Sorry for the delay in updating this. Thanks to Henry for the nudge
Attached below are images with the latest data from the affiliate program. As you can see in the Payment History screen shot, Amazon just coughed up a check for $113.50. Actually it was $98.50 by the time it got here because they charge a ridiculous $15 fee to process and mail you a check
So I'll be changing to direct deposit soon to avoid that charge in the future. $15.00 is a lot when you're thinking in $25 blocks!
The second image is what we did total in the 3rd quarter (July 1st - September 30th). Looks like we already got paid for July in the check mentioned above, so we're still owed for August and September from the last quarter.
I believe switching to direct deposit will allow us to be paid monthly, as you need to have at least $100 before they'll cut you a check, which seems to take us 2-3 months to do.
With the check that came in a couple days ago for $98 ($113-$15 check fee) that's enough to fund 4 loans (I'll make up the difference to round things out). The first couple months where we did $34.32, I went ahead and fronted for the first loan months ago ($25 for a loan, the rest went to Kiva as a donation), so that was taken care of. (See
First Kiva Friends Amazon Affiliate Revenue Loan)
#2 went to this lovely young lady a few days ago.
Ms. Francisca Castro Vidal
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=20072#3 and #4
will be funded very soon have now been funded.
Maria Concepción Vasquez Gomez
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=21079ADA HUARCAYO LAZO
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=21110Now obviously we have more than 4 loans on the
Kiva Friends Kiva account. As mentioned before, it's a group thing so anything leftover in
the tip jar after hosting bills are paid also goes to fund loans. I've done what I can to keep costs down and obviously a lot of people here have been generous. Thank you all yet again.
According to Amazon's help page, if I switch to monthly direct deposit (instead of waiting for our earnings to total over $100 so they can cut us a check that apparently costs them $15 to print and mail
), we should get the 8/2007 referral fees ($43.94) at the end of this month.
Payment for January is made in late March.
Payment for February is made in late April.
Payment for March is made in late May.
Payment for April is made in late June.
Payment for May is made in late July.
Payment for June is made in late August.
Payment for July is made in late September.
Payment for August is made in late October.
Payment for September is made in late November.
Payment for October is made in late December.
Payment for November is made in late January of the following year (approximately 60 days after Nov. 30).
Payment for December is made in late February of the following year (approximately 60 days after Dec. 31).
And I expect when the Payment History chart is updated, it'll say that we did $57.67 in September, which, when added together makes the total of $180.79 that you see on the Earnings chart for July through September. According to the payment schedule above, we should see the $57.67 by the end of November.
So, to review. We made enough with that Amazon check to do 4 loans total so far. 2 are funded, with 2 more being funded soon. Switching to monthly direct deposits should get us that unpaid $43.94 that you see on the Payment History chart for 8/2007 Referral Fees at the end of October. That will fund 2 more loans (I will make up the difference and bump it up to an even $50). Then, we should see an additional $57.67 for September 2007 referral fees (not updated on the chart yet) at the end of November. That will fund 3 loans next month (again, I'll put in the difference to bump it to an even $75). Whatever is generated this month, we'll see by the end of December. So on and so forth.
Hope I made sense here. Feel free to post or PM me if you have any questions or are confused about something. I can see where it be a little confusing, especially with the way Amazon does their payments (Net 60) and the check vs direct deposit methods. I befuddled myself a few times just going through this.
Click the images below to enlarge. The first is the total earnings report for the 3rd quarter, and the second is the payment history.
And again, if you shop at Amazon.com and would like to help contribute to the affiliate program with whatever you buy, use this link to visit Amazon and shop
http://www.amazon.com/?&tag=kivafrie-20
