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bonus adobe contributor 2025

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
February 20, 2025
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Hi everyone, I have been an Adobe contributor for many years, in 2024 I sold more than 2000 files, I am saddened to learn that Adobe without warning, in January 2025 changed the rules for receiving the 2024 contributor bonus, I wonder how you can make a regulation for a year that has already passed. Opening the page in Italian the regulation is still the old one and it is the one I have always based on, all this is illegal and not fair to us

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Abambo

Community Expert

The Adobe Bonus is a voluntary benefit and the conditions are adjusted every year. Adobe (the company) provides Adobe Stock with a budget. Adobe Stock then adjusts the conditions so that the budget is reached. The fact that the Italian pages have not yet been refreshed is an oversight. But since the validity is also set for 2023 and the bonus will be issued in 2024, I don't see a problem. Except, of course, that Adobe has neglected to update the pages. But also with the 2023 conditions, there should be no change for you personally. Well, except if there is something important you did not tell us, like the number of accepted assets.

Sorry, however, that you are missing the conditions for the bonus program this year. And yes, I agree, it is difficult to plan ahead in this matter, especially given the moderation delays.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Andrea28670922vouiAuthor

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I believe it is incorrect to change the conditions only afterwards, unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to upload many resources, in 2024 I had 50 resources accepted and many resources were not even verified so I was convinced that it would still be fine, if I had known before I would have uploaded much more, also to the advantage of Adobe, which in any case I made them make 2340 sales in 2024 and for Adobe it's money

Abambo

Community Expert

I believe it is incorrect to change the conditions only afterwards

By @Andrea28670922voui

They didn't change the conditions afterwards. The Bonus program is subject to change at any time, and there is even no need to continue it. They announced their criteria, when they knew what they could offer for how many assets. It's a bonus, not something that they promised you to get.

unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to upload many resources, in 2024 I had 50 resources accepted and many resources were not even verified so I was convinced that it would still be fine

By @Andrea28670922voui

Yes, that is unfortunate, but as I said, the conditions did change each year since the bonus program has been implemented. I can understand your disappointment, but there is nothing illegal about it.

which in any case I made them make 2340 sales in 2024 and for Adobe it's money

By @Andrea28670922voui

Sure, but for you, it's also money. I would guess it's about USD 1200 or even a little more.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Jill_C

Community Expert

Adobe has no legally binding obligation to us to issue Contributor Bonuses. In fact, they didn't change the criteria for earning a bonus in 2024; rather, they never published it until after the year was over. I do agree that the parameters of an incentive program should be known to the participants in advance, which is what Adobe did in the earlier years of their Bonus program. For the last few years, they have been announcing it in arrears, which does not provide us with any targets that we know we need to achieve.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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Andrea28670922vouiAuthor

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ok they are not obliged to give bonuses, but if they don't tell me before how can I become eligible, I knew that the limit was 20 and in January 2025 you move it to 150, this is all absurd

Abambo

Community Expert

ok they are not obliged to give bonuses, but if they don't tell me before how can I become eligible, I knew that the limit was 20 and in January 2025 you move it to 150, this is all absurd

By @Andrea28670922voui

JIll is a forum volunteer and not Adobe. Adobe moved the target. Adobe did change the conditions each year since the bonus program has been implemented. The last years they always announced the program in January with the new conditions that needed to be met during the past period.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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