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Messages - MadPhotos
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« on: May 23, 2025, 11:10 »
I have not participated and will not participate in the free collection. No free work from me.
Contributors, be very careful about this offer. Do not fall into the 10 dollar trap, if you want to continue selling your work in the future.
let's don't be over dramatic and let's be smart about selling our work because that's the point. We are not a painters and I shoot on average 300 new photos per month to sell. Feels completly unlogic to don't sell even 5 year old photos that didn't sell or made few dolars since on this platform. Not mentioning you can sell them on other platforms or own site. Microstock market is almost dead and only accelerating that direction. Overblown supply with smaller and smoller demand. In next 5 years when all stock site will close we will be telling our children about unbelievable 10$ deal as no one will use our stock photos even for free 😂
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« on: May 22, 2025, 23:52 »
I'll just click $4 Annual. $10 Perpetual would be crazy to opt into.
Exactly. If they offer 500USD per image, I'm okey with that. Sometime I sell image at SS for 700+USD
what? Where? What kind of license you talking about? At SS right now max commission you can earn is around 100$.
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« on: May 21, 2025, 01:31 »
Even ChatGPT sayd that 10 dollars for perpetual use is too low 
If you can sell it for more than obviously don't opt in. It's microstock market so not sure why ppl are so emotional... We sell licences for 1c by now and many give it for free hoping to get donation. That's how supply demand works. Next time it will be 5$ or Adobe just remove microstock if they stop making money of it. Just like basicaly over half of microstock markets bankruptcies. Even shutterstock that bought at this point all microstock company's going straight for bancrupcy. There is no demand for microstock anymore.
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« on: May 19, 2025, 13:27 »
If I knew they would accept all 2000 nominated for perpetual then Id jump at it. Can restock the images no problem, easy work..in reality though they usually only accept 10% ish from my experience so probably stick to annual onlythough food for thought, if you do the annual option every year, isnt this the same as choosing perpetual.in a way!
Restock all that they take is no problem but 10% you won't take a deal? Why don't take money and ones that they take don't sell anyway plus you still sell them on other sites. Ppl here realy confused with money...
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« on: May 19, 2025, 10:26 »
it seems the program is only for pictures not videos. i got an email with 31 contents
They usually y take from me few hundereds from couple thousends of nominated... 31 nomination I would not expect they take much if any. Not even sure if those picks are done by Hume or Ai at this point.
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« on: May 19, 2025, 10:23 »
Just received email about nominations for the free collection - $4 for one year or $10 in perpetuity
"How much do I get paid for each image?
You have the opportunity to renew your files for a 1-year term or for perpetual use.
One-year term: For each selected file included in the free collection, youll receive an upfront payment of USD 4, for the one-year term.
Perpetual Use: For each selected file included in the free collection, youll receive an upfront payment of USD 10, for perpetual use."
I don't and won't participate in the free collection, but for those who do, cutting the annual payment seems like a low blow to me
Quantity lowers demand and Ai helped to speed it up. Microstock won't exist in few years. Ppl flood servers with AI generations and cost of infrastructure growing inflation etc. Adobe is here to make money for them not to make money for us. Personaly I will opt in as I will take as much money I can now, as it's posible that next year I won't have portfolio here anymore. Look at Shutterstock Stock market, market decided that there is no need or demand for microstock already. Adobe stock price is held by their software Subscription and matter of time microstock infrastructure cost will be too high to keep around. I realy don't care at this point about photos that made money for me since 2017 time to replace them with new and better anyway. I'm happier seeing my photos on bilbords in local stores, newspapers or on TV used as background... Given away for free or paid it's better than keep them forgotten because economy and industry isn't as used to be. But that's me... Sorry for my broken engilish it have to hurt to read 😂
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« on: June 30, 2023, 07:26 »
In the UK, last year I received 5 per image, this year I only received 3.83.....Should really receive $6.36 per image if you live in the UK but I guess that is a selfish POV :-)
The real question is how it's converted internally. Customers buy in different currencies. My point is that if someone bought my license for 100 I should get "30" commission not 30$ commission . So question is if it's converted 1:1. Subscription program just make it easier to do it that way under the radar and grab extra money Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk
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« on: June 27, 2023, 01:58 »
Got paid today, simlar amount in numbers as i got paid last time... Yet thanks to getting paid in $ now in EU i basically recived 100 less....
do i understand correctly? they paid you $5/image but you were expecting 5 /image?
No you didn't, what I'm saying is its in dollar now for all so for same amount photos sold i lost value. Yes, yes you in US and you don't see problem but i don't pay bills in dollars and my sells are 80% local sales in EU and customers don't pay in dollar either. I don't mind if customer pay in dollar and commission is in dollar but if customer pay in or . Trying understand how it is done. Do EU customers pay equivalent of dolar value? We getting commission Right? Again UK and EU customers don't pay in dollars. My question then is, are prices of subscriptions are 1:1 between countries or it always equals to value of "1$" after convertion? Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk
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« on: June 26, 2023, 10:38 »
Got paid today, simlar amount in numbers as i got paid last time... Yet thanks to getting paid in $ now in EU i basically recived 100 less. I dont understand that change really. Did payment for customers changed as well? I mean I'm getting less so customers have to pay less right ? Money don't magicaly dissapear right?
