Hannes Johnson dot Com

A large part of my online income is generated through affiliate marketing. These days many affiliate programs (like my own) pay through PayPal - which I think is great because it’s instant and I don’t have to go to the bank to cash the check. But some affiliate programs still use checks so I do have to go to the bank regularly. To save time I usually collect a batch of checks and go to the bank every 2 months or so to cash them.

But a few days ago when I was getting ready to cash some checks I noticed that something was missing - I couldn’t find any checks from a company that usually sends me commissions every month. After checking my records I found out that it had been a few months since I last cashed a check from them. That didn’t look good… This is the opposite of getting surprise affiliate commissions. So I contacted them to see if they knew what was going on and apparently they had a check returned to them recently (for some reason). A new check will be generated on the next commissions cycle so I should get all the commissions I’m owed.

So, if you’re doing any kind of affiliate marketing (and if you’re not - why aren’t you?) you should remember to keep track of your affiliate commissions to make sure you get paid for your hard work. You could keep a record and write down each time you know you have a check coming (or other forms of payment) - write down the name of the company you’re an affiliate for, for what time period it applies, how much you’re supposed to get paid and when you expect to receive the payment (checks might take a few days - or a few weeks if you live in another country).

In case your affiliate commissions don’t arrive you should just contact the company you’re an affiliate for. When contacting support regarding missing affiliate payments you should give as many details as you can - your username or member ID, your mailing address, the last payment you received, information about the missing payment (which time period, the amount…), etc. That will help speed up the process of getting it fixed.

Checking your stats regularly is good - but you don’t want to spend too much time on it. There is no reason to check your ClickBank or AdSense statistics every 5 minutes ;) Once a day or even once a week should make sure you’re on top of everything.

Have you ever had any problems getting your affiliate commissions?

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