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Rejected for similar contents

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
October 21, 2025
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Hi,

May i know any rules for this so-called "similar contents" ?

I do not post same design (illustration), but i keeps getting this "similar contents" rejection.

I tried to search on Adobe Stock and could not find any design similar.

Anyone can give me hint on how to get away with this rejection ?

Adobe should at least give a sample link or what for this rejection.

These few months, 100% of the rejection are all because of this reason, i find that it's wasting my time to even upload in this platform....

Let say i draw an illustration of horse gallopping.

Does that means that i cant even draw this if there is already an illustration of horse gallopping ??

The style, the drawing, the design are totally different.

Thank you.

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Nancy OShea

Community Expert

This is what Stock has to say about "similar content."

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/how-to-submit-distinct-content.html

Your Galloping Horse will need to be unique in some way. This is what you're competing with:

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=galloping+horse 337K results

Also use less common keywords & titles to describe it.

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

daniellei4510

Community Expert

"Let say i draw an illustration of horse gallopping.

Does that means that i cant even draw this if there is already an illustration of horse gallopping ??"

It might, if a search yields over 360,000 previously accepted submissions of galloping horses. (Which it does.) This is where keywording becomes important. Don't be TOO creative, as the keywords and titles must still refer to the main subject. But consider doing some research with respect to synonyms of words, and be as descriptive as possible with your titles.

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Energetic_mentors1073

Known Participant

That’s very true, I always make sure not to share plain/simple things, most of them get rejected.

The description is also very important and should be done with the finest details. For example, Adobe’s suggested title for an apple would be ‘red apple isolated on white background.Mine is " A bright red apple with speckles, a brown stem, fresh texture as if just picked from the branch, juicy, vibrant, and delicious, evoking a ‘bite me’ feeling. ”

yamato713108855

Community Expert

As mentioned in the Help, similarity rejection applies not only to the content of the asset, but also to the title and keywords.
If you see something posted with the same title or keywords, try changing it and posting it again.
If you post with the same title or keywords, it will not come up in searches and will not sell.

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fannreiAuthor

Inspiring

thank you.

I never thought of title or keywords, i thought i was refused because of my illustration.

But anyway, i do not write simple title, i'll try to figure and alter and see.

Thank you.

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