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DAndison
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May 11, 2026
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New Payment Options

  • May 11, 2026
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Over the last few years the likes of Paypal and Payoneer or forever increasing their exchange rate / transfer fees. As Adobe is keen to help its contributors maybe it’s about time for a revision of the options available. Either by way of adding your own bank account details, Like Alamy does. The fees involved would be far more reasonable.

Or, the addition of Wise (formerly TransferWise) who also have fees that are less painful.

Making stock imagery can be hard enough and the fact that the current companies that Adobe offer as payment methods take nearly 5% of income, it feels like Adobe could really make a name for themselves by offering something like Wise as an option. 

Anyway, forever hopeful that this could someday be done as it would make a very meaningful difference. Cheers

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 11, 2026

    Hold my beer.  5% of $10 isn’t enough to buy a sack of chicken manure.

     

    Compared to the fees that businesses incur from merchant banks, processors, gateways, and PCI complaint shopping terminals as well as specific credit cards, you’ve got nothing to complain about. Adobe’s doing all the heavy & expensive lifting for you while you sit back & collect royalty fees. 

     

    Sorry, I’m not more sympathetic. But banking fees are the basic cost of doing business. Deal with it. Exchange rates fluctuate based on global currency valuations.  That’s beyond our control. 

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    DAndisonAuthor
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    May 12, 2026

    5% of a few $1000 is a quite a bit though each month. We don’t all earn $10. This isn’t money Adobe is making, it’s third parties as well. I’m quite surprised a community expert can be quit so dismissive of hard working contributors who have submitted significant amounts of work over the years and helped Adobe make a fair bit of money themselves.

     

    And just to clarify, this is asking for something like Wise as a payment option, just like Payoneer was added… I never asked Adobe to change the exchange rates / markets or anything else you went off in a tangent about.

     

    And before you say if your earning that amount you can afford it… bear in mind this is my main/sole income and think how you would feel if you lost 5% of your salary on fees each month in addition to other taxes. I’m not asking for zero fees either, just the ones applied by normal banks/services… (wise Average Fee: ~0.52% – 0.59% of the transfer amount.)

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