Premium price tier

If you’re an Adobe Stock Premium Contributor, each time you submit photos, vectors, or illustrations you need to decide whether you’d like them to be considered for the Premium collection or the standard collection. You don’t need separate accounts for Premium and standard content, but each time you submit Premium files you need to select a price tier for them. (If you only have a portfolio in our standard collection, you won’t see price tiers when you submit files.) 

The price for all uploaded images is set to 1 credit by default, which means they’re priced for the standard collection. 

There are two price tiers in the Premium collection, with assets offered at 25 credits (US$249.99) or 50 credits (US$499.99) for on-demand purchases on the Adobe Stock website. 

When you submit files to the Premium collection, you need to change the price from 1 credit to 25 or 50 credits. To do so, select up to 100 images at a time and change the price tier by clicking the drop-down arrow. 

As mentioned above, there’s just one price tier for all assets in the standard collection — they’re 1 credit each. Keep in mind that credits don’t represent fixed dollar amounts because the actual cost to customers depends on a number of factors.   

Use this table as a guide to help you choose the right price tier: 

1-credit assets

25-credit assets

50-credit assets

Which collection?

Standard collection

Premium collection

Premium collection

What do these assets offer to the collection? 

  • Breadth
  • High quality
  • Clear commercial appeal and utility
  • Cultural relevance
  • Technical excellence
  • High quality
  • High production value
  • Uniqueness
  • A strong narrative and aesthetic point of view
  • Alignment with emerging trends
  • High quality
  • High production value
  • Uniqueness
  • A strong narrative and aesthetic point of view
  • Alignment with emerging trends

More considerations

If your current portfolio is priced at 25 credits, we recommend that you continue at this tier. 

If you believe your level of investment or the scarcity of the content justifies it, choose 50 credits. For example, we recommend this tier for photos of a surgery in a hospital.  

  • Since the default price tier selection is 1 credit, you need to change the tier if you want to submit Premium assets. 

  • You can’t change your price tier after your asset has been accepted, so be sure to double-check your selection before submitting. If you made an error, please contact us by submitting a support ticket. 

  • You won’t see price tiers for videos — they’re submitted to our standard collection by default.

  • To maintain a positive experience for buyers, we recommend keeping assets from the same series or shoot at the same price tier.