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Does the number of rejected images in Adobe Stock affect sales and the account in general?

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July 4, 2026
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A simple question, without detailed explanation, as the question itself is sufficient :

Correct answer Nancy OShea

Are you getting 51% or more approved on most submissions?

If yes, you’re doing OK.

If not, you’re costing Adobe money.

That’s it in a nutshell.

Nancy OShea

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Are you getting 51% or more approved on most submissions?

If yes, you’re doing OK.

If not, you’re costing Adobe money.

That’s it in a nutshell.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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100% correct, short and comprehensive answer

Nancy OShea

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Obviously, nobody is earning sales from rejected assets. Customers never see them.

Adobe invests considerable resources & staff time into processing submissions, good & bad. While rejections certainly come with the territory, an approval rate of 51% or higher is a good target when you start out. But it should increase as you gain more experience at selecting only your highest quality work for Stock.

When an account consistently submits more bad assets than good, and has high rejection rates, they are costing Adobe money. Their future with Stock could be shortened because that’s not sustainable.

Does that answer your question?

PS. nobody has hard data about rejection rates. Adobe doesn’t share that information publically. When someone purports to know that more AI is getting rejected, it’s just idle hat talk. They don’t actually know what Adobe does.

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I don't mean making sales from rejected images, but the question is whether the number of rejected images, which is relatively large, can affect the account in general, for example, 800 rejected and 1000 accepted. As the gentlemen who answered my question said, with a high percentage, this does not affect the account. I think that anything is possible, it may affect and it may not. My question is not just for me, but for all of us to know what is happening, because this question has escaped all of our minds. This is a new question: What if it does affect?

daniellei4510

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It affects one’s valuable time (and possibly one’s money if purchasing new equipment or spending it on AI credits). That’s an 80% rejection rate and I’d personally either figure out what I’m doing wrong or find another side hustle. And not only is the contributor’s time being wasted, but the moderators as well. Another way it might affect one’s standing, suppose someone purchased one of the accepted assets but found errors upon purchasing it and complained. This would likely result in an audit of one’s account and Adobe may decide to deactivate that account, given that the rejection rate is too high. This is all conjecture, of course, since I’m not privy to how Adobe handles such matters and I doubt that anyone here who participates in this forum does, either.

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ZALEZPHOTO

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In short No, unless the rejection volumes stay high.

Relevant to your question is that selling more increases your overall visibility in the search algorithm, just like frequent additions does. Therefore I imagine (IDK) too many rejections will change the algorithm downward.

If your work is creating AI assets, keep in mind that a vast majority is getting rejected.

And regardless of your level of experience in photography, I strongly recommend you follow people that are succeeding with it.

Happy Independence Day!

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Thank you and thank you for the congratulations.

Jill_C

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Probably not, though I assume the overall acceptance rate might factor into Adobe’s decision making when determining whether to make an account suspension permanent. The real issue with low acceptance rates is the amount of your time that is wasted preparing, uploading, titling and keywording assets - only to have them rejected

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Thank you

daniellei4510

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We’ve seen no indication that it does, but we always recommend maintaining and improving upon a 50% acceptance rate to be successful with Adobe Stock.

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