Yay! Amazon earnings coming through

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   theraggededgeposted 4 years ago

   Yes!
   
   The rates are crap though

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      Sherry Hewinsposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Yep, our commission rate is drastically reduced.

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         wildernessposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Looks like our maximum is now about 4.5%, as opposed to 8.5%, with a great many coming in at much less than that. That will cost me several hundred per month.

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            Sherry Hewinsposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            In May I earned 1/4 of what I earned from Amazon in April.

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      Robie Benveposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      So glad to see it was resolved. I hope once the economy gets better rates will readjust to a higher level, but for now I'm just happy the program is still on and I don't have to go through each article to remove the links.
      Yay!

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         Alison Grahamposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         I don’t think the rates are going to get better - I think that Amazon.com believes that with even more people shopping online due to Coronavirus, it no longer needs to pay ‘big’ commissions to it’s affiliates.

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      DrMark1961posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I went and checked mine when I saw your post, and besides the dismal Amazon numbers noticed something else. CPMs are way up, twice what they were at the beginning of the period. Have you noticed this? I am wondering if this a general increase for advertising revenues.

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         Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         I noticed that too DrMark. I'm guessing it might be due to the video ads that appear lately on hubs. They probably bring in some decent revenue.

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            Sustainable Sueposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            You mean the popup ones? They're awful. They might bring in money, but they cheapen our articles, in my view.

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               Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

               Yes, the popup ones. I agree with you and I find them a nuisance. I was just saying that they probably bring more ad revenue. They might be involved with Header Bidding.

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         OldRosesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         CPMs have been rising steadily since May for me.

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            lobobrandonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            Same. A few dollars lower than last year at this time though.

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               OldRosesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

               Definitely lower than last year but so much better than April's debacle.

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         Sherry Hewinsposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         I see that as well. I hope it continues.

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      Stephanie36posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      So happy Amazon sales are coming through again!

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      robhamptonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      They sure are. Not a good time to jump into an Amazon FBA business. They screwed ALL their affiliates. Just happy to finally see some earnings though!

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   viryaboposted 4 years ago

   Thank goodness.
   Dismal commission though.

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   Glenn Stokposted 4 years ago

   Yep, they are all showing up through May and June. Unfortunately the new rates are in force, cutting our commission in half.

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      Jeremy Gillposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Are the new rates permanent for the foreseeable future, or intended only during the pandemic? Probably the former, but worth a check.

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         Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Amazon announced the new rates starting April 21st and didn’t indicate anything related to the pandemic. It’s permanent as far as we can tell.

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            Jeremy Gillposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks, that's unfortunate. I found that Amazon "declined to comment on whether the decision was a result of the coronavirus pandemic", which gives some hope, but it'll probably stick around, profit is profit.

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               Sustainable Sueposted 4 years agoin reply to this

               Have you read that Bezos is making money hand over fist, because of the pandemic? I doubt VERY much his decreased rates are because of it . . . unfortunately. It looks to me like he's caught the greed bug.

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                  PaulGoodman67posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                  Because Amazon have been working close to capacity, they figured they didn't need lots of affiliates sending them traffic. It's always a win-win situation for them.

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                     Jeremy Gillposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                     I didn't know until I looked him up that Bezos is (and has been for years) the richest man in the world and modern history. For whatever reasons, I haven't heard about him nearly as much as, say, Bill Gates.

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                        Sherry Hewinsposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                        That's surprising, Trump mentions him often. He's a big reason why Trump wants to get rid of the US postal service. He feels that Bezos is taking advantage of it.

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         eugbugposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         As long as they continue making lots of money, I doubt whether they'll revert to the low rates.

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   Solarasposted 4 years ago

   My May numbers show that I earned 60% of the "shipped earnings" and 100% of the "returns." Can someone look into that glitch; it appears to be on the hubpages side of things.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 4 years ago

   Mixed blessings. It's exactly what I expected, but a little part of me hoped that we'd somehow keep the higher rates!

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      Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Ha ha. I was hoping that too! I actually was thinking the delay might have been due to negotiations going on with Amazon to try to keep the old rates. But HubPages lost. That’s my guess.

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         PaulGoodman67posted 4 years agoin reply to this

         We'll probably never know what, if any, shenanigans took place. But this was apparently a "technical/data reporting" problem that ended up with the percentage rates being dramatically lowered, which does sound a little incongruous...

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            Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            Paul, The lower rates were not because of a reporting issue. Amazon announced the lowering of rates way before that.
            
            Their announcement said as of April 21st the rates would go down, and they gave us list of all the effected categories. But I noticed I was still getting 10% from April 21 to the end of April on HubPages, before it all stopped dead—until now. 
            
            That's why I suspected that they were negotiating in an effort to try to keep the higher rates. But we'll never know if that were the case or not.

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               PaulGoodman67posted 4 years agoin reply to this

               Yes, I assumed that you would assume I knew all that, as I've commented on this topic multiple times in forums, and have been around for years.
               
               This is one of my main income streams, so I'm generally pretty much on top of things.

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   Kierstin Gunsbergposted 4 years ago

   Relieved to have the issue resolved for now but yes, of course, the rates are awful which isn't HubPages fault. Perhaps in the future they'll add in some more affiliate partnerships. When I first came here I know we at least had Ebay.

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      letstalkabouteducposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Does anyone know why Ebay was discontinued. I'd much rather give them business than greedy Amazon. Also, I read on the forums that HP had a special deal going with Amazon. What happened to that? Did it allow Amazon to change the arrangement at any time? I feel bad for HP. Their staff has put in a lot of time and effort to get the Amazon links just right.

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         Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         If you want to know why eBay was no longer allowed on HubPages since 2009, see this article:
         
         https://lissowerbutts.com/ebay-not-allo … s-squidoo/

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   Kenna McHughposted 4 years ago

   CPM and impressions are up, which is excellent. Amazon is working now, which is good. But it's revenue sucks.

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   eugbugposted 4 years ago

   Mine are about 40% lower than May and June of last year. Possibly because science and maths tutorials have lost viewers. Views were about 20% higher than last year for the same period.

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   Sustainable Sueposted 4 years ago

   Weird. I try to reply to a particular comment in this thread and it takes me back to my status page.
   
   Anyway, speaking of affiliate programs, I wonder if HP has approached Etsy.com at all? That seems like a good potential affiliate.

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      theraggededgeposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Great suggestion

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    Sustainable Sueposted 4 years ago

    Who isn't taking advantage of it? That's what the post office is for. In any case, most of the things I order through Amazon are being delivered by Amazon trucks, so Trump is probably wrong.

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       Sherry Hewinsposted 4 years agoin reply to this

       Yeah, I don't know why Bezos raking in the money bother's Trump. I thought he was pro-billionaire.

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          eugbugposted 4 years agoin reply to this

          Most likely childish begrudgery and jealousy that Bezos is higher up in the billionaire list than him.

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          Sustainable Sueposted 4 years agoin reply to this

          

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    letstalkabouteducposted 4 years ago

    Bezos owns The Washington Post, which is often critical of Trump.

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    Novel Treasureposted 4 years ago

    Anybody else have unexplained negative earnings in their Amazon earnings? It's almost as if every 7-10 days they would reverse exactly what I had earned in the prior days. Just curious is anyone else saw that too.

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       PaulGoodman67posted 4 years agoin reply to this

       The only way to legitimately get negatives is when people return products. It is a common thing to happen, but shouldn't be happening all the time.

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