hey there, i'm new to this forum, hope it will be very useful for me ! so, here's the question, i have been waiting for my first payment for about 12 days now, and i have entered the PIN code and everything. I had a 1000$ by the 15th of the month, so that's why i chose the express delivery option, and now i'm starting to worry, and a LOT ! is this normal or what? P.S. i live in Morocco and the PIN code letter took a month to arrive,but i think the payment thing is not gonna take that same amount of time ! since it is the express check ! i'm lost, plz help
yeah it is ! that's why i'm worried ! and actually, their FAQ says dont message us until the 5th of the next month, so that's a lil too much for me, i just cant wait till that day !
Relax, man. If you earned that money honestly, it'll get there when it gets there. I don't know why you're going all crazy about it, unless you're afraid you won't get paid at all, in which case, why are you so worried? Know what I mean? Chill. You'll give yourself a stroke.
Then don't sweat it, dude. Google is a giant multi-national corporation that makes billions a year. They're not going to stiff you for $1000. If it makes you feel better, I live in the US, and I've yet to be paid for March. It's still Payment-in-Progress but nothing in the bank yet.
Are payments normally a month late or is it just the sheer volume of publishers to be paid and not enough manpower to handle the work?
As long as I've been with them, they've always paid at the end of the month for the previous month, so I wouldn't say they're late exactly.
I find it takes around 6 weeks from the end of the month for your cheque to arrive (well, mine to arrive in Australia). So, I will be expecting my March cheque to arrive around 14th May. Once you're in the loop it's not so bad, but it feels like an eternity to receive the first payment. After that the months tick by quickly.
Most people seem to get it, but I think some do not. If you made your $1000 before March 30, 2006 and entered your PIN, and tax info before April 15, 2006, and you have a payment or payment in progress link in the payments section of adsense, then you will be paid any day now. If one of those things didn't go right then you will be waiting at least another month for your mula.