Drastic decrease in monthly earnings

I was making 1000-1200 USD per month...

By @umuthasanoglu

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I don't know anyone who earns that much royalty income from Stock. That might happen occasionally, but not consistently. To support a royalty income that size requires a massively large & diversely populated portfolio of high-demand assets. And the good fortune of being on top in search results. 

I view Stock as a side-hustle. A few hundred dollars in extra spending money is a reasonable expectation. Anything over & above that is a bonus. Customer buying habits change like the wind. Warm to hot some months and cool to frigid in others. It comes with the territory.

If you want to maximize your earning potential, submit more videos. They cost more to license & Stock pays 35% in video royalty fees vs 33% for low cost images. 

Don't be discouraged.  If you're feeling burned out, try mixing things up. Experiment with new techniques. Maybe take some classes or visit art galleries & museums to stir up some new inspiration. 

Hope that helps.

Acceptance rate does not affect sales. The simplest explanation is competition. Though the flood of AI assets into the database has slowed down somewhat due to the across-the-board increased rejections, AI assets are still being added at the rate of hundreds of thousands every week and now represent more half of the total assets in the database. It's difficult to find a theme that isn't over-represented in the database. Additionally, Adobe changed the filter panel so that the Generative AI selection is now a "sticky filter". If a Buyer chooses "Exclude Generative AI" that filter remains in place until they clear it. Even if they close the session and come back a day or a week later the filter is still in place. 

You are expecting too much. Earning that much, then and now, is quite an exception. Your rejections do not effect your sales. Asset placement in searches rely on:

• the customer's search terms 
• your meta data
• your previous sales of that asset
• asset submission (maybe approval) date 

You are talking about a drop in sales of 75%.  There must be another reason.
Do you have more competition offering your assets? Are your assets no longer in demand?