View Your Payments and Earnings
Navigate to the Alexa Skills dashboard in the developer console to see your payments and earnings for in-skill products. This page provides an overview of the metrics used for in-skill products.
Earnings & Payments Overview
Note: The Earnings and Payments sections are only available to those users who have been assigned an Administrator or Analyst role.
The Earnings section displays the amount of earnings you have received from in-skill purchases or Alexa Developer Rewards each month.
The Payments section displays payments made to you for in-skill purchases or Alexa Developer Rewards.
Note, the Earnings and Payments sections can be downloaded as a CSV file.
Earnings
List of available metrics for Earnings:
| Available Metrics | Definition |
|---|---|
| Skill | The name of your skill |
| Type | Earnings come from In-Skill Purchases (ISP) or Alexa Developer Rewards (Rewards). For ISP, the type shows the type of product: Entitlement (one-time purchase), Consumable, or Subscription (recurring purchase). |
| Product | The name of the entitlement, consumable, or subscription product. |
| Marketplace | The Amazon marketplace URL associated with the customer's account. For example, Amazon.com or Amazon.de |
| Units Sold | The gross number of times customers were charged for one-time purchases/consumables or active paid subscriptions. Units Sold does not include credit card charges that are still pending or that were later declined. This number may differ from Purchases which includes all offers accepted by customers. |
| Developer Earnings | Your gross share of monthly earnings. |
| Units Refunded | The number of one-time purchase, consumable, or subscription charges that were refunded. |
| Refunds | Your royalty portion of the total amount that was refunded to customers. |
| Adjustments | Adjustments are typically adhoc in nature, not associated with specific transactions, and could include certain price promotions and other manual fixes. |
| Earnings Before Tax | Your earnings after refunds and adjustments. Actual payment amounts may differ when royalties are subject to tax withholding or payment thresholds have not been met. Learn more about tax and earnings. |
Payments
List of available metrics for Payments:
| Available Metrics | Definition |
|---|---|
| Payment Date | The date your payment was issued |
| Status | All payments are considered Issued after Amazon has disbursed your payment. A payment is Failed when your bank is unable to receive your funds, usually caused by a problem with your payment settings. |
| Program | Earnings can come from In-Skill Purchases (ISP) or Alexa Developer Rewards (Rewards). |
| Marketplace | The Amazon marketplace URL associated with the customer's account. For example, Amazon.com or Amazon.de |
| Earnings Period |
The earnings period starts on 12AM of the first day of the month in the time zone associated with the marketplace where earnings occurred. For example,
Amazon.com - 12AM US/Pacific Amazon.co.uk - 12AM Europe/London Amazon.de - 12AM Europe/Berlin |
| Earnings Before Tax | Your earnings after refunds and adjustments. Actual payment amounts may differ when royalties are subject to tax withholding or payment thresholds have not been met. Learn more about tax and earnings. |
| Tax Withheld | The taxes Amazon withholds from your earnings due to tax withholding requirements. For more about taxes, check out Set Up Tax Forms for Your Account. |
| Payment Method | The method used to disburse your payment such as Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or check. |
| FX Rate | The exchange rate used by your bank to convert earnings to your home currency. |
| Total Payment | Your total earnings from each marketplace in your home currency. Final amounts may not appear until your bank confirms receipt of funds. |
Related Topics
For more information on Alexa Developer Rewards:
For more information about setting up Payment and Taxes:
