GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 10 - Sept 2009

71 :: GPWA Times Most recent affiliate payments –This list is of the last “x” number of affiliate pay- ments thathavebeenmade. It isaquick- list you can use to find out if you should have been paid. This list is the most- viewedof thestatistics from thePayments Calendar. 4.Paymentalerting If anotheraffiliatehasbeenpaidbyanaf- filiateprogram youpromote, youwill im- mediately know that you should look in your account/ewallet! It is easy to see from the payment alerts that this affiliate is promoting 400Affili- ates, Pantasia Affiliates and Simon Says Affiliates – BUT has not yet been paid. Time to check forpayments! 5.Because it is fun OK, this really isn’t a reason to use the payments calendar, but it does roundout the ‘reasonswhy” toanice set of five. Howdoes thisbenefit me,asanaffiliate? The payments calendar benefits me every day (seriously). The largest benefit is in the “Most Recent Affiliate Payments” and “My Payment Alerts.” With those two features, Iknowwhen I should be paid by an affiliate program Ipromote. Idon’thave toworryabout tracking them down daily, hoping a paymentwill bemade. When I am looking to promote an af- filiateprogram, Icheckpayment track- ing. If their payments are generally “on time,” thenIwillpromote them. If they range from the first of themonth to theendof themonth, I typicallywill not promote them. It’s not worthmy time tracking down payments on a monthlybasis. Thebottom line? Use thepayments calendar! It isa real benefit toallaffiliates. Themorestatis- tics in the datastore, themore precise the informationbecomesand themore useful it is toaffiliates. Trackyourpay- mentsnowandmakesureyoudon’t go 6+monthswithoutpayment (I’vedone thatmany times, but no longer). Affiliate Guard Dog’s Payments Calendar