How long after I see clicks to a certain advertiser does it take for any possibly money earned to appear? I am getting the feeling it's not instantaneous and the person that clicked had to purchase something and in turn, it may take a day or two to see monetary results from the click? Is this correct? This way, I may see 18 clicks today and not see the money made until tomorrow. Can anyone verify if this is correct? Thanks in advance!
It depends on the advertiser. Most advertisers use pixel tracking in which case the transactions would be reported to CJ in real time. CJ processes their transaction logs hourly, with a one-hour lag, so barring reporting delays you should normally see these transactions show up within two hours. Some advertisers report transactions in batches. In that case the delay depends on how often the advertiser batches their data to CJ, but I can't see why it should take more than one business day.