Getting Paid..

David Evertsen

This is the year 2015, why do I still have to click a box every month to get paid?? If I have money from sales I want to get paid every single month.. How do I make this happen. Anyone else with me??

David Evertsen

Bueller Bueller.. Wow everyone avoided this post like the plague..

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AceCo55

I have no idea and no interest in it - no Australian photo lab so commerce is a pointless exercise for me .... however
I think you would get a faster response if you contacted Smugmug itself: http://help.smugmug.com/

David Evertsen

AceCo55 wrote: »

I have no idea and no interest in it - no Australian photo lab so commerce is a pointless exercise for me .... however
I think you would get a faster response if you contacted Smugmug itself: http://help.smugmug.com/

I know how this works and how the "Super Hero's " respond , sometimes folks post things to see if they find it worthy of a response, amazed what is no longer worthy of any response.. Draft Kings pays on Tuesday SM makes you opt in to get paid every month.. How is that even a thing anymore??

AceCo55

David Evertsen wrote: »

I know how this works and how the "Super Hero's " respond , sometimes folks post things to see if they find it worthy of a response, amazed what is no longer worthy of any response.. Draft Kings pays on Tuesday SM makes you opt in to get paid every month.. How is that even a thing anymore??

Since you are replying to me ...

AdamNP

I understand SM not wanting to send out payments for $1 or something, but the threshold should be far lower. $10, or maybe even $5, to get paid automatically.

David Evertsen

AdamNP wrote: »

I understand SM not wanting to send out payments for $1 or something, but the threshold should be far lower. $10, or maybe even $5, to get paid automatically.

The threshold is $5 USD (They set the threshold) why can't they make it so we don't have to opt in? We are automatically opted out... Anyone see a problem with how this works??

AdamNP

David Evertsen wrote: »

The threshold is $5 USD (They set the threshold) why can't they make it so we don't have to opt in? We are automatically opted out... Anyone see a problem with how this works??

Really? I thought the threshold for automatic payments was something insane like $500.

photoclick

This is from one of the SmugMug's Help Articles:

If your Tax and Payment form has been submitted and you have accumulated over $500 in profits by the last day of the month, you'll automatically receive payment next month.

If you've filled out your online tax and payment form but don't have over $500 in profits at the end of the month, you may request payment through our online form here. You must have at least $5 of profits first ($10 for international Pros). After that payment, we'll resume the normal monthly schedule.

RKnecht

You do have to have $500 or more to get automatic payments (which I always thought was high), but I do agree that this should be reduced to $50 or $100.

zacHer0

I recommend that folks set a reminder on their phone to remind them every month on the 28th day to request their SmugMug profits. That way, if you follow the reminder, you will be paid your profits every month on the first business day after the 7th.

David Evertsen

zacHer0 wrote: »

I recommend that folks set a reminder on their phone to remind them every month on the 28th day to request their SmugMug profits. That way, if you follow the reminder, you will be paid your profits every month on the first business day after the 7th.

Hence my question, why do I have to opt in every month or set a reminder on my phone?? It is MY MONEY not yours.. I thought you would want to pay your customers since you get your 15% on every single one of my orders and don't have to wait to get paid.. Then again I was surprised I got a response from SM, not surprised with the response..

AdamNP

RKnecht wrote: »

You do have to have $500 or more to get automatic payments (which I always thought was high), but I do agree that this should be reduced to $50 or $100.

It's just another example of SM living in the past (for example, charging exorbitant shipping). Many years ago, it was common for affiliate networks and other online businesses to have a minimum (certainly not $500, but $100 was pretty common). Today, it's just not done. Most of my income comes from these networks, and the highest threshold any of them have is $10, with most having no threshold at all. The lone exception to this is Google Adsense, which has a minimum of $100, but if you have any sort of traffic that's really not an issue to reach each month.