Today I got a 5 dollar sale for an image, that brings some balance

Very nice - there can be a few more of these :-)

And barely 10 hours later, the duplicate sales were removed again.

So, as suspected, they don't have their bookkeeping under control at all ;-)

@Ambu:
Thanks for sharing the information from support - I'll probably get the same answer in a few days, we'll see if that happens.

So, if those missing sales are from last month, don't they check for it and add them in this payout?

In any case, these sales were not included in the payout - I received the payout with the "old" amount without these sales on Paypal.
So these sales are still open and I am very curious to see whether they will really be booked.

First of all, all the best for your 6th birthday :-)

May the sales curve always point upwards - cheers!

Hello everyone,

I noticed today that two sales that appeared on my WireStock dashboard yesterday were removed around noon.
(1x $5.04 from Envato and once $0.06 from MiriCanvas - unfortunately I didn't take a screenshot)

The amount has also disappeared from my balance...

Maybe you should have a look if there is something missing.

Have a sunny day@all,
Michael

PS: Yes, I did contact the support already but they didn't reply yet

@milo22
Very good to hear your account is open again.
I hope the sales will come back very soon!

After my Account block it too some weeks to get back to similar download counts again.

I just checked my position stats for the last 4 weeks:
- lost 1.160 places in the last 22 days since 10. April (down to 4.100 from 2.940)
- lost 870 places in the last 8 days since 23. April (down to 4.100 from 3.230)

And the account is anything but inactive - since January 01, 2024 I have 4,130 accepted files, of which about 15% are photos, 5% videos, 80% AI images (acceptance rate in April was 92.7%)

But at the moment it's only going in one direction and it's pointing massively downwards - no idea what's going on at AdobeStock, it's pretty bad for me anyway.

Actually it feels a little like this ;-)
-> https://stock.adobe.com/de/images/down-the-drain-created-with-generative-ai-technology/620715012

you don't do olympics with olympic rings or anything copyright related

The subject of the Olympics has a special aftertaste for me... A long time ago, when I was still working as a game developer, I once received a letter from the Olympic Association with a large number in it and a �cease and desist order� - since then the subject has been taboo for me :-)

And yes, of course I also have sports pictures without naming brands and without logos.

It always surprises me when you enter �Olympic� in the search, how many images are listed there - a real powder keg.
You also see a lot of images with three stripes sportswear and Nike logos.

Thanks @Cobalt & @InjusticeForAll

It's good to know that you're not alone in the downward trend - of course it would be nicer if things were looking up for everyone

I had already flirted a little with the 2,000 position, but now it's heading strongly towards 4,000 ^^

My download numbers are going down and down every week...
Until 5 weeks ago I had an average of about 160 downloads, then it dropped significantly from one week to the next by about 15% and this week it dropped again by about 10%.

My previous top sellers suddenly 5 weeks ago disappeared from the sales (they are all still available in the search as far as I can see).

So in total within 5 weeks from 160 downloads to now about 120.

I don't know what's going on - at least for me it's going down rapidly without any recognizable reason that I can see.
If anyone has a good idea of what I'm missing - keep them coming :-)

In any case, you are not alone... My sales also dropped dramatically (currently minus 86%) and I also lost pictures.

123rf in the last few months:
I always got AI images through well before - a total of 5,500 accepted, 450 rejected.

Then in January, around 3,500 AI images were rejected in one go - I contacted support and only received a general reply.
I then tried again to find out why everything had suddenly been rejected.

Result: Support simply stopped answering me (no I wasn't rude) and since January there are 1476 AI images and 867 photos in the queue - no more reviews are taking place.
And since my first email to support, there has also been the slump in sales described above.

In summary, 123rf is no longer trustworthy for me at all since the beginning of 2024 and apparently no longer interested in material.

For me, they are now on a par with Canva (100% instant rejections) - WireStock (I'm supposed to pay for uploading?) - YayImages (no more invoices for 6 months) in the list of �most untrustworthy agencies�

Have a sunny day@all
Michael

@lima
thank you for lettings us know about the tax-form
Mine expired too this month - maybe they should give a hint to that, would make it easier :-)