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« on: April 05, 2024, 20:33 »
Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.
Congratulations on your hard work!!!
No need to share details, I think it is already very helpful to know that such a position can indeed be reached by a single artist.
I always thought the top 100 was for large studio/team producers only. The only person I know in that level started out as a single artist but had progressed to working more as an art director and has people working for him, some full time, some on work for hire basis.
I do believe in sharing helpful information with peers and it can be done without reveailing best selling content.
Plus the algos make copying sometimes harder than people think. I know many producers who did a ton of seasonal content with ai, but get few sales, while my christmas season was quite good. But I have really, really old files that have probably accumulated in many galeries over the 10 years I didnt upload and these are the ones that started bringing in the money again. The ai stuff also sold, but less than old files revived.
For me I see it with my ai people, while they are slowly starting to sell, if I just do carrots on white background I will have better sales with that.
And if I do that with my camera, the carrots can go everywhere.
However, if I am consistent with my ai people uploads, then I am sure in 3-4 years they will also get good sales, like anything isolated or my greeting cards.
Same for illustrations. It is a new medium for me, there is ZERO algo track record. I have uploaded a lot of seasonal illustrations but sales are very, very slow. And sometimes very unexpected, I am actually having artsy files sell. Done in watercolor or oil painting style.
So my first 3000 illustrations will be test subjects, trying many different niches and many, many different art styles.
Then gradually the customers will tell me what they like and I will make more of that.
But if I ever wanted to got for the top 100, I would certainly need 30k plus files.
I do a lot of research, but wouldnt know how to do that with less than 10k even if I could identify 10k top selling concepts. Gallery uptake by clients is a very slow process. Having instant best sellers is very rare for me.
There is also the time factor, I want to grow my income over the next 2-3 years, not over 20.
Roughly 60% of what i upload is still experimental, with ai even higher, because I am testing a lot of new things.
Thank you to anyone in top levels sharing ranks and port sizes.
For newbies it should help them understand that stock needs a ton of research and is not a slot machine where you throw random files in and money comes out.
The money is related to usefulness for clients not overall random content port size.
Thanks for your understanding. I've been on this forum for 8 years. I dropped a lot of helpful advice early on. I used to post a lot more, but I've been just lurking in the last few years. If people want to know what I shared, they're free to go check out my old postings. One thing I can reveal is that I don't use any keyword tools. I keyword every submission manually and I put effort into ordering all my keywords. I put work into early and now many of my images are at the top of search results.
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« on: April 05, 2024, 20:22 »
Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.
wow this is great!  How long have you been an Adobe Stock contributor,if I may ask?
I started submitting in 2016.
Thank you,therefore for less than 10 years and already among the top 100 with less than 10k contents,it's incredible!
It's also very hard to believe,but ok anything can be!
One way I can describe my portfolio is that is very practical and useful. I've seen my work all over, including in websites & YouTube. I've even seen my work in food packaging and local farm ads. I can never reveal my portfolio for obvious reason, but I can assure you that it's very real. I started creating microstock in 2015 and I joined this forum in 2016. I just had a lot of skills and a lot knowledge from many different industries, including marketing, design, finance, publishing and technology. A lot of my skills were transferable into Microstock because I knew what all these industries were looking for. You can say that I found a secret formula and I figured out what different industries need. My bestsellers are not artistic or fancy. They are just incredibly practical.
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« on: April 04, 2024, 20:08 »
Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.
wow this is great! How long have you been an Adobe Stock contributor,if I may ask?
I started submitting in 2016.
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« on: April 03, 2024, 09:55 »
Top 100 weekly, top 100 lifetime, less than 10k.
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« on: September 13, 2023, 09:15 »
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« on: September 13, 2023, 09:15 »
I got a huge payment.
I don't know how I feel about it, but I tried out Firefly using some prompts and some of the content is still in early stages.
It's not good enough to directly compete with my work just yet, but man, it is a bit scary to see what it can do.
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« on: February 02, 2023, 20:27 »
Use Ublock Origin and block all the ugly panels on top.
