Is this whole thing a scam? They rejected all 58 photos I submitted, a lot of these were accepted on Shuttewrstock, they cant all have quality issues?

Hey ​@DGG 
A few suggestions regarding the vases.
Adobe like clean clear images.
The flowers are pretty and could have some marketable value.

your photos need sharpening and on some the cropping needs to be improved where you chop off the sides of an object even though there is adequate space on the opposite side.

Adobe Stock’s review process is rigorous.
You need to update your standards regarding elements such as focus, white balance, composition, framing, and lighting to meet the requirements for commercial photography.

Additionally, since the review process is particularly strict for themes that are already heavily represented on the platform, it may be a good idea to explore different themes.

I’m guessing these were refused for “Similar Content” and “Quality/Technical issues.” 

Let’s start with flower, one of the most over-saturated keywords in Stock. Even if accepted, there’s so much competing inventory that the sales potential is low.  

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=flower - 78 million results.

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=flowers+vase - 5 million results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=dahlia - 500K results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=dafodil - 317K results

That’s not to say you won’t sell one, but it won’t get many impressions (views).

Stock Food Photography is an advanced sub-specialty all its own. I’ll defer to the experts on YouTube who post food photography tutorials.  Meanwhile, this is what you’re competing with in Stock: Is yours better than what Stock is selling? As a customer would you buy your images for commercial use?

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=fruit+bowl

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=lemons+bowl

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=donuts

Shutterstock accepts almost everything. They have very different customers & separate acceptance requirements from Stock. 

That said, we can probably tell you why Stock didn’t accept your content. Post one or two rejected assets here, along with Stock’s reason(s) for refusal. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/content-moderation/common-reasons-content-refusal.html

Stock Reviewers can check only one box per submission. Although, there may be multiple reasons for refusal, the exam ends at problem #1.  Keep that in mind if you decide to revise & resubmit content under a new filename later.

It’s not a scam, but it has definitely gotten harder to get images accepted Adobe in the past couple of years. Upload a couple of the rejects here, and we’ll indicate what the issues might be.

You can post a couple here and we can take a look. Shutterstock’s customer base is different from Adobe’s, so quality standards differ.