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It's now 2nd Aug, and my site actually got into the 3 figures with Google AdSense this month (my first month!).
I still see no "Payment" in the Account Information tab in the admin interface.
I thought Google closes the month on the last day. Or does the system have different pay days?
I've also seen reports about CTR, and the average in my site is 1.3%, which I think is good, but any comment welcome.
Or does the system have different pay days?
Probably you have to wait till around August 10 to see the final July numbers, based on last month experience. Then, you have to await another 10 business days to get the check.
Google will mail you a check within 30 days after the end of each month that Google AdWords ads are running on your site if your earned balance is US $100 or more. If your account balance is less than $100, we'll send you a check at the end of the first month after your balance reaches $100. Additionally, we will pay out all accounts at the end of each year, regardless of account balance.
People in the US started to receive their June checks about July 24th or 25th. They showed up in the account stats as being processed on the 10th.
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I understand my first month (June) was under the threshold, but July was above the level (and so it's August already, yes!).
So, I'm holding my breath every morning while checking AdSense to see if the payment information shows up - but nothing so far :`(
AdSense replied to a query saying they're checking the logs, etc... I'm happy with results on Adsense - in terms of quality, CTR, but I want to see the magic numbers showing up here :)
(PS - I don't think you're supposed to share your CTR according to the Terms of Service - but I think you're doing ok)
Yes, I know about the CTR comment in the first post - silly. But there's no Owner Edit for the first post, so I can't change it :(
:)Jon
Dave.
4. When do I get paid?
Google will mail you a check within 30 days after the end of each calendar month that Google AdWords ads are running on your site if your earned balance is US $100 or more. If your account balance is less than $100, we'll send you a check at the end of the first month after your balance reaches $100. Additionally, we will pay out all accounts at the end of each year, regardless of account balance.
It is also worth noting that Google is one of the fastest paying ad networks - most are paying on 60 or 90 day terms - and some even longer than that. Sending payment after 30 days is pretty excellent, even if they wait until that 30th day to cut and send the checks.
"Note: You will RECEIVE a check for your account balance WITHIN 30 days of the end of every calendar month that your earnings amount to $100 or more. We will also pay out all accounts at the end of the year, regardless of balance."
I think Google could publish the earning stats and even cut and send the checks by Aug. 31 but it looks we would not "receive" the checks in August.
I believe everyone saw the payments show up in their accounts at the same time for the June checks, so it will probably be the same this time around too. You will definitely see something in your account by this time next week ;)
jilla - June had only 10 days of AdSense, so it isn't surprising that they got the checks out earlier, not to mention the sheer number of publishers who have signed up since then.
I believe everyone saw the payments show up in their accounts at the same time for the June checks, so it will probably be the same this time around too. You will definitely see something in your account by this time next week ;)
jenstar, jilla and I are worried about July. As jilla pointed is now 23rd Aug, in his case and my case July had more than $100 worth and it's not showing as processed.
Google says "you'll receive a check within 30 days" on their status page - "You will receive a check for your account balance within 30 days of the end of every calendar month that your earnings amount to $100 or more".
June is not the case here anymore.
And the FAQ says: Google will mail you a check within 30 days after the end of each calendar month that Google AdWords ads are running on your site if your earned balance is US $100 or more.
As long as you earned more than $100 US by the end of July, they will mail out a check sometime between August 1st and August 30th. Nobody is showing checks as being processed yet, so you are not being excluded for any reason. Many of us have checks worth well over the minimum, and those checks have not been processed either.
I brought up June's checks as an example of why those checks were sent so much earlier, mainly because Google was only processing and auditing 10 days worth of clicks and earnings, as opposed to 31 days worth in July.
I agree with Blue_Fin, if you are concerned, you should be dropping them an email - but you will likely just be directed to the FAQ that states they have 30 days to process a payment for displaying AdSense. If August 31st comes along without any payment being processed in your account, that is when you should start becoming concerned. But until then, don't worry, Google has thirty days, and it sounds like they are going to use up most of them ;)
Realistically though, payments terms of 30 days generally means that the cheque will be cut on the 30th day - unless there are so many cheques to produce that there are concerns that they will not all be processed in time - which I suspect is what happened in the first month.
Given that the major advertisers are extended 15 day payment terms and their cheques may take time to clear (10 seconds to 10 days depending on the evilness of their bank) it would be cash flow suicide to pay out early.
That being said, my earnings were too low to get a cheque in the first round, so I'm dead keen to see my first one arrive in the mail.
And the FAQ says: Google will mail you a check within 30 days after the end of each calendar month that Google AdWords ads are running on your site if your earned balance is US $100 or more.
Which is very different from what is on the detals page and I quoted before : "You will receive a check for your account balance within 30 days of the end of every calendar month that your earnings amount to $100 or more".
I think Google has two different wordings for the same thing. I agree that paying after 30 days of the end of the month is sensible. But the wording is misleading somewhere else on the same site.
Even then, it would be hard for them to specify a time frame for a check to be received in, especially when you are dealing with publishers worldwide.
