Why did royalty history report change by 1 cent......

Van
Contributor

Right up front let me say that yes, I know this is petty, it's "only" 1 cent. I'd probably never have noticed something like this - except it was (an extremely rare for me) self referred sale and I'd been playing around with the math, had made some screenshots. (Please note that the amount for self referral in other areas was $3.99 and is still 3.99. On the royalty breakdown page the amount still shows as $1.69, it only seems to have changed on the royalty history report...)

The only different I spot is it looks like the $1.69 royalty may have been before the updated earnings reporting but I'd think that shouldn't have changed any already computed amounts...... so where did that 1 cent go, why and how? Has anyone else seen this? Again, I know it's only a penny, but these days pennies add up.

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Zorinda
Contributor III

I've noticed the one cent disparity between History and Royalty History as well. it started when the new format with the little eye was introduced a few days ago.

jophb
Valued Contributor

I also have this showing

Sara_H
Honored Contributor III

@Van It could be the "rounding up" on one report and the "rounding down" on the other. 

When you calculate the initial royalty 16.62 X 16.9% = 2.80878 which in theory zazzle "rounds up" to 2.81 (then takes all the fees off eg excess royalty for being over 10% and marketing royalty fee depending on the department)

Seems like the royalty history report is rounding down

Rounding would certainly have an effect on the initial computations but the 'breakdown' report showed and still shows $1.69, the same as when it initially posted to the Royalty History. What confuses me is why it changed to $1.68 from $1.69 on the Royalty History well after the initial computations/reporting. If this was from rounding up or down I'd think that would have been done prior to $1.69 being listed as royalty everywhere then changing but only on the Royalty History page.  Sorry to sound dense but this heatwave is about to melt my already taxed brain. 😞

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Sara_H
Honored Contributor III

@Van I can't answer - my royalty history reports also shows a cent less per sale that the earnings history. They are working on the "improvements coming soon" so perhaps it has something to do with that

DCS
New Contributor III

I noticed the same 2 days ago.

Van
Contributor

It seems random. I looked over my (few) sales, and see other sales with the same missing penny, but there are also some that are what the breakdown shows they should be. None show a penny more. I'd never have noticed this except for screenshots I had made while doing some research.