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The Nature Guy
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May 20, 2025
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Almost a month with a sale, after my best first quarter in years. Anyone else seeing similar?

  • May 20, 2025
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So, I honestly had pretty much given up on selling stock because the return on time investment was laughable. But all of a sudden in January I started seeing some consistent sales star coming in. The same for February, and things got even better in March. So, I went through my existing library of stored up content and uploaded a hundred new top quality stuff. I got several immediate sales of my new content and then SLAM, like a knife, the sales died, and it has been almost a month now without a single sale. Even on my worst months, I have seen sales, but never a complete drought like this.  I have seen some others posting, saying they had a similar experience. What happened?  Did Adobe change something?

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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May 21, 2025

Post the URL to your Portfolio.

 

 

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Jill_C
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Jill_CCommunity Expert
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May 20, 2025

Sales are always going to be variable depending on whether your assets are seasonal and how much competition you face. I don't think Adobe has changed the manner in which Buyers find images or license them, although I suppose it's possible that they tinker with the search algorithm from time to time.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
    ZALEZPHOTO
    ZALEZPHOTO
    Inspiring
    May 20, 2025

    I feel you!

    -how many photos have you uploaded in total (accepted)

    I started 5 months ago, have almost 1500 so far, sales had been increasing steadily to about 2-3 per day... then suddenly halted, I could be wrong, but when I post or replay to messages in this forums, I seem to get one or two sales... IDK, it could be coincidence and just frustration for the lack of overall conssistency 

     

     

    ZALEZPHOTO
    Jill_C
    Community Expert
    Jill_CCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 20, 2025

    1,500 is not a very large portfolio so some sales variability can be expected. In the past 5 months, nearly 200 million assets have been added to the database, so there is increased competition as well. Earning sales afte posting here is purely coincidental !

    Jill C., Forum Volunteer
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