First payment... big problem ??

2»

Comments

  • appfiguresappfigures Member Posts: 1
    The difference in profit is due to the way daily and financial reports are recorded by Apple. Daily reports record downloads as they happen, while financial reports record credit card transactions as they clear.

    We have a more detailed writeup on our blog if you're interested: http://www.appfigures.com/blog/why-is-there-a-difference-in-profits-between-daily-reports-and-actual-payments/
  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    Appfigures, When did you sneak in here.

    A lot of us use your service, cant beat it!

    The rankings section is actually quite addicting and the most up to the minute out there. I find myself checking even while i am out at dinner! no joke, cant help myself.

    Glad to have you!
  • mandancemandance Member Posts: 87
    Also i hate to be the one to bring this up, but I've heard piracy can cause some inconsistencies. Apparently the way some folks go about things can cause inconsistencies with units download vs units actually sold.
  • BarkBarkCoBarkBarkCo Member Posts: 1,400
    Has Apple been any better lately with payments? When would one expect to get paid for July?
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Apple has been timely, I'd expect to start seeing payments around August 25th give or take 2 days
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    To anyone who has recieved a payment already: Did you get the amount htat was displayed in appfigures, appannie, etc, or from the itunesconnect sales reports? Im asking because i should get my payment this month and just looked into itunesconnect and the sales looked way off from what i saw in appfigures
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    When Apple finally sends you the financial report, those will be accurate. There's things like refunds, credit card fraud, etc.. that get factored in.
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    Well my financial reports are the ones that seem to be inaccurate
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Yes, sales reports are different than financial reports, financial reported reflect the final amount you received while sales reports are an estimate, and don't reflect accurate or completed transactions, so sales reports can be somewhat inflated
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    But financial reports that come monthly are the ones that seem to be inaccurate
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    All the websites like appfigures and all the rest pull all of their data from iTunes Connect.

    iTunes Connect Sales and Trend data has a bunch of stuff in there that is inflated.

    For example, If people download an app to their iPad and also to their iPhone it counts as two "sales", when it's really only one. You have to subtract out "type 7" downloads to account for that.

    Plus there are refunds, credit card fraud or problems that didn't clear properly.

    Apple's month is not the same as a calendar month. Plus there are two reporting systems counting all the data and apparently they are a few days out of sync with each other.

    If you don't get paid all of the money this month, it will carry over to the next.

    The Sales and Trends data is just an estimate.
Sign In or Register to comment.

© Vanilla Keystone Theme 2024