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« on: January 18, 2023, 19:57 »
No idea what is going on with 123rf, I upload new videos but they never get reviewed, i write emails to support but no one ever answers, It's like a zombie stock image site.
I have images waiting since October 2022. They love messing with the contributor portal. I can't view part of my portfolio since their recent updates. I'm done uploading to 123RF.
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« on: January 17, 2023, 21:49 »
It started declining at the beginning of 2022 and it fell off a cliff in November. Now I'm making 1/10 of what I used to make in 2019.
January 2023 looks like it's going to be abysmal.
At least Adobe Stock is picking up the slack. They are really taking over the industry. I just hope they continue to treat contributors well.
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« on: May 12, 2022, 10:58 »
You talk about supply and demand, so ask yourself this. Who stopped the Keystone pipepline and cancelled oil and natural gas exploration permits? Who artificially and intentionally constrained supply and caused the price of oil to go up?
Nobody stopped the Keystone pipeline.
Oh, wait, you meant the KeystoneXL which was for garbage tar sands from which the oil would mostly be exported? Is that what you meant?
Oh wait, nobody cancelled permits. https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/new-data-biden-slays-trumps-first-year-drilling-permitting-by-34-2022-01-21/ "New federal data shows the Biden administration approved 3,557 permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands in its first year, far outpacing the Trump administrations first-year total of 2,658."
Oh, wait, you're talking about OPEC who constrains supply to make the price go up?
You're right, it's not the permits, it's the leases. That was my little mistake, but the point still stands. Biden paused all new oil and natural gas leashes, effectively slowed production. They only recently resumed in April because out of desperation, only to cancel even more leases. Want proof, here it is: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/biden-administration-pausing-new-oil-and-gas-leases-amid-legal-battle-.htmlBiden continue to cancel leases, this on in the last 24 hours: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-admin-cancels-oil-gas-lease-sale-record-high-pricesAnd you want to talk about OPEC? They won't pick up the phone because they don't respect Biden, kinda like the rest of the world.
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« on: May 12, 2022, 09:54 »
For every Biden gaff, there are dozens of Trump gaffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MyLwAokINc
Fixed that. And what's even worse is the crap that comes out of Trunt's mouth that aren't due to speech issues and are just plain idiocy.
Actually, what's even worse is that Republicans will have had four years to find a sensible candidate who wasn't impeached twice and caused and insurrection and lied about the election. But they're just like "No, this guy is good because he hates who I hate and has no filter like I wish I didn't".
Have you heard about the new drug overdoes record in 2021? Only 107,000 people died from OD's, much of it attributed to Fentanyl. After Biden opened the borders, Fentanyl "imports" from the southern border went up by 1,100%. But nobody cares, because Biden is "compassionately" letting druggies shoot themselves to death. That's not a gaff, that's pure Biden idiocy. That's one top of what his incompetence on the economy. But let's about Trump's mean tweets instead.
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« on: May 12, 2022, 09:45 »
I love how conservatives complain about the evils of socialism and how free market capitalism solves all problems . Then when the law of supply and demand kicks in and the price of gas goes up 50 cents a gallon they complain that the government isnt doing enough. 😂
I'm more of a classical liberal more than anything else, thank you very much. I even support abortion. When it comes so fiscial policy, modern leftists are completely illiterate when it comes to the economy. You talk about supply and demand, so ask yourself this. Who stopped the Keystone pipepline and cancelled oil and natural gas exploration permits? Who artificially and intentionally constrained supply and caused the price of oil to go up? And hyperbole doesn't make a good argument. The price of oil has nearly doubled since early last year, not gone up 50 cents. The price of food also nearly doubled. Maybe you're rich enough to not have it affect your bank account, but it's affecting everyone else and it's causing the US to barrel toward a recession. Sometime you need to step back and look it how it's affecting your bank account, microstock profits, your job and your children's jobs instead of looking for a little ideological win.