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« on: June 17, 2023, 07:29 »
The selections for the lates batch of nominated photos has not yet been finalized. You will receive an email notification when that does happen, plus there will be updates here in MSG.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
Days? Weeks? Months? Until the selection has been finalized. Sorry for asking, just very curious! 
Probably days/week or two? Depends when last year free collection was posted on Adobe? You know the date? Pretty sure they will replace old with new one and there should be no gap between it. Unless they won't have free collection for a month+ online but i doubt that.
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« on: June 13, 2023, 05:36 »
my whole nomitaed files are alsoo in review.
how many days last on last time ı forgot actually.
If you filter photos by "free" it will show you amount of picked to free collection. Think they do payments after all photos are picked from all users.
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« on: June 12, 2023, 13:07 »
I've encouraged my 17 years old son to create photos using Midjourney for AS. He doesn't know anything about photography. He started uploading images to my AS account 3 months ago, here are the number of sales (remember he's novice):
April: 27 sales
May: 51 sales
June (till 9): 28 sales
He now has 1500 files online (260 under review) and he's planning to upload 500 - 1000 images per month.
I do videos mainly, but I have had around 300 images online for years, and he already exceeded my number of sales for images.
I really feel sorry for photographers as they can't compete with the image quality created using Midjourney, it's just amazing.
So, imagine if 100,000 novices like my son are uploading to AS, what would be the result?
Don't you need to pay commission from sales to Midjourney? I remember saw it in their licencing.
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« on: June 08, 2023, 09:34 »
If you received money yesterday, then they came for the nominated video. This program opened and closed in October 2022. Adobe does not decipher which videos were selected. If you didn't receive money yesterday, then your video was not nominated.
What do you mean October 2022 ? You mean they picked videos year ago and just now adding them to free collection ? I thought it's new campaign. Have no recollection what videos of mine got picked year ago...
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« on: June 08, 2023, 04:27 »
Today I received an email that about 30 of my videos have been added to the free collection. Adobe pays me money for this, but I still dont see an increase in the amount of income in my account.
It's strange that suddenly in June Adobe decided to post a my new video.
Why not every month then?
Thanks for calling this out @Stoker2014. Yes, the Free collection team has selected another wave of video clips from the files you nominated in October to fill gaps identified in the collection. The email you received went out before the move into Free has happened. We expect the selected clips to be switched soon. Once done, the payment of $8 per clip will be automatically added to your account balance. I'll post an update here when that process is complete.
Thanks again,
Mat Hayward
When that happened? I had no notification about video. I did nominate photos but had no idea video is nominated as well. Was that at same time with photos and on default is it nominated or i would have to swich it to nominate all option ? Looks like i missed Video nomination...
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« on: July 31, 2022, 11:55 »
Hi Everyone,
You will soon see the toggle switch for "in review" files removed.
Soon as in the next coming weeks or months Mat? Because days is a station already passed.
What difference that make? Nominations are finished.
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« on: July 10, 2022, 10:01 »
Honestyl, I don't have a clue what youre talking about.
No problem, you don't have to worry actually. It's only an issue for those being paid in pounds, since Adobe applies a wrong (and highly unfavorable) currency exchange rate from dollars to pounds.
For those being paid in euro, it's the other way around: Adobe applies a wrong (but slightly favourable) currency exchange rate by considering one dollar = one euro.
Well at this time 1$ = 1 anyway.
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« on: June 19, 2022, 02:56 »
Happy to see this coming again. Last year money i got Was real financial help for me and fact that it's basically "renting" assets for a year is really fair offer for contributors. Fact that I'm in control of my own work is refreshing in sea of agencies basically taking advantage of our hard work. I got a lot for my free asset last year and my downloads did not suffer. Adobe is my best performed agency since then. Thank you Adobe for not being greedy towards us like others are.
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« on: May 02, 2022, 06:23 »
My photos are back
Did you contact them? I noticed my photos are gone as well. Some of bestselling photos i see dont exist anymore...
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« on: July 08, 2021, 01:06 »
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Adobe came to us seeing our assets sitting and doing nothing, and fact that they offered to pay is sight of respect to our work and acknowledgement of our rights to that assets.
