When are creator revenues paid?
Creator Revenues are based on payments actually received by Lulu for your content. This means that your Creator Revenues may be adjusted for refunds or fraudulent orders for which Lulu does not receive payment. Lulu makes a good faith effort to pay you using the contact information in our records. If you change your remission information, it may delay your Creator Revenues payment. Find additional terms of payment in our Member Agreement.
Note: The Current period on your My Lulu, My Revenue page shows open (not yet paid) revenues.
PayPal Option
If you select PayPal as your payment choice (by selecting the PayPal option and completing the associated Email field on your Change remission address and settings page) and your accumulated Creator Revenues amount to $5 or more, and all of your tax and address information is complete (if required), you receive your Creator Revenues monthly.
PayPal payments for each month are made on or before the end of the following month. For example: payment for January sales are made by the end of February, payment for February sales are made by the end of March, etc.
Unpaid Creator Revenues roll into the next payment period. The $5 threshold must be met for sales in that Creator Revenues period. For example, your Creator Revenues for sales through April 30th must total $5 or more in order to receive a payment in May.
Paypal payments can be made in the following currencies: Euros, Pounds, US dollars.
Paper Check Option
If you select paper checks as your payment choice (by leaving the PayPal Email field blank on your Change remission address and settings) and your accumulated Creator Revenues amount to $20 or more, and all of your tax and address information is complete (if required), you receive your Creator Revenues quarterly.
Paper check payments are in US dollars and are not available in other currencies.
Creator Revenues checks are issued within 45 days following the end of the quarter, specifically:
- By February 15 (for October, November, and December sales)
- By May 15 (for January, February, and March sales)
- By August 15 (for April, May, and June sales)
- By November 15 (for July, August, and September sales)
The $20 threshold must be met for sales in that Creator Revenues period. For examples, your Creator Revenues for sales through March 31st must total $20 or more in order to receive a payment by May 15th.
Why don't you pay me my Creator Revenues immediately?
Creator Revenues are based on payments actually received by Lulu for your content. This means that your Creator Revenues may be adjusted for refunds or fraudulent orders for which Lulu does not receive payment.
Lulu has to allow a reasonable amount of time during which refunds or credit charge-backs can be processed.
For distribution and other retail sales channels, Lulu is routinely not paid by the traditional distributor for up to 160 days. We do not consider 160 days to be a "reasonable" amount of time for our authors to wait, so Lulu frequently "floats" these payments — making Creator Revenues payments to you before we receive the money ourselves. We can only do this with secured retail channels or the risk and capital required would be prohibitive for us to be able to continue to operate.
Lulu will make a good faith effort to pay you using the contact information in our records and according to the payment schedule in When are creator revenues paid? If you make changes in your remission information it may delay your Creator Revenues payment.
Last updated: 2008-09-30 07:14:55 | Back to top
Last updated: 2008-09-30 07:14:55
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