Zazzle royalties dont add up?

[Ron]

I sold this product for $8.55, my royalty is 50.0% and they pay me $3.21 USD. That is not correct, even with their money grab of 5%, I still should be paid $3.85.

Why I am only being paid 37.5% royalty?

I asked Zazzle support, because I am wondering why I am missing 7.5%

[luissantos84]

can be a 3rd party sale or from a referral or even a discount

[Ron]

can be a 3rd party sale or from a referral or even a discount

Its a third party sale.

[stockastic]

can be a 3rd party sale or from a referral or even a discount

Its a third party sale.

Meaning: they let in another middleman.  His cut comes out of yours.  You'll make it up on volume. No problem.

[Ron]

There is no volume, LOL. So someone else is making money by doing nothing, and using my stuff?

[stockastic]

There is no volume, LOL. So someone else is making money by doing nothing, and using my stuff?

Well not by doing "nothing".   He resold a Zazzle product, and Zazzle simply pays him out of what used to be "your" piece of the pie.   Don't worry, the TOS no doubt allows this.   Just trust them. 

[Ron]

They replied, 3rd party takes 20% of my cut....

[stockastic]

They replied, 3rd party takes 20% of my cut....

Sweet.

I gave up on Zazzle long ago.

[Ron]

They replied, 3rd party takes 20% of my cut....

Sweet.

I gave up on Zazzle long ago.

I was going to close my account after the new TOS. They would take 5% of anything above 15% royalty. So instead of lowering my royalty I upped it to 55% and I sold two times more in 3 months than in the other 12 months I had my account. I have much more big sales now. Its true when they say art needs to be expensive. No one wants cheap art.

[sweetgirll]

They also always have coupons...and promotions...so that means, the prices goes down because of that too.