Hello Octa,

Your situation was the same as I described for Emiliano here.  You were seeing a referral in your back office whose subscription was canceled months prior.  Once we entered that manually, your balance dropped below the $50 payment threshold.  When your balance increases to $50 or more, commissions will be paid.

Thanks,
Tissa

Hi Barry,

I checked your account, and the reason your CPA commissions weren't released is because your Average Traffic Quality needed improvement (scroll to the bottom of your CPA commissions page and you'll see "Needs Improvement").  Your Average Traffic Quality had to be rated "Good" in order to be paid.  This change was implemented back in 2010 and widely discussed at the forum.

Tissa

Hello Emiliano,

Those commissions you're seeing are from a referral (1249219547SBCY) whose PayPal subscription was canceled back in October of 2010 (PayPal Subscriptin ID#S-95F36781LB370424P).  PayPal didn't report the cancellation to us automatically via their IPN so it had to be verified manually.  We disabled that account, so in fact your commissions are now negative $60, due to a payment that was made to you on Feb. 4, 2011 (PayPal Transaction ID # 9Y076173H6705463R).

Thanks,
Tissa

Barry, what is your APS username?

Tissa

Done. Apologies for the delay.

Tissa

Apologies for the delay.  We're working on it, and I'll post here ASAP.

Tissa

Exactly.  A lot of folks who were paid APS referral fees no longer appear on the Total Transparency page, for that reason.  Lewis Syring is just one example; he was paid around $20,000, but his payments aren't included on that list since his account was purged.  Thus the discrepancy.

Tissa

Works for me as well, by design.  The demo link is actually an attention-grabbing presentation, personalized for the local business.  It takes about five minutes to create, and is designed to make the local business call you.

Your account was 'APS Lite', which is different than the standard APS account.

Tissa

There's a 'Close Account' option under 'Account Settings'.  What is your APS username?

Done!

Tissa

True, and I used to know how to spell competition.

Tissa

Hey Chris,

While BYOM could possibly work for members, I seriously doubt that "3-5% cut" would come close to covering APS' costs to provide the data.  Not to mention it would be a logistical nightmare for APS.  I'd have to apply and be approved to all the same networks that participating affiliates are approved for, to get my cut.  Then there's the issue of blocking access after X hours or days.  Which brings me back to covering APS' costs to provide the data.  I like the BYOM idea on paper, but I think the implementation is far more complex and less feasible.

Tissa

Probably for this reason.

Tissa