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Rejected as similar content

Forum|Forum|10 months ago
May 25, 2025
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I uploaded a cartoon Giraffe PNG but it was rejected as similar content. I searched for it in Adobe Stock collection and saw that there is only one but it is not like mine. It is JPG and mine is PNG and looks completely different. In my opinion, my file is completely different but my file is similar. Why do Adobe Stock do this? You and I are 100% sure that it is completely different and people want something different. Mine is much better than what is there. Moreover, we work very hard to bring diversity and these contents must fit Adobe Stock platform. And these things are very painful. I hope Adobe Stock will see my problem. Then I can work with Adobe Stock.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Cartoon Giraffes are fairly well-represented. And owing to its niche status, it might not be a huge seller for Stock.

https://stock.adobe.com/search/images?k=cartoon+giraffe 233,306 results

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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fancy_serenade9794Author

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I have created cartoon characters of about 200 animals. I thought I would upload them for those who make books and in the future I would promote it myself. I thought I would have a collection of all the popular ones.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Offer them as cartoon character sets. Collections have greater chance of being accepted.

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=animal%20set%20collection

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Jill_C

Community Expert

This has been a frequent complaint for the last couple of months. Some Contributors have tried to make minor edits to both the asset and keywords and resubmit the asset. Sometimes it gets accepted but sometimes rejected again. If it gets rejected a second time, just move on. There's nothing else we can do under these circumstances.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

daniellei4510

Community Expert

You are not the only contributor experiencing this issue. If you haven't already, you might consider diversifying until this issue gets figured out or corrected. I've had nearly 130 assets rejected to date for being "too similar." I've also had 9 of the previously rejected assets accepted after tweaking keywords and titles. So the rejections appear entirely random or based on criteria we have no knowledge of.

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fancy_serenade9794Author

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If this continues, won't work, 😭

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