I will try to make only videos,of all kinds,since at least with videos there is still space and time before it gets overcrowded.

this will be my last attempt,if even with this doesn't improve,end of the line.

However,regardless of the type,quantity or topics covered,it is very strange that I am selling much less than last year,in theory I should sell more,because I still have about 2300 more contents than in March last year,which is not a lot in a year,but still I have a bigger portfolio than last year,so why am I selling less?

the explanation could be one of those already listed,or perhaps others.


@alan b traehern:I don't think that deleting content causes any kind of problem,whether it's the approval percentage or something else,simply by deleting a content it is no longer for sale,I don't think there are any other consequences.

maybe i'll start deleting some content,probably 400/500 to start,but i haven't decided yet,for now i'm focusing on creating new videos.