Nominating stock content for free collection: One-year vs Perpetual

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May 19, 2025
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Like in past years, I got an email to opt in or renew stock content that could be added to the Adobe Stock free collection. But this year, there are 2 options: One year term and Perpetual term. I noticed that I could check an asset for BOTH one-year and perpetual. I thought they are mutually exclusive--either the asset accepted into free collection on a one-year term ($4 per asset) OR indefinitely ($10 per asset). How is it possible that I'm allowed to nominate assets for both at the same time? Can someone please help explain the difference between the two?

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Jill_C

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Robert McAlpine

Inspiring

This is the first time I have seen the perpetual category being offered by Adobe. Presumably, if you check this box, your asset (if selected) effectively becomes the property of Adobe and you will never again be allowed to sell it. The other thing I noticed is that the nominees include many of my top, multi-licence assets, whereas in previous years they avoided this type of asset. The question came to me that this might be a way to effectively transfer the best earning assets over into the free collection and then into assets that only Adobe earns from. Am I being too cynical here?

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hotspurs99Author

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So "Perpetual" means forever? There's no opting out? I'm not sure if your top, multi-license assets were downloaded at least 4 times in the past year which is why they included them. Because according to Adobe, to protect our best-selling work, they "won’t suggest any assets that have been downloaded 4 or more times in the paid collection in the last 12 months." (quote from their email)

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Robert McAlpine

Inspiring

There are lots of assets that have sold over 4 times in my group of nominated assets. That was part of my point. In the past, nothing that had sold over 4 times was selected and there was no perpetuial category.

RALPH_L

Community Expert

You cannt. If you check perpetual, both options are automatically clicked. But, if approved you only get $10.

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