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« on: May 12, 2022, 09:35 »
Biden is too brain dead be corrupt. He could barely find his way down a hallway, let alone trying to be corrupt. Thats why hes running the US to the ground. And I didnt qualify for single penny of stimulus money.
"Man woman person camera tv"
For every Trump gaff, there are dozens of Biden gaffs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6uingtAWbk
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« on: May 12, 2022, 09:32 »
Thanks to the incompetent idiots in charge, we're on our way to a recession.
I anticipate that many companies with either start downgrading or cancelling their microstock accounts from sites like SS and AS.
My SS sales has dipped in the last few weeks. Less big sales and less daily downloads.
Just brace yourselves for what's to come and stop supporting people who are economically illiterate.
More a Covid/Putin/China recession... Covid for stopping worldwide production.. Putin for raising transport costs worldwide with higher energy cost (due to war).. and China for slowing down its economy with their "Strict 0 Covid" policy..
Inflation levels and oil prices were incredibly high before the war in Ukraine started. China only started the lockdown.
The US economy shrank by 1.4% in Q1 and it wasn't caused by China locking down. China's GDP went up by over 4% in the same time period.
The main cause of the situation is because of energy scarcity and uncontrolled spending. Both of which are caused by policies of the current administration. The war in Ukraine doesn't help, it's certainly not the main cause of it.
The highest inflation in 40 years is caused by the federal reserve printing money it doesn't have. Failure to hold the people in charge responsible is reason why we're in this situation. So let's not make excuses for incompetent people.
So, if you were the government.. what would you do ?
Stop spending so much money. Stop trying to stop domestic energy production.
Oil prices and Natural Gas spiked after we slowed down our own product of energy. This caused food prices to spike, along with everything else. It's self-inflicted inflation.
American Energy production was slowed down because it was not profitable anymore. Russia and the Saudis were in conflict and the oil prices went down. After the conflict, prices were rising slowly, and the american (and Canadian) producers were reluctant to risk losing money. Energy production depend on company profits, not on governments...
There were plenty profits to go around. That's why oil companies have been posting record profits for the last year and the most valuable company right now is an Oil company. I guess it's easier to making a blanket statement about profits without giving anyone a chance to make a profit. Biden effectively stopped energy production in the US with his policies. He shut down the Keystone Pipeline and cancelled all oil and natural exploration permits. Meanwhile, we're STILL secretly buying oil from Putin, while sending billions to Ukraine. If we are really against Putin, why are we buying oil from Russia? Could it be that we kneecapped ourselves and we have nowhere else to turn?
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« on: May 12, 2022, 08:56 »
Thanks to the incompetent idiots in charge, we're on our way to a recession.
I anticipate that many companies with either start downgrading or cancelling their microstock accounts from sites like SS and AS.
My SS sales has dipped in the last few weeks. Less big sales and less daily downloads.
Just brace yourselves for what's to come and stop supporting people who are economically illiterate.
I assume you never cashed those stimulus checks that the corrupt Trump administration sent out to buy us off because you're all about the capitalism and not the socialism right clown.
Biden is too brain dead be corrupt. He could barely find his way down a hallway, let alone trying to be corrupt. Thats why hes running the US to the ground. And I didnt qualify for single penny of stimulus money.
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« on: May 11, 2022, 11:23 »
Just to further prove my point, here is the inflation chart of France. It's nearly identical to the German inflation chart. https://tradingeconomics.com/france/inflation-cpiThe inflation spike started right after the Ukrainian invasion in February 2022. The inflation rate in France was 2.9% in January 2022. In the US, it was 7.5%. The US inflation spike started in April 2021, while the France inflation spike started in February 2022. In other words, they were fairly independent of each other. The US inflation was caused by US policies, while France inflation was caused by the war in Ukraine.
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« on: May 11, 2022, 11:13 »
Thanks to the incompetent idiots in charge, we're on our way to a recession.
I anticipate that many companies with either start downgrading or cancelling their microstock accounts from sites like SS and AS.
My SS sales has dipped in the last few weeks. Less big sales and less daily downloads.
