Can someone give me a full walkthrough about editorial photos on AS, SS, and IS? Sorry about being noob, but i.ve read a bit about them and it.s kinda confusing about the requests in order to upload one. And i do not want my profile being banned as i ve read some horror stories. Ty

@DaLiu, i imagine that with a portfolio of 18k photos you can t  do otherwise than at least decent. That was also my plan initially - get at least 2500 photos and see how it will go. So far, besides 1st year, it becomes disappointing. I have material for about 5k photos and several hundred videos - good ones, and maybe another 2k photos - filler. I hope i ll rediscover my motovation to keep uploading. Thank youfor your advice

Hello all, it's gonna be a longer story so here it how it is:

i've always enjoyed taking photos, and i kinda view myself as above-average regarding this subject. And when pandemic came, out of boredom, and having huge piles of photos stacked in my laptop, i said, why not uploading them. in 2021 the sales on SS were on pair with my uploading numbers, but on AS my sales were and are still low. Since then i continuously uploaded and managed to get aprox 2k photos on AS and 1.6k on SS. Having a few 30$ sales on SS motivated me to keep it going. But last year, despite my portfolio increasing in size, no proportional sales were made.

i know it's landscape photography, i know everyone does that, i know the market is full, but still i am not expecting wonders, just to get about 50 sales/month which i don't . An reading forums i've seen contributors with this saturated kind of photography doing quite well. I mean my "dream" would be managing each year to earn enough either for a new lens/camera/drone. Not making a living. [i won't start shooting stuff

So to sum up, my question, just like in the title, you, the landscape photography contributors, how are you doing on microstock sites? Is it worthy that i continue uploading, as i am getting pretty demotivated right now. I thought that when i reach the 2k photos mark the sales will be a little but higher.

Also i started uploading drone videos, any idea if is a market for this?

This is my portfolio, feel free to criticize it: https://www.shutterstock.com/g/AlexandruV89

Thank your for the info. I thought that there's something with me, not seeing the "new thread" button