How do you know this? There isn't a way to calculate the RPD of the contributor pool, is there, as we aren't told how many of our images have been used each month, or am I missing something? 

Lol, you wish.

I believe it was under 5c when they briefly made the mistake of letting see out DL numbers. Sales have only increased, and payments decreased, since then. I would be surprised if it was more than half what you think it is!!!!

0.6 cent is much less than 5c though?

Quote from: Her Ugliness on February 21, 2023, 03:34

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on February 21, 2023, 03:31

Lol, you wish.

I believe it was under 5c when they briefly made the mistake of letting see out DL numbers. Sales have only increased, and payments decreased, since then. I would be surprised if it was more than half what you think it is!!!!

0.6 cent is much less than 5c though?

OMG that's appauling, sorry I misread it as 6c!!!!!! Is this correct? have they published this?

Not that I am aware of. I don't see my download numbers, so I can't calculate how much I get per sale.
Maybe somethingpretentious will tell us how he got that number.

Morphart posted this in another Canva topic:

Quote from: Morphart on February 09, 2023, 15:41

Hi everyone!

I just noticed this section on Canva, I think it can help to see what revenue we will get or an idea of our portfolio performance :
https://www.canva.com/creators/element then click DASHBOARD.

My calculation of last month (earnings / applied assets) shows an average RPD of $0.008, less than 1 ct per applied asset. When using the number of exports the RPD is even lower: $0.0068

Oh no. I just got the most awful sinking feeling looking at that. I've had hundreds of thousands of DLs.

This is totally unsustainable.

YES!, What Noedelhap said: "My calculation of last month (earnings / applied assets) shows an average RPD of $0.008, less than 1 ct per applied asset. When using the number of exports the RPD is even lower: $0.0068"

This is very similar to what I get...They are just using other words like "applied asset" and "export"....but that's a sale even though they they don't call it that - they must think we are dumb...

And they have gone from given us 35 cents pr per sale in the beginning.. To now around 0.68 cents pr sale...

It looks to me they have grown the sales of our assets around a 50-fold in this period and just kept our revenue at the same level and keept the rest for themselves...

Its a system designed to be opaque for contributors with "no sales" and no information on commission structure since our sales is hidden within the SAAS model...

It's frustrating for sure! This is the email I received from Canva support back in December, when I questioned about how many downloads I saw on the Dashboard view vs how little I was earning. They haven't reviewed any of my work since then either, it's just sitting in the queue. Not sure what is going on with them...

"Thanks for patiently waiting!

I know this can be confusing. If you take a look at our Royalties Guide, it shows that even though your exports may have grown, your earnings are affected by the royalty pool for that month.

Each month, a fixed percentage of revenue derived from Canva Pro subscriptions is set aside for both the Templates & Elements royalty pool. Based on the usage level of your templates and/or elements for the month against the rest of the participants of the pool, you will then receive your share of earnings as royalties, from either the Templates or Elements royalty pool or both.

As the revenue derived from the Canva Pro subscriptions varies each month, this, in turn, means the royalties you receive can also vary each month, even when the level of usage for your templates or elements increases/decreases/remains consistent compared to last month.
 
It is also important to know that exports do not equate to earnings. A rise (or fall) in exports does not mean your earnings will rise (or fall) by the same amount. There are many factors that go into calculating your earnings as explained in the Royalty guide.
 
We certainly understand the inconvenience and frustration the slow review time causes. We are extremely sorry as the elements in the queue remain unreviewed for quite some time now. Due to the high volume, we could not review all elements on time. However, be assured that we are taking additional steps to reduce the turnaround time.

We would like to ask for your patience and understanding at this point."