The Rushlot blog
Check first.
Then upload.
Getting a clip onto Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Pond5 and Getty: the specs, the metadata and the account rules, in articles written down as we build the tool, plus free tools that run in your browser.
Free tools
Try a free tool while you are here
Each one runs in your browser. Nothing you paste or upload leaves your machine.
- Stock Video Title CheckerPaste a title, see which marketplace field it fits and why it would not.Open the tool
- Stock Video Keyword CleanerDedupe stems, cap at 49 and see the first ten, the ones search weighs most.Open the tool
- Pond5 Filename SanitizerPond5 keeps 80 characters of a name. Get one that survives the cut.Open the tool
- Stock Video Spec CheckerDrop a clip, read its specs locally, see where each marketplace would refuse it.Open the tool
- Stock Royalty CalculatorWhat a sale pays you, from published rates, every rate with its source.Open the tool
Latest
Adobe stock reads embedded XMP: title and keywords in the file
Measured on a live account: Adobe Stock applies the title and keywords embedded in a video as XMP, in order, with no CSV. How to write them so they survive.
Adobe stock SFTP upload: who has it and how it works
Adobe Stock offers SFTP to qualified accounts only. What is known about who qualifies, how the connection works, and what happens to a file after upload.
Pond5 FTP upload: the 80-Character file name trap
Pond5 keeps only the first 80 characters of a file name. A longer name uploads fine, then Apply CSV can never match it. What we measured, and the fix.
Shutterstock video categories: fill both slots, people first
Shutterstock fills an empty second category itself. How to choose both video categories, why People goes first, and the CSV rules we measured.
Stock footage keywords: scientific names checked against WoRMS
How to keyword wildlife and underwater stock footage: start from your own title, check every Latin name against WoRMS, and fall back rather than guess.
Stock video submission tools compared (september 2026)
StockSubmitter, Microstock+, Xpiks, SendStock AI, CyberStock and Rushlot, compared from each vendor's own page as read on 2026-09-27. Facts, no ranking.
