So an invitation that I normally would receive between $8-$10.01 royalty and between $1.60-$1.80 on 15% self referral (depending on the discount on the day ) .... now gets $5.08 on royalty and $0.43 on %4 SELF REFERRAL ????
This does not make sense at all !!!! what is the point of self promotion then ?
So discouraging and disheartening! to say the least....
It's not letting me to edit but needed to add, these are two different invitations but with same price sold the same day ! one self referral and one third party yet I received the same royalty amount !!! 🤔
Yes, The royalty remains unchanged. If you look at my above screenshot, the royalty on a referred sale is $5.08, that doesn't change regardless of whether you or someone else is credited as the referrer.
The difference is that in the above Self referred sale, in addition to the $5.08 royalty, you also made either $1.82 or $0.43 as a referral commission. Until Zazzle gives us sales reports that include total earnings (royalties and referrals) in one view, you have to match them up your self.
So your total earnings on that sale are Royalty (5.08) + Referal (0.43) = $5.51.
$5.51 + the $0.56 transaction fee = 50% of the total paid by customer).
That 50% is the earnings cap for instant/digital downloads on a Self-Promotion link referral.
Had it been a "Cross-Over" self referral, you would have earned 56.8% instead ($6.91, $1.40 more) .
Had it been a referrer = None sale, you would have earned 88.3% ($10.73) of the total paid by customer.
The total earnings cap only applies to "Self-Promotion" link referrals.
NOT saying this is "fair", just saying that instant downloads are a unique situation where the cap on Self-Promo earnings makes you earn less than if it were a Cross-Over self referral or a rare None.
A "Cross-Over" stems from a link that includes your RF# and thus earns you a flat 15% of order total as a self-referral commission.
A "Self-Promo" stems from a link with no RF ID attached, and earns you a variable rate as self-referral commission on your own products. If not your product you earn zero.
