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Negative AdSense Balance?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by Galaxian, Mar 28, 2013.

  1. #1
    Just logged in to AdSense today to find a negative "current balance" of -$0.10. Does anyone know why this might be?
     
    Galaxian, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    kajakske Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Yes, sometimes they refund clicks to the advertiser.
    For example: When some dude starts clicking several links with a bot, they *might* refund the clicks.
    If they do, they also substract it from your clicks ... I believe you should see this in the performance reports though
     
    kajakske, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    Shakas Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Honestly i´ve never heard of it before.... changing the value throughout the day yes, but negative balance.
    We´re always learning!
     
    Shakas, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    Preetam Well-Known Member

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    #4
    It happened to me too in past, I guess that might be because of some invalid clicks activity.. but don't worry -$0.10 is nothing..
     
    Preetam, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    blackhunter250 Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Same thing happened to me :(
     
    blackhunter250, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    #6
    Never see this before but i think it is due to some deduction for the invalid activity
     
    lifeplayer, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    jemekite Well-Known Member

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    #7
    Interesting, I've been with adsense since 2005 and never had this negative balance issue.
     
    jemekite, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    Alcalo Greenhorn

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    #8
    Certainly 10 cents are pocket change but it's funny... You have to pay for those click deductions!!! :rolleyes:
     
    Alcalo, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    sudhirrawat Active Member

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    #9
    There might be the issue of invalid clicks but how come the balance gets Negative? If say 1$ is paid for clicks so only 1$ would be deducted for invalid clicks.......
     
    sudhirrawat, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    kajakske Well-Known Member

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    #10
    Your reports are based on periods.
    If the click happens in 1 period, it gets payed out ...
    Then the invalid clicks are discovered & deducted in the next period ...

    So you have once +$1 and once -$1.
     
    kajakske, Mar 29, 2013 IP
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    sudhirrawat Active Member

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    Oh yes it is also possible, Now only the OP can tell now whether it was new account or he has been paid in the past.
     
    sudhirrawat, Mar 29, 2013 IP
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    Galaxian Active Member

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    #12

    I've had this account for many years and, yes, I've been paid.

    The negative balance seemed to resolve when the next month arrived.
     
    Galaxian, Apr 9, 2013 IP
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    Abdezaher Greenhorn

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    #13
    It is the home page only that shows this problem, your earning will not be affected .
    This is Google team reply :
    Hi,

    Thanks for your patience. I've verified that the issue affecting your account affects only the displaying of your earnings, so your earnings will be paid as usual after you have crossed your payments threshold. In the meantime, you can view an estimate of your monthly earnings by visiting your reports page.

    Our engineers are working as quickly as they can to investigate this issue and hope to have a fix soon. Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

    Sincerely,
    The Google AdSense Team
     
    Abdezaher, Sep 2, 2016 IP
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    pmf123 Notable Member

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    #14
    if $1 is invalid click, it costs you like 67c
     
    pmf123, Sep 2, 2016 IP
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    robyries Notable Member

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    #15
    Just got over -$100.... Most we have these issue.

    Is this new system from adsense, never get this before
     
    robyries, Sep 3, 2016 IP
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    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    Its a known bug and not a problem; not sure if fixed yet, but it does not affect your earnings.
     
    Agent000, Sep 3, 2016 IP
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    This just showed up on my adsense console, negative current balance... but when I look at payments it shows the same amount positive.
     
    pmf123, Sep 5, 2016 IP
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    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    Its a known display bug and does not affect your earnings.
     
    Agent000, Sep 5, 2016 IP
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    tahmina Rimmi Member

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    report them they will send u back like this
     
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