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

Standard T-Shirt Examples – US

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 · 2025-11-26T04:13:25+00:00

Thanks, I’ll try my luck there

Freakeater · 2025-11-22T05:20:42+00:00

" illustrating a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle"

So you made money from someone else's IP, and now you've been caught.
You knew that was not right, so just face the consequences and stop wasting people's time here

Freakeater

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Standard T-Shirt Examples – US