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Inspiring
Sep 30, 2025 5:17 PM UTC
Question

Image Rejection Issue

For the past several days, my images have been getting rejected only because of 'similar images already submitted.' Should I stop uploading for now or continue?

6 replies

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 30, 2025 7:57 PM UTC

It's a common problem. This is what Stock has to say about similar content.

 

Try to find unique content that isn't over-represented by other inventory. Start with diseases. 

Describe your work with less common keywords & titles.

 

Good luck.

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Participant
Sep 30, 2025 5:32 PM UTC

I noticed the same thing, I rarely ever had rejections before

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daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 30, 2025 5:25 PM UTC

That's entirely up to you. Some contributors have stopped submitting, while others have slowed down. Things can change at any moment, but I'm presently averaging about two to three acceptances to every two rejections for similar content. 

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Adobe Community Expert | I have miles to go before I sleep, but I'm all done on this end.
Inspiring
Sep 30, 2025 6:05 PM UTC

Really thankful to you ...

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Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 30, 2025 5:22 PM UTC

It's up to you. Creating, editing, titling, keywording and submitting images is time consuming and that time is completely wasted if a large percentage of submissions are rejected. I have reduced my submissions considerably for the last 6 months for just that reason.

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Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Inspiring
Sep 30, 2025 6:04 PM UTC

Thanks for your kind suggestion

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