Just brace yourselves for what's to come and stop supporting people who are economically illiterate.
More a Covid/Putin/China recession... Covid for stopping worldwide production.. Putin for raising transport costs worldwide with higher energy cost (due to war).. and China for slowing down its economy with their "Strict 0 Covid" policy..
Inflation levels and oil prices were incredibly high before the war in Ukraine started. China only started the lockdown.
The US economy shrank by 1.4% in Q1 and it wasn't caused by China locking down. China's GDP went up by over 4% in the same time period.
The main cause of the situation is because of energy scarcity and uncontrolled spending. Both of which are caused by policies of the current administration. The war in Ukraine doesn't help, it's certainly not the main cause of it.
The highest inflation in 40 years is caused by the federal reserve printing money it doesn't have. Failure to hold the people in charge responsible is reason why we're in this situation. So let's not make excuses for incompetent people.
You seem to be confusing the US with the whole world. Because - surprise surprise - almost all countries are facing the same problems.
Germany, where I live for example - Inflation is crazy, the highest since 1981. Is that Binden's fault too?
Or could all countries facing the same problems right now not rather be caused by something all these conutries share? Which is not Binden, but a worldwide pandemic and an ongoing war.
The inflation in Germany is different than that of the US. And yes, Germany's recent inflation is directly related to the war in Ukraine and its geopolitical tensions with Russia. Germany's inflation started creeping up late last winter after Russian slowed the flow of natural gas. It spiked right after Russia invaded Ukraine, causing food prices to spike. Ukraine was a huge exporter of food to the rest of Europe and after the war started, food exports dropped and supplies became constrained, causing food prices to rise. If you look at June of 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, Germany's inflation rate was 2.3%. The pandemic is just another buzzword people throw around to make excuses for politicians. You can see the inflation chart here that corresponds to my timeline assessment. https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/inflation-cpi The inflation in the US is different. In February 2021, the inflation rate was 1.7%, so stop parroting the media and blaming the pandemic. The inflation spike started in April of 2021 and continued to climb throughout the summer. https://www.statista.com/statistics/273418/unadjusted-monthly-inflation-rate-in-the-us/Look at the rise in oil prices. It started in Q1 2021, which is when inflation started to spike in the US. The 2 chart pretty much mirrors each other. https://www.statista.com/statistics/671580/quarterly-retail-price-of-gasoline-in-the-united-states/The inflation problem in the US is directly caused by the Biden administration.
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« on: May 11, 2022, 10:54 »
In Turkey, the inflation rate is currently over 70%! I assume that Biden is not responsible for this, right?
Regional inflation is common and it has little to nothing to do with the US. Just like hyperinflation of 79.6 billion percent in Zimbabwe in 2007 has nothing to do with the US. Just like how inflation in Venezuela has little to nothing to do with the US. Biden is completely responsible for US inflation due to his policies.
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« on: May 11, 2022, 10:50 »
Thanks to the incompetent idiots in charge, we're on our way to a recession.
I anticipate that many companies with either start downgrading or cancelling their microstock accounts from sites like SS and AS.
My SS sales has dipped in the last few weeks. Less big sales and less daily downloads.
Just brace yourselves for what's to come and stop supporting people who are economically illiterate.
More a Covid/Putin/China recession... Covid for stopping worldwide production.. Putin for raising transport costs worldwide with higher energy cost (due to war).. and China for slowing down its economy with their "Strict 0 Covid" policy..
Inflation levels and oil prices were incredibly high before the war in Ukraine started. China only started the lockdown.
The US economy shrank by 1.4% in Q1 and it wasn't caused by China locking down. China's GDP went up by over 4% in the same time period.
The main cause of the situation is because of energy scarcity and uncontrolled spending. Both of which are caused by policies of the current administration. The war in Ukraine doesn't help, it's certainly not the main cause of it.
The highest inflation in 40 years is caused by the federal reserve printing money it doesn't have. Failure to hold the people in charge responsible is reason why we're in this situation. So let's not make excuses for incompetent people.
