More momey for business accounts?

[KimmoA]

I suspected this when I was "fresh" using AdSense myself, but now I've again started wondering if it might have anything to do with my low AdSense incomes...

I'm talking about the account type. I started mine for my personal blog in 2004, but I have a registered one-man company now. I mada a "flights" related Web site for my client, and it brought in a lot of AdSense money. Just like all of your sites seem to do.

I then made my own flight site, using my own AdSense ID (of course), which is much better in every way. It gets hardly no money from the AdSense ads.

Why is this? My client was some dude who has an established non-computer company, and that account is set to his business with the special numbers/IDs and whatnot.

Does this affect the income in any way? I seriously believe so, no matter what AdSense support says (they told me no when I e-mailed them).

Please... if this were true, it would make a lot of sense. Things would be more logical. I cannot change account type, though, also according to AdSense support.

Please post anything you know about this matter!

(Damnit! This is why being able to edit your posts on Web forums is wrong... You make more mistakes! Apparently, I cannot change the title of this thread, though, so it'll have to say "momey" instead of "money"...)

[KimmoA]

35 clicks today (on 2231 impressions) have made me $3,32...

[sailorjwd]

Momey Money.. no difference.

I switched a site from personal to business account and everything has been down the tubes to some degree. I suspect there is no difference.

[KimmoA]

Hmm... that's really weird.

[KimmoA]

Alright... So what's the point in using a business account if you get the same amount of cash? And why can't you switch account types?

[groupventure]

You can switch account types. My bank required me to have a very restrictive business checking account if my google adsense payments were going to come in my businesses name. I mailed google and asked if I could switch the account. At first they said no because I would have to switch the tax id code. I told them my tax id would remain the same from business to personal. So they agreed to make the switch for me :)

So you can swith if your tax id code will not change!

[KimmoA]

Still... what's the point if you get the same amount of cash in your hands?

[groupventure]

The difference for me whas. I did not have to open a restrictive checking account at me bank!

[Escape]

I've been considering applying for an Adsense account and have spent lots of time reading these forums before making a decision. Yesterday I decided to go for it and duly went to the application page. The first question is "Am I a Business or Individual account? - Generally, if you are a business with 20 or more employees, you should apply as a Business account. Individual publishers, or businesses with less than 20 employees, should sign up as an Individual account."

I should have a business account as I own and run companies and all expenses in connection with the websites are accounted for in their respective companies. Despite having registered companies with large salary and overhead bills I don't employ 20 or more people so I don't qualify.

Just the thought of having AdSense income arrive in my personal bank account fills me with horror. I would have to transfer it out of a personal account into a business account and I'm sure at some point explain it to the Inland Revenue. Needless to say I abandoned the application.

It doesn't make sense that the only criteria for being a business is that you have 20 or more employees.

[Jenstar]

The only difference is between premium and regular AdSense accounts.

KimmoA, if you are comparing, perhaps it is one account has been impacted more heavily with smart pricing than the other.

[KimmoA]

perhaps it is one account has been impacted more heavily with smart pricing than the other.

Please tell me more...

[dbhatta]

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It doesn't make sense that the only criteria for being a business is that you have 20 or more employees.
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And how will google know you have 20 employees? In the US you can form a corporation even if you are one person, so you can sign up as compnay, self whatever you like. Maybe it's different for you.

But still my question remains will Google come to your place of business and take a roll call?

[Heartlander]

This is all interesting.
I have it set to receive a check at my home.
(Haven't made it yet- but I'm close)
I do have a tax ID (FEIN) under a sole-proprietorship.
So where is the problem in setting up an account for my website revenue with that?
I have done it in the past, but never generated income and closed the account.

[Heartlander]

Reading your posts again Kimmo- I'd like to point out something.
You don't need to have a Tax ID, as your social security number serves that purpose as well under a sole-proprietorship.

If you do have a FEIN, you can change the name on it all you like and retain the same number- I just did it a couple weeks ago over the telephone.
Unless someone can shed some light differently, I believe you can throw it all in a seperate account and do your taxes accordingly under a sole-proprietorship.