My Associated Content performance earnings have disappeared
By bostonphil
@bostonphil (4459)
United States
September 13, 2011 10:10pm CST
Is there any mylotter who can advise me?
I have three articles published on Associated Content that has earned some money through views. One had almost 300 views and I have earned over 40 cents for that one based on performance.
I just went and checked my account and all my articles show zero earnings even though I show the same views as earlier today. I have sent an email to their help desk but it could be days before I get a response.
I know that many mylotters write for Associated Content. Can you tell me what happened? My money has not gone to paypal because I have not yet gotten 1,000 views earning $1.50.
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@SpikeTheLobster (6399)
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14 Sep 11
That's odd.
I know it sounds silly but are you SURE they're gone and haven't just been shuffled onto some other page of their absolutely appalling reports? I have so much trouble navigating anything there and getting any kind of useful info out of the system... since Yahoo! took over, the interface sucks.
For instance, my "Est. Performance views" on the homepage shows "0" but the actual report shows a whole load of data (none of which is very useful since it's all estimates and things that make no sense - what's "Total content viewed" supposed to mean, for crying out loud?).
The Content section also shows "All-Time Views", though there's no financial information there, of course. That'd be far too useful.
The entire Yahoo! reporting system appears to be built to avoid showing you what your work is worth, in my opinion, but you may be looking at a page that shows you how much they've actually paid, rather than how much they think they WILL pay. That might explain the zeroes?
Their support's pretty quick, in my experience. They're good at that even if they suck at reporting. 
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@SpikeTheLobster (6399)
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14 Sep 11
Hmm. My content section only shows views, not earnings (see pic - note the low views, AC is my worst earner!).
At a guess, they have a problem with their 'ongoing earnings' calculation, since they only estimate it before the end of any month. That's a real guess, though, since I can't see what you see.
From the forum reply, maybe they zero the earnings once they're counted: you've earned that, so now "this month's earnings" go back to zero?
As for myLot earnings, I went and looked at Paypal. My last two have come in on 12th and 13th of the month, at 5pm and 10:30pm (BST, so around midday and 5pm East Coast US time, 9am and 2pm West Coast). It should probably be with you real soon.
@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
14 Sep 11
I am very confused.
Mostly what I check is the Content Section. And on the Content Section is where I have views but also could see earnings. At this writing, AC has published four of my articles. One was just published so let us leave this one out.
As an example, let's use the first on that AC published. They gave me a $5 upfront payment. When I checked yesterday morning, I had close to 300 views and over 40 cents for performance payments / earnings. I checked last night and still had the same number of views but now I have zero for performance payments / earnings.
That is also what happened to my other two articles. My views are about the same but my performance earnings are now zero but I had had some cents in earnings for the other two articles.
Where would they have moved the earnings to?
I was able to send a message to someone in The AC Forum who answered me promptly. She said that it had something to do with payday being today. Something about AC updating or paying out and that even though I am not being paid, my earnings are saying zero. And that everything should be fine after payday. Does this sound right to you?
I will keep you updated. This really came as a terrible shock because, as you know, I am new to freelance writing on line. And AC has been my most successful site thus far. it is the only one that I am actually earning money on.
But, changing the subject. I am scheduled to receive my first payment from mylot tomorrow. I have a congratulations on earnings telling me I will be getting a September payment for August earnings. Payments page tells me my payment is pending for on or about September 15th. So tomorrow is the 15th. Is there a chance that it will go today? If not, any time tomorrow or in the morning or at night? Is it always on or before the 15th?
Thanks for your feedback. You are always so helpful.
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@jennigoff33 (332)
• United States
14 Sep 11
There are so many different types of sites to give advise about. Writers are really looking for new ways and new sites for writing. I actually write on a view sites my self and have some statistics. Writing can be simple and a good way to make a little extra cash online.
@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
14 Sep 11
I am really enjoying this free lance writing. I love seeing my articles published and having persons view / read my articles. I am new at this.
@jennigoff33 (332)
• United States
15 Sep 11
I have a helping hand in the free lancing writing myself. They pay more than other sites do.
