Amazon Earnings Rate

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   Shesabutterflyposted 6 years ago

   Is there a formula or set guideline for what the earnings rate will be? I have a product that gets bought every few months and the earnings rate is almost always identical, however I noticed it dropped slightly this month and was wondering if there was a reason for that. It was bought on Oct. 31 and then again on Nov. 4th and the Nov. rate was lower. I have not seen the product bought that close together with a dip in percentage.
   
   It doesn't make a huge difference at all (less than 5 cents), but I'm curious as to how the rate is determined. I've only seen a .25% drop like this once before back in May when we still earned on all the revenue.
   
   I was looking through the past history of this particular product to see what the earnings have looked like and from what I can tell it is almost identical except for the two times it took a .25% drop. In this case, it did not have a huge effect on my earnings, but I'm still interested in learning how the earnings rate is determined.
   
   This is my only constantly bought product, so the only one I have real data for. I know the rate can vary depending on the type of product (I've seen as low as 3.8% and as high as 10.+), but wondering what determines the slight fluctuation on specific products.

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      wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Amazon pays differing rates for different products.  In addition, rates vary according to how many sales you have made during the month.  If you're in the HP Amazon program this matters little because with all of HP it is always the maximum for that category of products.  Finally, the figures are always rounded off to the nearest penny, which can product such things as 3.8% rather than the normal 4%.
      
      The rate schedule is available at Amazon.

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         Shesabutterflyposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks for the reply. This is my first sale for November. I had several sales in October when the rate for this particular item was higher.
         
         I do believe I am in the HP Amazon program, but I will check out the rate schedule at Amazon and see what more I can learn

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   lobobrandonposted 6 years ago

   Many months ago I realized that the rate is lower on the first and second of the month because Amazon pays you a certain percentage, but if the account sells more than a certain threshold the percentage goes up.
   
   But I have not observed this in the last couple of months, maybe it's still the case? The first and second is when the sales are building up and hence the smaller percentage I would say. But this is just a thought based on how Amazon deals with individuals. They have a different kind of contract with HP.

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   Susana Sposted 6 years ago

   Amazon sellers often change the prices as well so that makes a difference.

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