Similar images already submitted!!!

[Sobhy_AI]

Hello there,

I went from a 95% acceptance rate to 20% or less. Almost all of my submissions are being rejected for the "similar image" reason.

The quality of the images is really good and doesn’t have any issues.

I am uploading at most 2 or 3 variations of each object ,PNGs only and a variety of different items across many categories. I also make sure not to upload similar content that I’ve previously submitted. I am 100% certain that my entire account doesn’t have more than three variations of any given item.

Sometimes, I upload the same object in different styles.

for example, a car in a 3D style and another version in watercolor or clay, so they are still distinct. (2 to 3 variations for each style)

Is this a general issue that will be resolved soon, or is it only affecting me?

[Nancy OShea]

...another parameter comes into play here - the demand factor.

By @Tan_Tin

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I also think that's true. If success was measured by uniqueness alone, we could select random words from a dictionary to create new concepts. That might work sometimes, but not every time. 

[Abambo]

This makes only 8% of this concept gets sold in the span of 4 years (roughly). Business-wise, this is a loss. Probably the costs of keeping these images didn't even make to it be compensated by the sales.

By @Tan_Tin

10% of assets sell, the others don't. But you need to have the 90% that don't sell to give the users a choice. Moderation for new stock assets is a cost factor. As soon as they are moderated, the assets cost near to nothing.

[Tan_Tin]

I am not an Adobe employee, I am just trying to find logic in rejections from the contributor's POV. Apparently, Adobe thinks that 8% of pics sold in 4 years is too low and a poor result  overall, and they just don't need more of that. If only moderation was costly, then it's not clear why they delete duplicates and similar images at all during account audits to clean up the database.

[Abambo]

If only moderation was costly, then it's not clear why they delete duplicates and similar images at all during account audits to clean up the database.

By @Tan_Tin

Duplicates and similar assets make customers angry. Angry customers are never good. 

I am not an Adobe employee

By @Tan_Tin

We know that. Employees are marked as employees.

[Tan_Tin]

Duplicates nd similar assets make customers angry. Angry customers are never good. 

Sorry, I don't your get your point on keeping these items in the database. Earlier you said that there must be some "choice".  Okay, items with similar theme sometimes do provide some variety (nevermind extremely low sales, choice is more important), but now you say similar items make customers angry. Confusing, isn't it?

[Abambo]

Duplicates get removed. I suppose you are ok with the fact that duplicates do not improve the diversity.

Similar assets get refused (except in very rare cases of spamming, accepted similar assets do not get removed). IMHO, refusals here are to agressive, but I'm not Adobe. And you accept it or not. However, really similar assets do not provide variety. Adobe clearly describes in their manuals how much pictures they accept from a series. Some accounts managed to submit hundreds of assets that are similar. I've seen some of them, because customers complained about them. 

Pictures that don't sell, but which are not similar to others provide the customer a choice. They will probably chose the picture that sells, because it's better, nicer, has more appeal. But getting presented only with that picture would make the customer think that they have no real choice. Supermarkets don't sell well, when they let go their shelves nearly empty. People like to have a choice of full shelves.