Why Did I Get $5?

I was just wondering why I got $5 for a referal conversion or something for the adsense one?

I thought it just gives out $100 but only when whoever clicked it makes $100 themselves?

 

No. You get $5 when they earn their first $5

This has been in effect for a while now.

According to :
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=25889

# AdSense:

* When a publisher who signed up for Google AdSense through your referral first earns $5 within 180 days of sign-up, you will be credited with $5.
* When that same publisher earns $100 within 180 days of sign-up and is eligible for payout, you will be credited with an additional $250.
* If in any 180-day period you refer 25 publishers who each earn more than $100 within 180 days of their respective sign-ups and are all eligible for payout, you will be awarded a $2,000 bonus (bonus payouts are limited to 1 per year).

 

The referral system was repriced about 2 months ago - new rules about how and when you get paid.

 

Wow! $250 if the publisher earns $100 within 180 days is a lot.

 

Yea, but it's tough to get there. Last month I had 30 adsense signups. Only three of them have made their first $5. It's difficult to maintain contact with your signups and help them through their first $100. There are so many scam websites and ebooks offering the world that the real good guys only wanting to help someone earn $100 are lost in the crowd.

 

This is hot earning. So now people refer many friends and earn easy $5 per members. That's easy job.

 

congrats, wait until he reach 100$ and you'll get an extra 250$

 

ah that's lots of money there. I wonder anyone could get that bonus or not coz you need like 25 publisher and each earn $100... Anyway this rules can make us know roughly how much Google made from adsense.. XD