The opportunity to claim unpaid earnings via our online register has closed, as of January 6, 2023.

We will complete all payouts on January 20, 2023, so if you selected the option to payout your earnings to a valid PayPal account, you should expect to receive your earnings at this time.For further information regarding unclaimed earnings, see this article.

From July 31, 2022, you will no longer be able to log into Twenty20.

You will have received a notification regarding FY21/22 payment summaries in late September 2022. We expect to send your FY22/23 payment summary in approximately Aug/Sep 2023. More information to come.

We have sent you an email with a link to your Elements application. This will prompt you to enter your email address (the same one that you used for Twenty20), and to read and agree to the Envato Elements Terms and Conditions. 

Once submitted, you will receive more information to log in to the system and enter in your Tax form and payout information.

If you already have an Envato Elements Author account, please contact the Envato Author Support Team here.

In order to fast-track your Elements application and get you earning again, please complete the application via the link sent to your email address as soon as possible – we will be closing the fast-track application process in mid to late August.

When this time comes to an end you will have to go via the standard before July 31, 2022. You will then receive further instructions via email. 

We recognised the excellent library of diverse content on Twenty20, and we published a curated sample of commercially-released photos to the Envato Elements platform under the Twenty20 name. This exposed your content to more customers, increasing your earnings opportunities. 

Now, when you sign up to Envato Elements, your existing photos on Elements will be matched to your new account so you don’t have to upload them again.

Your top Twenty20 photos that currently exist on Envato Elements under the Twenty20 username will be transferred to your personal Envato Elements account, provided that you have completed your sign up steps by the 30th July, 2022.

We will not be transferring your entire Twenty20 portfolio. Only photos that have been commercially cleared and have met our quality requirements can be published on Envato Elements. Unfortunately, no editorial photos, or photos without model releases, will be on the platform. You can read more about commercial demand in this guide.

Please note: Any of your Twenty20 photos that have not been published to Elements yet did not meet our standards and should not be re-uploaded to Elements.

As of July 31, 2022 Twenty20 will be shut down; all access to your content on Twenty20 will cease. Customers and photographers will no longer have any access to Twenty20.

All model releases completed with Twenty20 to date will remain valid for the photos that are transitioned to Elements.

Going forward, you will not be able to use Twenty20’s systems for model releases and will need to upload a digital copy of a signed model release while uploading new photos. 

For more information on Elements Model and Property Release policy, head to our Help Center.

If you don’t complete a tax form, Envato may be required by law to tax your earnings at a higher rate and/or withhold a portion of your earnings to remit to the tax office. We don’t want to do that, so it’s best to complete your tax forms as early as you can! Your tax information will determine at what rate we are required to tax your earnings. 

Once you have created your Envato account, you will receive instructions on how to fill in your tax form. 

Please note: Completing your tax form is a requirement in order to have your Twenty20 items matched to your Envato Elements account.

Verifying the identity of our author (contributor) accounts is critically important to maintaining trust and is key to the ongoing success of authors, customers, and our community alike. Author ID checks will help to protect both authors and customers. Customers can have more confidence when purchasing items, and authors can benefit from knowing that they’re working in a more trustworthy marketplace – this levels the playing field for all authors in the community.

You will receive an email with instructions and a link to verify your account once you have completed the Elements application and submitted your tax form. 

We will notify you when you can start uploading new content – which will be approximately 31 August. Upload access will be for Envato Elements only. Your content will not be made available on PhotoDune. You will need to have completed the following onboarding steps to become an Envato Elements author, as outlined below: 

• Create your account
• Complete your tax forms 
• Enter in your payout details
• Complete your ID check 

Similar to Twenty20, we use the subscriber share model to allocate Elements earnings.

With this model, Author earnings are directly linked to the money collected from each individual subscriber. We look at each subscriber in turn and assign you a share of 50% of their net revenue based on how important your items were to them (i.e your share of all item points they used in that period).

You can read more here: Understanding Earnings on Envato Elements.

Please note: if you are a Russian Author with a bank account based in Russia, unfortunately we will not be unable to pay you until further notice.

Please complete a support request form and our team will be in contact as soon as possible. Alternatively, head to our forums where you can join in the discussion with other T20 photographers.