So, if you were the government.. what would you do ?
Stop spending so much money. Stop trying to stop domestic energy production. Oil prices and Natural Gas spiked after we slowed down our own product of energy. This caused food prices to spike, along with everything else. It's self-inflicted inflation.
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« on: May 10, 2022, 19:21 »
Funny... history tell us that after a Pandemic, recession and great wars (wwi and wwii) arrive. Calling it "Biden recession" when all the world is in recession? and near to wwiii after Russia start a war in Europe? I wonder what terms you will use when peace and good economy arise again. Dreamstime? 
Last I recalled, we had a nice recovery from the Pandemic. And the last few wars that the US were directly involved in that costed over a trillion didn't plunge the country into a recession. And let's not exaggerate a regional war into a world war... it's not a world war. Europe may very well head into a recession that is independent of the US recession. When you don't have a steady flow of petro and natural gas, it's bound to affect the European economies. And if Putin shuts off the natural gas this autumn, Europeans will be back to burning wood & coal. The US on the other hand created it's own situation through reckless spending and uncontrolled inflation. Great economists warned that this was going to happen in 2021, but people didn't listen. When inflation is sky high and energy prices are sky high, people like you and I will tighten our spending. It's natural. When people stop spending, consumer confidence drops, economic activity drops, companies make less money and they have layoffs. That's how recessions start. Of course, it's popular to blame Putin, but ask yourself this. Who caused the highest inflation in 40 years? Who caused oil prices to spike in the US before the Ukrainian war? That's your answer right there.
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« on: May 10, 2022, 18:50 »
Thanks to the incompetent idiots in charge, we're on our way to a recession.
I anticipate that many companies with either start downgrading or cancelling their microstock accounts from sites like SS and AS.
My SS sales has dipped in the last few weeks. Less big sales and less daily downloads.
Just brace yourselves for what's to come and stop supporting people who are economically illiterate.
More a Covid/Putin/China recession... Covid for stopping worldwide production.. Putin for raising transport costs worldwide with higher energy cost (due to war).. and China for slowing down its economy with their "Strict 0 Covid" policy..
Inflation levels and oil prices were incredibly high before the war in Ukraine started. China only started the lockdown. The US economy shrank by 1.4% in Q1 and it wasn't caused by China locking down. China's GDP went up by over 4% in the same time period. The main cause of the situation is because of energy scarcity and uncontrolled spending. Both of which are caused by policies of the current administration. The war in Ukraine doesn't help, it's certainly not the main cause of it. The highest inflation in 40 years is caused by the federal reserve printing money it doesn't have. Failure to hold the people in charge responsible is reason why we're in this situation. So let's not make excuses for incompetent people.
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« on: May 10, 2022, 16:27 »
Thanks to the incompetent idiots in charge, we're on our way to a recession.
I anticipate that many companies with either start downgrading or cancelling their microstock accounts from sites like SS and AS.
My SS sales has dipped in the last few weeks. Less big sales and less daily downloads.
Just brace yourselves for what's to come and stop supporting people who are economically illiterate.
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« on: April 06, 2022, 21:32 »
I dont have a problem with reordering keywords. I think its great we can prioritize our keywords. It makes the images more relevant and generates more success for people who are willing to put in the work.
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« on: September 08, 2021, 20:31 »
I used to make a decent amount per month from 123RF.
September 2021 is on pace to being the worst month since September 2017. They are seriously declining.
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« on: April 24, 2021, 19:47 »
After a few months, I'm starting to notice a real decline. April is going to end with the worst month I had since 2017. January - slightly below average. February - Worst month since 2017. March - Below average despite a strong start. April - On pace to be worse than February 2021. Something is definitely going on over there that's causing the decline in sales. Maybe it's an algorithm change, but I think it could be a Google algorithm change. I think this image kinda of explains it: https://i.imgur.com/xgU97OF.pngThe site has been declining since last year. They were ranked 850 last April and 900 in November 2020. Right now they're 1,110. Their traffic had a sizeable decline in the last 4 months.
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