u/OceanEyesBlue

Sales showing in CC reports but not regular Amazon reports

Just a heads up because I noticed something really weird...

There's an item I've been promoting that's in a Creator Connections campaign, and CC says I've sold over 1,100 of them and showed me the extra commissions I have earned. The strange part? Those sales aren't showing up in my regular Amazon reports at all.

Usually it's the opposite problem, where something shows in Amazon but doesn't track in CC because it wasn't the right seller for the campaign. I've never seen it happen this way before.

If this item hadn't been in a CC campaign, I would've had no clue I'd sold that many. It makes me wonder how many non-CC items aren't showing up in the regular reports either, and how much commission I'm potentially missing because of it. These are all offsite as I rarely do any onsite sales.

Definitely keep an eye on your reports. I know that's almost impossible with the way Amazon changed the reporting, but this has me wondering what else might be slipping through the cracks. Their chat support is absolutely useless and kept telling me that I have to wait for the CC to show up after the item ships. Awesome, I know, but I wasn't talking about CC. After almost an hour the rep finally said oh wow, yeah I see what you mean.

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u/OceanEyesBlue — 4 days ago

Linking Directly to Amazon in a Sponsored FB post?

Have the rules suddenly changed or is this person breaking them? I've been toying with something similar collage wise but was going to link directly to my website and it wouldn't be sponsored. This person is paying for a sponsored FB ad and it's linking directly to their Amazon storefront. There are quite a few I see doing this on facebook.

https://preview.redd.it/ab64adlauf9h1.jpg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3240bdd3300026343193e72d9fe51b1d2f27a8b

https://preview.redd.it/nut8ddlauf9h1.jpg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6067cc2504d99c2f72cc83b346007f3c9c575b1b

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u/OceanEyesBlue — 11 days ago

EPC Earnings Don't Make Sense

Has anyone seen a clear explanation of how the new EPC campaigns work?

I can’t see the total campaign budget, so for all I know there could be very limited funds available. The dashboard says I can earn “up to $XX” per click, but even when availability is listed as high, my actual earnings are often much lower.

For example, I accepted a campaign with a payout of “up to $1.06” per click. I drove more than 700 clicks, but my payout was only $0.49 per click.

How is the actual payout determined? What qualifies as a “qualified click”? In many cases, my reported clicks also seem much lower than what I’m seeing in other reporting.

The lack of transparency makes it very difficult to understand how these campaigns are calculated or to know whether the payouts are accurate.

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u/OceanEyesBlue — 2 months ago