FOR PUBLISHERS & CREATORS
Make the payment record clear.
Practical steps for checking balances, preserving evidence and asking companies for a specific response.
Unpaid affiliate commissions? 5 steps to build your case
Separate pending and payable balances, reconcile the amount, preserve correspondence and assemble a reviewable case.
Affiliate program closed with unpaid commissions? What to do next
Capture the notice, save your terms and ledger, and ask for a final reconciliation without assuming every commission is already due.
A worksheet for your own records
Record each commission and its payment status in one place. Keep customer identifiers and payment details private.
Download reconciliation worksheetSee the method in practice
Taskade: $440.69 shown unpaid · TimeHero: $150.60 shown unpaid
Both cases disclose prior payments, company responses where located, and gaps that still need accounting evidence.