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Hey im new to adobe stock and after 2 month and uploading high quality designs , i dont have enough income , whats my problem guys ??

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Jill_CCorrect answer

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Forget what all the scammy YouTubers are saying about Adobe Stock being a get-rich-quick scheme. It's not. They're only saying that to draw more attention to their YouTube channel from which they earn ad revenue.. You need thousands of high quality, unique and desirable assets with thorough, useful titles and keywords in your portfolio to earn even a modest income stream. Search the Buyer portal for images in the same keyword categories as yours. If the search returns thousands of hits, and you don't see yours in the first 2-3 pages, yours will never be sold. Look for more unique, underrepresented topics. Find a niche that no one else is doing. Also look at the Insights and Artist Hub on your Dashboard page for the types of images that are selling.

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Abambo

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I'm 7 years on stock, I have high quality pictures and not enough income. But, I would need to upload 10 to 100 times my current portfolio, to have 20 to 200 times my income. Stock is about 3 things:

High demand assets (sunsets and flowers do not sell).
A huge portfolio
Regular updates with high demand assets.

If you do not have that, you need to do like me: enjoy the pocket money that comes in.

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Noman541

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What are the high demand assets on adobe stock?

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George_F

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Adobe has a Calls For Content page.

https://stock.adobe.com/pages/artisthub/get-inspired/calls-for-content

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Ricky336

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So, you're new to Adobe Stock - it's not a get-rich-quick-scheme!

Just bear in mind all that glitters is not gold! I think stock photography might fall into this!

Happy New Year!!

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Nancy OShea

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I don't have enough income, what's my problem guys??
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Your expectations are too high. At most, Stock is a passive second or third income that you can work on in your free time. After a year or so, it will afford you some extra spending money but that's all.

If you're not making enough, you need to find a real job that pays you a steady income.

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George_F

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I answered a very similar question just this morning on another post. Here is what I said:

"Thats not really the way stock works, just to be honest. My current best selling image went unsold for years. You should anticipate a lot of work upfront without any immediate gains."

I hope you make some sales! But also, buckle in for the long haul.

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Jill_C

Correct answer

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Forget what all the scammy YouTubers are saying about Adobe Stock being a get-rich-quick scheme. It's not. They're only saying that to draw more attention to their YouTube channel from which they earn ad revenue.. You need thousands of high quality, unique and desirable assets with thorough, useful titles and keywords in your portfolio to earn even a modest income stream. Search the Buyer portal for images in the same keyword categories as yours. If the search returns thousands of hits, and you don't see yours in the first 2-3 pages, yours will never be sold. Look for more unique, underrepresented topics. Find a niche that no one else is doing. Also look at the Insights and Artist Hub on your Dashboard page for the types of images that are selling.

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George_F

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@Jill_C I think you nailed it! This is my issue in general with influencers. Sometimes they sell a dream that might not realistically exist for views or other monetary gain.

My ultimate pet peeve is watching cooking shows where the oven isn't on. I jump and down and point every time. It's sort of funny and it's become a "thing" at my house, but also really grinds my gears.

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Jill_C

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Indeed, the YouTube scammers who claim that you can get rich creating and selling Gen AI images should show their sales history to prove that they have first hand experience and can validate their claims. Next time I watch a cooking show you can bet I'll be looking at the oven 🙂

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