Amazon associates questions..

I had 2 sales today (just joined last week so these are my first) and the amount totaled $107.00. However under my earnings it shows $0.00 still... does this not update at the same time? Am i missing something here?

 

I've never looked that closely but I believe your commission doesn't show until the associated order has shipped, not simply ordered. Until then it shows the sale but no commission yet.... I think.

 

Well I suppose that makes sense. Thanks for the reply! Rep for you

 

They updated late today. Around noon pacific time.

 

They still have to be shipped before the earnings are updated. Some items can take a week or two to ship, others one day.
It takes awhile to work your way around the reporting system.

 

Are you the same Cyclops from TruePoker.com? , i played the free games with a guy going by that name... he was pretty good

 

Yes, they have to ship an order before you get commissions. Last quarter, I ended up with a lot of unshipped orders that I didn't receive credit for but I'll probably receive it this quarter.

 

Not me, can't play poker to save myself lol...... I can't believe someone stole my nick, I've had it since 1995

 

What are the causes of unshipped orders ?

 

Mainly because they are waiting for stock to come in.

 

Also, other reasons for unshipped orders are:

- If someone is not a prime member and have requested standard shipping, the order my not ship for several days.

- If an order is canceled before it is shipped, it will forever show as an ordered but unshipped product.

 

I believe that the comission is only proceeded after the money is sent to them.

When the money is free-made to them, they count the commission. Maybe to prevent frauds...

 

I think you are right.

Also (I am not certain) but I think Amazon doesn't bill your CC until the item is ready to ship. So obviously you get no money until Amazon does.

I beleive that is also why they have one of the longest gaps between sales and pay periods, because of how long their return policy is.

 

Right, if the customer returns the item..? What happens to your commission?
Also, what if the customer buys something that is not actually sold by Amazon (i.e. by their affiliates) - wonder what effect that has on the payment period?

markowe

 

It hasn't happened to me, but I think if an item is returned, they debit your account. It shows up as 'refunded'. And I believe it works the same way if it is through an affiliate. I had a problem, well, something I didn't understand, and I looked all this up at one time.

 

You still get your commission on 3rd party sales through amazon.

If you have a returned item it just deducts whatever the original commission was.

Actually just happened to me yesterday, a 77 dollar textbook was returned and so the 4.40 or so was taken off my total. So technically you could have negative earnings for certain days.

 

i would not recommend amazon for affiliates marketing since the commission taken for buying a book is as low as an adsense click.

 

Don't sell books, sell riding lawn-mowers, or something!!

 

You should see the wait on magazine subscription I sold through amazon. Took a very long time.

 

I once made a sale through amazon, took about 2 months before i saw the money!