What is the $0.29 earning?

[Sinanna]

I've been seeing such a low payment for two days now. It was 33 cents before. Then they reduced it to 29. Then they reduce it to 20 cents, then to 10 cents. Just like on the other site. Disappointment. I don't want to upload anymore. Adobe Stock is killing itself.

[Jill_C]

Those sales were probably from Custom Subscriptions. Adobe has negotiated Custom Stock Subscriptions with some high volume customers for whom the standard subscriptions don't meet their needs. 

[Instrumental]

It was already reported about $0.32 earning here https://community.adobe.com/t5/stock-contributors-discussions/did-minimum-royalties-earning-change-w... . And yes, it was a custom license. I recently also faced with my first $0.32 sale. And, as we see now, it's not a limit 🙂

[Abambo]

Custom?

You are living in a free world. You may or you may not contribute. But I doubt that Adobe stock is killing itself. Other stock sites are doing well with 10 cents royalties. Fortunately, Adobe is not reading the posts here, I would rather not give them ideas.

[Sinanna]

I guess Adobe pays you a salary. It is very pathetic to be a royalist rather than a king.

[daniellei4510]

Lose the attitude. Unless you see a red badge next to someone's name, everyone here is a volunteer.

[Jill_C]

You will rarely see an Adobe employee in this forum. It is maintained for the benefit of Contributors to ask questions of other Contributors. We speak based upon our experience as Adobe Contributors and Adobe users.

[Abambo]

I guess Adobe pays you a salary. It is very pathetic to be a royalist rather than a king.

By @Sinanna

I get a royalty for each asset licenced and Adobe is the stock site, where I make most of my money. I agree, it is not enough for a living. And I agree, if I consider all the work I put into my photography, it is not worth the return. Therefore, I do not shoot for stock (but when I shoot, I also have stock in my mind).

So, yes, you may stop uploading, but I regret, Adobe stock will not die when you do that. If that is pathetic, then it is.

[daniellei4510]

Makes sense. Me, I'm retired, so this is not something I would probably be spending much of my time doing if I were still working 5 days a week. I also do what I enjoy doing most, which is photorealistic portraiture, fashion, and people in general. They sell, but not as well as my bowl of cole slaw or my rack of ribs. 🙂 

[Abambo]

For me, it's a fun act.

[daniellei4510 · Accepted solution]

OK. Don't upload anymore. For the record, I figured out my average cost per image over 1 year's time and it comes to .73. And it's pretty consistent, despite also having occasional royalties below .33.

[Sinanna]

Occasional? I get paid less than 33 cents every day. I have 18 sales this week but my profit is $9. If I made 18 sales in February and before, I would earn 16-17.

[Jill_C]

Those are probably custom sales. Adobe enters into custom subscriptions with some customers for whom the standard subscriptions don't meet their needs. 

[Abambo]

$9/18 sales makes 50 cents per sale. So, you did not get many low pays this week!

[JuliO111]

I have lots of 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. but also I have 1, 1.4 dollars. Its oka.

[Abambo]

So, your assets attract a lot of custom sales, meaning from big subscribers licensing anything they can grab to test out the asset, they want to use. The one dollar sales are from subscribers who need to think about their licensing strategy, as they have only 10 credits per month. They don't license anything, just what they will use.

[JuliO111]

I was buyer myself a long time ago with both large and small subscriptions for different companies. With a large subscription these are usually marketing firms, SEO masters whos working for many companies at once, magazines and large companies, with a small one — for example, a beauty salon or restaurant, a person who just makes his own website.

[Abambo]

I was buyer myself a long time ago with both large and small subscriptions for different companies. With a large subscription these are usually marketing firms, SEO masters whos working for many companies at once, magazines and large companies, with a small one — for example, a beauty salon or restaurant, a person who just makes his own website.

By @JuliO111

Yes, but that's not the message. You have different subscription models, and some make only sense to certain users. Someone who is using stock to populate their website does not need a subscription at all. If you are a designer with a few small business customers, you will be happy with 10 assets per month. If you are working for a high-end marketing company with some high-end customers, you have a higher end subscription where you do not need to count the licensed items. You just license. If they have a custom agreement with Adobe, they can just license the full resolution, watermark free asset, just to do a small test.