<b>"My dashboard says $1,400 — but I got paid $1,150"</b>

<b>"My dashboard says $1,400 — but I got paid $1,150"</b>

Not a scam. It's how the money actually moves.

The dashboard shows <i>gross estimated</i> revenue, often in real time, before three deductions land:

— Network rev-share (the 10-20% the network keeps, sometimes shown net, sometimes not)
— Advertiser clawbacks for invalid traffic, posted 30-60 days late against a month you already "earned"
— Currency and payment-processor skim on the way out

🚩 Hidden variable: the reconciliation lag. Today's estimate is settled by Google/advertisers up to 60 days later, so the number you screenshot is never the number that clears.

Not saying your network is shorting you — saying "dashboard number" and "bank number" are two different metrics measured at two different times.