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Shutterstock.com / Payout issue but can't contact SS

« on: January 19, 2024, 05:02 »

I've been having an issue related to payouts. I tried to contact them using the form in Support Center & Contact Us seciton but I encounter an error (a generic message just saying there was an error) every time I hit "Submit".

It's been like this for the past two months and I missed receiving my payout two months in a row.

Is there any other way to contact them? Perhaps an email address to which I can directly write?

General Stock Discussion / Adobe Photoshop Generative Fill allowed for commercial use now?

« on: September 15, 2023, 21:50 »

I'm a little confused over this so need clarification.
With Adobe Firefly officially released now, is it now allowed to use Generative Fill in Photoshop for commercial use? Is it okay to upload retouched photos using Generative Fill to Adobe Stock and other agencies (unless they specifically forbid it like iStock)?

Shutterstock.com / "Translation required" getting out of control

« on: June 18, 2023, 18:18 »

Is anyone getting more and more rejections because of this recently?

Used to have a few rejections over this in the past but now it seems that they're immediately rejecting anything that includes non-English sounding words in the description. For example, photos of mountains and beaches with no text get rejected if I include their names in the description, since they don't sound like familiar English words.

Newbie Discussion / How much do you make really? Do you do this full-time?

« on: April 08, 2023, 04:30 »

I was making like $200/month in 2019 and my monthly sales have been growing steadily. Then COVID happened, SS changed the royalty structure, Alamy not performing as good as used to be. So I'm still averaging about $200/month despite my port being bigger now.

Obviously I don't do this full-time and I mostly upload stuff from my travels.

Does anyone here do stock photography full-time? Which country do you live in?

Alamy.com / your biggest sale on Alamy? and when was it?

« on: December 21, 2022, 15:14 »

Just curious about this. Has anyone ever made a >$1000 sale?

I had two $150 (net) sales last year and they're the biggest I made so far. But this year nothing was over $100.
Started in 2017

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