I just had another 158 images removed.

"We are sorry to inform you that due to changes in Internet regulations, we can no longer keep online certain types of images that can be considered inappropriate or that can be open to interpretation.

Unfortunately, your image fits one of these categories and had to be removed. As this is a time-sensitive matter, the thumbnail has also been removed and is no longer available."

Yesterday, I had about 120 emails from Dreamstime telling me that one of my photos had been deleted from my portfolio. All the photos were taken in or near London Underground stations. Has anyone else had this experience?

I received this in reply to my ticket (sent 16th March 2026) about a folder of editorial images which have not been reviewed after 15 days.

Thank you for contacting us.

We are experiencing a larger than normal volume of submissions at this time and our inspectors are working hard on getting caught up. Your files will be inspected in the order in which they were received. We ask for your patience as the inspectors make their way to your files.


I will go ahead and close this ticket. If you would like to reopen this ticket, please reply to the email notification of my response as replies via Account Management will not register a response if the ticket is closed. If you have another question or issue, please create a new ticket as we often need to assign tickets to different people and departments.

Sincerely,
Tony

I loaded 10 images taken in London, UK, on 12th January 2026. It is now 24th February, and they are still marked as In Review.

Is anyone else experiencing this delay?

Same here. Showing 523 error.

This change (to putting most of my images in data licensing) has occurred in the last month. I do get occasional payments from the Contributors Fund.

In the last few weeks, the majority of my uploads of commercial and editorial stock photography to Shutterstock have been put into data licensing. It seems that if this trend continues, it will be increasingly difficult to grow my portfolio. Has anyone else noticed this trend?

Has anyone else had a problem loading images to be reviewed by Dreamstime in the last week?

When entered with the title, keywords etc they don't go through to pending.

I have tried a different browser but the problem is the same. 

Shutterstock is still slow on reviews. 
 
For example, I have a commercial image that was not reviewed after 6 days.

They are currently slower to review than Dreamstime, Adobe Stock, Deposit Photos, and iStock.

Also, I don't like their new platform for loading photos and always switch to Legacy. It doesn't seem possible to copy out keywords before submitting the image. 

I've had 30 editorial images waiting for review since Sunday 17th March.

I see what you mean by the iStock forum going berserk.

All the negative sales seem to be listed as:-

Customer: NA (WASHINGTON)
Type: Premium Access Time Limited
Date: 12th November 2023

Shocking having earned $51.6 in January, I only earned $4.98 in February.

The reason 24 sales for a negative amount.

Very weird!

But if they pay me $96.57 I won't be complaining.

I still can't work this out.

Why are they paying me if I haven't reached the payment threshold?

Are just a bit flexible when you get within a few dollars of the threshold?

This relates to my iStock account but I'm below the payment threshold of $100 so why would they be about to pay me?

I've received an email from [email protected] which is entitled Separate Remittance Advice: paper document number ...

I'm just below that payment threshold of $100 at $96.55

But the email seems to be about a payment of $96.57 with a Payment Number and Invoice Number.

Does anyone have any ideas about this strange email?

Thanks I re-uploaded my 6 missing images and they have been approved.

A strange incident!

I've had 6 images disappear from my image portfolio over night.

It looks like some of them were recently approved.

Just noticed they've corrected the problem.

I've sold eight photos so far today on Shutterstock for $4.28. This has not been added to my Unpaid Earnings which is supposed to be Updated approximately every 15 minutes.

I've had this message (below) from Adobe Stock last night. I'm not sure what 10 credits means.

CORRECTED: You have assets accepted for the free collection

We are sending this email to let you know that we've accepted 2 asset(s) you nominated for the Adobe Stock free collection. Congratulations! We've added an upfront payment of 10 credits to your account. (Please note, that there won't be an itemized entry for the free assets.)

We're still reviewing all nominated assets for the free collection. We may still accept additional nominated assets until September 30. If we accept more of your assets, you'll receive another notification and payment.

I've had 2 photos approved for the Free Price Tier so far.

I was told that I had 168 images eligible for the free collection.

I hope this doesn't turn into a damp squib!

James Wheeler co-founder of Photoloo, has just posted a video in which he discusses an idea for a new stock photography agency based on blockchain technology.

https://youtu.be/j81lsfvwpvs

I received payment for April earnings on 6th May.

I made 34% percent more on Shutterstock in April 2021 than April 2020.

I also had one payment of $27 from Adobe Stock compared to none in April 2020.