I would like to know why my photo always keep rejected and after rejection i am not able to reupload. can some please share with me some solutions please.
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Yeah, sometime the same thing happens to me too. I also need the solution.
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Yes, it can be very frustrating to receive rejections. Have you read through the Photo Requirements to make sure you meet the standards put forth by Envato?
Also, this article on the most common reasons photos are rejected can be helpful.
That said, it also can be due to it just isn’t the type of image Envato is looking for right now. It might be a perfectly fine or even amazing photo but if Envato feels it isn’t something that a lot of customers are looking for, they will reject it. The photos I personally liked the most that I took in 2023 were rejected by Envato.
What type of photos are you submitting? A lot of my “pretty scenic” photos are rejected. Ones that are more “stock photo” subjects (medical, money, computers) do much better.
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I guess contacting their customer support could solve you issue.
Maybe images was not customers is looking. But once get rejected I can’t resubmit it again.
I should try. Thanks for the advise
Yes, it can be very frustrating. It is the main reason I sell on several different websites. Unusually I can get at least one of them to accept what others reject.
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Why i cant reupload if got rejected reason was due to lighting.
Because the lighting and composition have not changed if it is the same photo. You can’t resubmit any photo that has been rejected. You have to submit a different one from the same shoot or reshoot it.
i am doing microstock since 2013.
i am on shutterstock, dreamstime, istock, alamy, 123rf, adobe stock, pond5, depositphotos, eyeem.
my acceptance rate is around 98% on all these platforms.
on adobe and shutterstock i think it is closer to 99,8%
i have 12000-18000 images online on most of these platforms (depending on what they accept… 3D renderings, editorial images are not allowed on some).
on envato my acceptance rate is around 50-60% i would guess.
i am not a pro i am doing this as a hobby.
but i do it for 11+ years now and i have earned a decent sum of money.
when i look at envatos catalog i see plenty of images that are way worse then what i get rejected. worst is some of my bestselling images are rejected on envato. i speak about a few thousand dollars royalties from an image not just a few dozend dollars.
and always this “composition/lightning” reason to reject.
it says nothing and i doubt it is the true reason.
just in the past two days i uploaded two batches of newborn baby photos.
one batch was mostly accepted. yesterday i uploaded another batch (basically same image quality) and 90% got rejected (reason composition/lighting).
now these are not my best images i will admit that… but they are of the same quality.
with envato i learned to do a “test batch first”. if that batch gets accepted i upload another batch. a bigger one that takes more time to prepare (keywording, captioning). but even that does not work anymore.
did i mention that the upload process on envato sucks big time?
on the other side… depositphotos asked me a few times if i want to batch upload ALL my images and they do the keywording for me. guess they saw that my catalog is much bigger on other platforms.
i have not taken that offer yet but i find it interesting.
anyway… it is no fun uploading to envato. first the process of uploading and keyworking is a PITA and the review process kills the rest of the fun.
and don´t come with the argument envato has stricter quality standards than the other platforms… that is imo bollocks. 
but on the other hand i have no idea why they reject images which i sell on a daily basis on other platforms and clearly have obvious market potential.
It’s not just you. Several of my photos that are my best sellers on other platforms Envato won’t accept. All I can assume is that is a certain “look” they are going for and it isn’t the more traditional stock photos. I just keep submitting everything I take to all the platforms and am thankful they are usually accepted at at least one or two of them.