Your earnings statements — a guide.

Your stories carry Google ads and advertisements from other businesses. Each month, the desk shares the advertising income of the website with the members whose stories were read — in proportion to how much their stories were read.

How a month’s statement is worked out

1. The month’s advertising income. After a month ends and the income is known, the desk enters it: Google AdSense, advertisements sold directly, and any other advertising income.
2. Your share of the views. The site counts the views of every story, every day. Your share is the views of your stories (including stories you co-wrote) divided by the views of all stories that month.
3. Your share percentage. The part of that income that goes to you: your own rate if the desk has set one for you, otherwise your membership level’s rate, otherwise the general rate.

So: the month’s advertising income × your share of the views × your share percentage = what you earned that month.

From statement to payment

• The desk prepares the statements as drafts, checks them and approves them. An approved statement becomes a payout in My payouts.
• Amounts below the minimum payout, if the desk has set one, are carried forward.
• If the law requires tax to be deducted at source, the statement shows the deduction and the net amount. The desk decides this on professional advice.
• Payments that are on hold because of a disciplinary action are paid when the hold ends.

Tell us where to send your money

Open Earnings statements in your member desk and fill in your bank account (name, account number, IFSC) or your UPI ID. Your PAN is needed only if tax is deducted from your earnings. Only the people who make payments can see these details, and the desk checks new or changed details before paying into them.

Views are counted by the website itself. The share of income depends on the income the website actually received; the earnings estimate on your dashboard is only a guide.