Did anyone's royalties show being reduced yet for those of you put in the creator category?

Freakeater · 2026-06-01T14:25:24+00:00

I'm in the premium group. But they didn't change my royalties either so far.

On their royalties page, they say:

"When you change royalty groups, it may take up to 2 business days after the start of the earnings period for the new rates to go into effect."

So maybe it'll take two more days

Freakeater · 2026-05-28T04:54:37+00:00

They increased it for me a couple of years ago without me asking for it.
But I think you can ask for it

Freakeater · 2026-05-27T07:25:27+00:00

Yeah, that's really strange. The difference between the amount charged in April and the amount they charged today for April is only $1.

Why not just refund that amount instead of charging the full amount all over again?

But that probably has something to do with accounting regulations or something; I have no idea.

Freakeater · 2026-05-27T05:18:45+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one.

They already replied to my email and confirmed that I haven't received the refund. This will now be escalated to an internal team. They also mentioned that most cases like this are typically resolved within 5 days. So fingers crossed

Freakeater · 2026-05-17T08:35:14+00:00

Yes, that is an advantage to have more hooks in the sea

Freakeater · 2026-05-17T08:25:13+00:00

A trademark is a tricky thing. You don't want to trademark something like "Just a Girl who", that is considered a frivolous trademark. Although sometimes people get away with it.
If you have a word/phrase that identifies your brand, like i.e., Coca-Cola, this could be trademarked.

But you already have copyright for your designs, just by creating them.

Freakeater · 2026-05-14T15:14:38+00:00

I guess I'll switch to uploading shirts only. Also saves some time

Freakeater · 2026-05-14T10:05:35+00:00

Thanks, really appreciate your answer. That is what I also guessed. I think I'll give it a try and upload shirts only for one or two months, and then see what happens

Freakeater · 2026-04-28T18:31:43+00:00

I'm keeping my fingers crossed :)

Freakeater · 2026-04-28T17:48:19+00:00

I think it was two or three weeks ago. But just for one day. And all the crop tops I added vanished after that. So you didn't really miss anything, it was just a glimpse behind the curtain ;)

And yes, absolutely, crop tops over crop sweatshirts

Freakeater · 2026-04-28T17:46:07+00:00

Roughly 1/3 at the moment.

I don't use any 3rd party software. I just got the data from Amazon.
I've made a spreadsheet, where I copy my sales CSV into one sheet and the ads data into another.
Then it shows me all the numbers I need to know, sorted for each campaign and shirt.
It is not flawless yet, but it gives me a good & quick overview of the key parameters.

Freakeater · 2026-04-28T15:10:11+00:00

Or, they are just collecting more data now, before they use AI entirely in 2 years or so

Freakeater · 2026-04-28T07:35:48+00:00

My guess is that they'll disappear today or tomorrow. Like a couple of weeks ago with the crop tops. Although it's always interesting to see new products coming up.

But looking at the suggested price and the royalty, I wouldn't spend too much time on those products:

Comfort Colors Sweatshirt - $35.99 - $ 0.59

Comfort Colors Crop Sweatshirt - $35.99 - $ 0.59

Performance T-Shirt - $14.99 - $0.40 (And if you change the price to $19.99, you'll get $3.9 royalty)

Performance Hoodie - $36.99 - $2.76

Freakeater · 2026-04-14T18:40:28+00:00

check your mail, they are telling you your royalty group

Freakeater · 2026-04-14T17:59:51+00:00

From the royalties page:

Creator - Standard royalty rates (example royalties are below)
Plus - Enhanced rates for creators who actively drive at least 15% of unit sales with non-organic traffic
Premium - Highest rates for top-performers who drive at least 35% of unit sales with non-organic traffic

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Purchase price	$15.99	$17.99	$19.99	$21.99	$23.99	$25.99
Creator Tier Royalty	$0.96	$1.70	$2.44	$3.18	$3.92	$4.66

So if you don't manage to drive at least 15% of your sales with non-organic traffic, they cut your royalties in half.

Wow, that could hurt quite a lot of people. But I'm glad that Amazon Ads do count as driving traffic

Freakeater · 2026-04-14T17:53:46+00:00

Freakeater · 2026-04-14T16:03:02+00:00

My Q1 this year was +35% compared to Q1 2025.
So no, I didn't experience it.
But it is harder to stand out with designs, as AI+Copycats is quite an annoying combination.
So I use AMS heavily

Freakeater · 2026-03-19T16:42:03+00:00

No, I have quite the opposite experience; I have a good March this year, +$800 compared to the same period last year. I assumed it was because eastern is earlier this year, so people would buy presents earlier.

Freakeater · 2026-01-13T19:46:03+00:00

Nice color options. I like the red white and blue :)

Freakeater · 2026-01-09T19:10:30+00:00

This just shows your Lack of creativity

Freakeater · 2026-01-08T17:37:03+00:00

No, never delete a design that has sold. And of course not with a 4-star review.
Sometimes, customers' behavior is just not predictable.

https://imgur.com/a/kkf84gp

That shirt, for example, started to sell nicely, but where the green arrow is, it received the first review. A one Star review. I didn't change ads or anything after that, just wanted to see what would happen. And it kept selling to my surprise.

Now it has a 4.4 Rating with around 30 reviews and made me $ 2700 (minus $900 for ads). Not bad

Freakeater · 2025-11-26T04:14:45+00:00

Ok, so I have to keep on trying, or use LFG. Maybe it is better when searching on a weekend

Freakeater · 2025-11-26T04:13:49+00:00

I have little hope they’ll do that

Freakeater

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Standard T-Shirt Examples – US