How does the free collection open?

[deswor]

Hello. I would like my photos to be selected for the free collection but I could not find where this option is. Does Adobe auto-send or does it have a setting?

sorry for the bad english...

[Abambo]

You go to your portfolio, and you will see there the files eligible for the free collection. If you do not see the switch, they are not eligible.

https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/portfolio

[deswor]

Hello, I looked at my portfolio but I didn't see any buttons or signs. I can only add it to the collection myself, but it's also a personal collection. has nothing to do with the free collection

[Jill_C]

This means that none of your assets have been nominated for the Free Collection yet. Perhaps Adobe hasn't completed the nomination process, or perhaps they've decided that none of your assets meet their criteria for inclusion.

[Abambo]

Nominations are only possible for photos. Illustrations and vector will follow later in a second phase. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/free-collection-contributor-information.html

(this is for 2022, but it should be true for 2023).

You need to see this bar and on eligible assets, you should be able to see a button in the lower right corner:

Assets that can't be nominated do not show the slider button:

[Jill_C]

You cannot self-nominate the assets. Adobe must select them and then they will give you a chance to either accept or decline the nomination. 

[Abambo]

Adobe will allow you to nominate assets. Adobe will chose from 0 to all, from your nominated assets. Somehow, eligible assets for nomination will have to do with prior sales. 

[rajeevkesharwani]

what are the advantage and disadvantage of free collection namination.

[daniellei4510]

Just guessing, but let's say you have an asset that was nominated for the free collection but it happens to be an asset that has sold 90 times and continues to be popular. If it's on the nomination list, I wouldn't include it. But if you have unsold assets that are languishing in your portfolio, best to make an easy $5 off of those if nominated. 

[Jill_C]

Did you read the info in the link posted above by Abambo on 5/27/23? 

If you nominate an asset for the free collection and it is accepted, you'll receive $5 for it to be in the Free Collection for one year. That means that it's no longer in the paid collection, and you will receive no additional payments regardless of how many times it is downloaded from the Free Collection. Adobe only selects assets for nomination that have been sold less than 4 times in the past year. You should also be aware that they nominate far more than they select. As I recall, the last few years I've only have about 15% of my nominated assets chosen. So maybe you should just nominate all of them, knowing that all will not be chosen.

[RALPH_L]

Have you been notified that you have assets that have been selected? You can only nominate assets that have been preselected.