Hi, i have been blocked too, sales have never been like before, now i am selling and earning 1\4th of what i used before.I tried to post here and Mat never answered...so i stopped uploading.

I really like adobe stock, but lately is going downhill.

Adobe is taking the Shutterstock path...

Quote from: cascoly on August 26, 2022, 17:25

Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on August 25, 2022, 22:37
Similar to what?  Similar to others in your own portfolio?  Or to someone else's?  If the latter then I can see why they might lock it.

i had a short suspension when i submitted a group of shots of whimbrels on a beach - singles, doubles, flocks, walking, flying, etc - only similarity was they were all whimbrels. most of the series were accepted by other agencies

the biggest difference is other agencies just reject with a note, but AS blocks your account (and all sales). since i can't predict what they'll consider similar, esp'ly if they're looking at previous submissions, I've stopped uploading

Same thing what happened to me, did your sales go down after your account was blocked?

Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on August 25, 2022, 22:37
Similar to what?  Similar to others in your own portfolio?  Or to someone else's?  If the latter then I can see why they might lock it.

Similar to others in my own portfolio.They said it is considered spamming images.

Quote from: derby on June 30, 2022, 10:15

Quote from: und888 on June 29, 2022, 21:26
Hi, my accouny was locked too for similar images

Similar or DUPLICATED images?
There is a big difference and I think most (maybe all) contributors have similar images in their own portfolio.

Maybe Matt could clarify this point (without going to explain the single case);
would be useful to know if Adobe is going to restrict contents upload rules.

My account was locked for similars, not duplicate images.The main problem is that after my account was restored my sales have halved.

Thanks for your answer.I deleted only few images( around 20), i don't think this is the problem.The strange thing to me is that now i am selling exactly half what i was selling before.That's why i think the problem is in the search engine.More so, my "old " best sellers aren't selling anymore now

obviously all the photos were made by me and I had no copyright problems.I hope someone can help me understand why half of the photos are now being sold.thanks

Hi, my accouny was locked too for similar images, you can check my post.I contacted adobe and they told me to delete the similar images, then my account was restored.Hope it will help

Hi, a few weeks ago my adobe stock account was blocked for similar photos. I checked and, without my noticing, some files were sent 2 times while uploading. I deleted the duplicate files and my account was restored. During the next 6 weeks my sales have halved. Has this happened to anyone else? I believe that the sales statistics and consequently the search ranking has been canceled and I don't know how to restore it. I have also contacted adobe but they say nothing has changed. I used to sell fifty files a week, now half of it. to find a solution, or maybe some insight from MatHayward thank you for your answers!

Adobe is rejecting less than Shutterstock for me.