SS also does that thru wirestock's instant pay program
Isnt it free forever? That is bad idea. Wirestock is part of SS and you basicly helping them to take even more of your money like 10c is still to much for you it's your decision. In my opinion financially it's worst you can do to yourself. My workflow is few times faster from wirestock from upload to approve state and I upload to around 15 agencies with a pressing of one button but yes it isn't free as well. I pay up to $20 per month to Stocksubmiter to do most of my upload work. If you earn $ 100 per month its not good but if you earn couple thousends it's nothing compared to percent Wirestock takes. But everyone value his own work differently and need to establish what works the best for them.
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« on: July 07, 2021, 15:12 »
Covid, summer, oversuply, free image sites, I'm surprised we're earning anything at all.
Exactly... Thing is ppl will assume a lot depending on their point of view. I'm more on positive side because I constantly being contacted by ppl and company's that found my work on stock sites like Adobe or even SS. And those ppl are professionals with budgets and they never fish for free stuff and are ready and "surprisingly" ready to pay top price. Their priorities aren't what we would think. Free stuff and low commissions are product of agencies looking for bigger profits, competition against other agencies and in many cases price of product dosnt change only part for contributors getting smaller. They can afford losing contributors but not customers. I finding Adobe offer 12 months free best in industry right now where other agencies give you option to offer free stuff as a promotion but without any compensation... Because why would they if you want to offer it for free? Adobe came to us seeing our assets sitting and doing nothing, and fact that they offered to pay is sight of respect to our work and acknowledgement of our rights to that assets.
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« on: July 06, 2021, 15:36 »
. Nothing to assume if I have my own statistics.
Your own statistics are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
Besides, you, like many others, changed your strategy when you began to offer your stuff for free.
Therefore your past performance is not a predictor of your future performance, anymore.
Too bad you fail to understand how bad this model is for all of us!
Your personal opinion, you have right to have one.
Disagree as since 4 years I see only growth that slows down when my performance slows down. I don't live in past and present won't stay same forever im aware of that. If you won't adopt you stay behind. And complaining changes nothing.
I am not complaining. I am explaining. Obviously, not everybody is ready to admit when they made a bad call and explanations are futile, in such cases.
Good luck, and while you are joyfully sawing off the branch you are sitting on, remember that you shouldn't complain when you'll break your legs
Thanks for that clich wishes 👌. Remember life is much more than stock photos. Don't act like all will end with it it's not healthy. Good luck as well.
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« on: July 06, 2021, 14:35 »
. Nothing to assume if I have my own statistics.
Your own statistics are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
Besides, you, like many others, changed your strategy when you began to offer your stuff for free.
Therefore your past performance is not a predictor of your future performance, anymore.
Too bad you fail to understand how bad this model is for all of us!
Your personal opinion, you have right to have one. Disagree as since 4 years I see only growth that slows down when my performance slows down. I don't live in past and present won't stay same forever im aware of that. If you won't adopt you stay behind. And complaining changes nothing.
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« on: July 06, 2021, 14:05 »
Whether you accepted this deal or not, it will hurt us all.
Don't fool yourself, buyers will always take the free image, if it represents their needs, no matter the quality.I hope I am wrong.
I am already seeing the results (one free image), I had just six small downloads this month, none today, I haven't seen this for a long time.
Sounds like you dont upload much and that would be the main reason. Some upload hundreds assets a week or even day. Your old photos will be burried with time if you wont be fighting for your posittion in that competition. Its way to soon to say what is the impact of free collection, it will take months to see results. First batch last year brought some new customers and i saw it in my sales. BTW This month for me is normal no change in sales... so yes too soon and i got aproved 50 free photos
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« on: July 06, 2021, 13:55 »
...giving away free images is marketing and promoting for me (still not free as they pay) always did it and it worked for me every time...
Weird, I havent found this at all.
I see these sorts of collections as promotion/ marketing for the agency, to increase traffic to them over a competing agency.
I have never seen any significant uptick from an agency putting my work front and centre, even when I have been photographer of the month/ week or whatever with my work / portfolio on the front page of a site.
Mileage may vary I guess.
After being featured in Editors pics my sales jumped instantly even 50%, after giving away some photos in time limit of one month for free showing my main subjects i picked up some slight spikes in sales through next few months of that theme. Getting on the first page of search is like striking the gold and free photos can get you there fastest. Like you said Mileage may vary. If i would promote themes that arent searched for, it would not change the traffic to my port. Main thing is to studdy statistics through Apps like Microstockr or follow statistics on sites like Creative market that show you exacly when who and why come to buy. And dont assume
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« on: July 06, 2021, 13:36 »
It doesn't matter how it's packaged, giving our work away for free devalues us all, as if we haven't already been devalued enough. When I see an image in the Free section of any agency, I assume it wasn't good enough to be accepted. I then look at the name of the creator and assume that person isn't very good at what he does. And that is what the buyers - I mean takers in this instance - will think too. Anyone participating in this travesty should be ashamed. Stop the madness.
When I see it I assume someone want to promote his photos like I do. And I don't assume what customer assume especially when my sales go up. Nothing to assume if I have my own statistics.
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