Many of the agencies that have started higher at 50% or even 60% have lowered it drastically, disappointing contributors along the way. Welcome to the Community We have a brand new look Take a tour with us and explore the latest updates on Adobe Support Community. While 33% isn't the highest royalty in the industry, it does feel sustainable and therefore unlikely to change. Im trying to change a stock photo from Adobe from white to shiny silver/chrome. Many contributors are ranking Adobe Stock in their top 3 or so microstock agencies, with some even now finding they are out-earning Shutterstock! Sales are very regular and it's not just subscription sales either. Credit where credit is due – Adobe got this one totally right.īecause of this, contributors really started getting behind Adobe Stock and they haven't been disappointed.
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A website revamp, royalty increases, friendly customer relations. People were nervous when Adobe announced the acquisition, but surprisingly all the changes made were for the better.
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Thankfully, this has all changed as mentioned above due to the Adobe purchase. Terrible to say the least – yet they did sell a lot of images. Then the scale continued to climb, but most photographers would likely stay in the measly 23% – 25% royalty range for some years. This raised to 23% after 100 credit sales (subscription sales equaled only 1/4 of a credit sale). At one point Fotolia’s rate was just 20% commission for new independent photographers. Many were turned off Fotolia prior to 2016 due to their cuts to contributor commissions. Let's go back to where Adobe Stock came from for a moment: Fotolia.