How to Check Amazon Influencer Earnings

Checking your Amazon Influencer earnings is about more than just seeing a single dollar amount appear at the end of the month. It's about understanding precisely what your audience is buying, where they're buying it from, and how you can use that information to create better content that serves them - and grows your income. This guide walks you through exactly how to navigate your reports, decode the numbers, and turn that data into a powerful part of your content strategy.

Reading the Scoreboard: An Overview of Your Amazon Influencer Reports

Before jumping into the reports themselves, it's helpful to understand how your earnings are calculated. Your total income from the Amazon Influencer Program isn't based on a flat fee, it comes from a combination of commissions and bounties, tracked and paid out after orders are finalized.

Here’s the breakdown:

• Standard Commissions: This is the most common type of earning. You receive a percentage of the sale price for qualifying products people buy through your links or on your Amazon Storefront. The percentage varies widely by category, from 1% on groceries to 20% on Amazon Games.
• Bounties: These are fixed-fee payments you receive when your followers sign up for specific Amazon services. Think of these as referral fees. For example, you might get a few dollars for every person who signs up for an Audible trial, creates an Amazon Baby Registry, or subscribes to Prime through your link.

One of the most common points of confusion for new influencers is the difference between Ordered Items and Shipped Items. When someone checks out, their purchase first appears under "Ordered Items." However, you only earn a commission once the item physically ships and the transaction is finalized. This is why you'll often see a discrepancy between your "Ordered Revenue" and "Shipped Revenue" numbers. Customer returns, cancellations, and payment failures can all affect whether an ordered item turns into a paid commission, so shipped revenue is the figure that truly matters.

Your Starting Point: The Associates Central Homepage Dashboard

Your first look at your earnings will be right on the main Amazon Associates Central homepage. This dashboard is designed to give you a quick, at-a-glance summary of your recent performance. It's the perfect place for a daily or weekly check-in.

When you log in, you'll see a few key information boxes:

• Earnings Summary: A simple bar graph that visualizes your earnings over the past 30 days. It will show you a total for the current month and the previous month, broken down into "Fees" (your commissions) and "Bounties."
• Summary For This Month: This is where you can see your core performance metrics.
  • Clicks: The total number of times people have clicked on your affiliate links across all platforms.
  • Ordered Items: The total number of items ordered through your links this month.
  • Shipped Items: The total number of items that have actually shipped, making them eligible for commission.
  • Conversion: This is a powerful little metric. It's the percentage of clicks that resulted in a purchase. A high conversion rate means your content is effectively turning potential buyers into customers. For example, if you had 1,000 clicks and 100 ordered items, your conversion rate would be 10%.

Think of this homepage as your quick temperature check. It tells you if things are trending up or down, but to get real, actionable insights, you need to go one level deeper.

Going Deeper: Finding Actionable Insights in Your Full Reports Section

The real magic happens in the Full Reports section. This is where you can see everything - what sold, who bought it, when they bought it, and which pieces of content are driving the most value. To get there, simply click the "Reports" tab in the main navigation and select "Full Reports."

The Earnings Report: Your Financial Breakdown

The default page, the Earnings Report, gives you a comprehensive financial overview. It allows you to filter your view by timeframes, giving you the ability to compare performance month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter, or during specific campaigns like Black Friday.

Here’s how to use it:

1. Choose Your Date Range: Use the dropdown menu at the top to select a preset range like "Last 30 Days" or "This Quarter," or set a custom range.
2. Analyze the Trends: The report features a line graph showing your daily commissions and bounties. Look for spikes. Did a specific TikTok or Reel go viral on a certain day? Cross-reference that day with the spike in your earnings to see the direct impact of your content.
3. Deep-Dive with Tracking IDs: Below the graph is the Tracking ID Summary. This is one of the most powerful - and underutilized - tools at your disposal. Tracking IDs are unique identifiers you can add to your links to segment your income sources. For example, you could create separate IDs like yourbrand-tiktok-20, yourbrand-igbio-20, and yourbrand-yt-20. By doing this, this table will show you exactly how much revenue each platform is generating. Without tracking IDs, all your earnings get lumped together, and you're flying blind.

The Orders Report: What Are People Actually Buying?

This report is arguably the most valuable tool for refining your content strategy. The Orders Report tab shows you every single item purchased through your links, giving you a direct window into your audience's shopping habits.

In this report, you’ll find:

• Product Title: The name of the item purchased.
• ASIN: Amazon's unique product identifier.
• Items Shipped: How many units of that product shipped.
• Ordered Revenue: The total price of the item(s).
• Your Earnings: Your commission from that specific sale.

Here's how to turn this data into action:

• Look for "Halo" Items: You will absolutely see items on this list that you have never promoted. This is called the "halo effect." Someone might click your link for a specific desk lamp you recommended, but then add a mousepad, a fancy pen, and a bag of coffee to their cart before checking out. You get credit for all of it. These halo items are incredible sources of inspiration. If you see a dozen people buying the same brand of coffee, maybe it’s time to start featuring it in your morning routine content.
• Double Down on What Works: Identify your top-earning items. If a $20 vanity mirror has unexpectedly brought in hundreds of dollars in commissions, that's a sign that your content around it resonated deeply with your audience. Plan follow-up content: make a Reel showing three different ways to style it, an Instagram Story polling your audience on their favorite color, or a TikTok showing how to install it.
• Validate New Niches: Wondering if your audience would be interested in home fitness gear? Check your Orders Report. If you see dumbbells, yoga mats, and foam rollers start popping up as halo items, it’s a clear signal to start experimenting with content in that category.

The Link Type Report: Where Are Your Clicks Converting?

While Tracking IDs tell you which platforms are performing well, the Link Type Performance Report tells you which formats are driving sales. Are people buying from a click on your overall Storefront, a specific Idea List, or a Direct product review link you posted somewhere?

This report breaks down your performance by how the link was formatted and where it leads, helping you understand where your audience converts best. If you find that one meticulously curated Idea List - say, "Gifts for Dad Under $50" - is responsible for 50% of your earnings, that's your cue to create more highly-specific, themed lists. These laser-focused collections often convert much better than sending someone to your main storefront to browse.

Getting Paid: Your Payout Schedule and Thresholds Explained

Now for the most important part: seeing the money hit your bank account. Amazon's payment process is straightforward once you understand its structure.

• Payment Schedule: Amazon operates on a Net-60 payment schedule. This means you will receive payment for a given month's earnings approximately 60 days after the end of that month. For example, the commissions you earn in January will be paid out at the end of March. The commissions from February will be paid at the end of April, and so on.
• Payment Threshold: Your account balance must meet a minimum threshold to trigger a payment.
  • Direct Deposit &, Amazon Gift Card: The minimum is only $10.
  • Check: The minimum threshold is $100, and Amazon may subtract a $15 check processing fee. For these reasons, direct deposit is almost always the best option.

If your account balance is below the threshold at the end of a month, the amount will simply roll over to the next month until you hit the minimum for a payout.

Final Thoughts

Navigating your Amazon Influencer reports is far more than an accounting task - it's a strategic review. Understanding your earnings, your top-performing products, and how your audience shops provides a data-driven roadmap for what to create next, transforming guesswork into a predictable path for growth.

Once you pull these valuable insights from your Amazon reports, the next step is to put them into action in your content calendar. At Postbase, we’ve designed our entire platform around making this seamless. After seeing a product spike in our own Amazon analytics, we immediately use the visual calendar in Postbase to plan and schedule a series of fresh Reels, TikToks, and Stories about it across all our profiles, ensuring our highest-converting recommendations get the sustained spotlight they deserve.

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