i dont understand how squidoo pays?

[mohammad aslam]

do they pay upfront or by views? can someone explain this affiliate thing? do you only get commision from affiliate links when people buy something or everytime they click a link in your lens?

[Eric]

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[$Money Mike$]

Squidoo pays by lensrank and when you sell something using one of their modules like Amazon or ebay. Lensrank is calculated monthly and is broken into 3 tiers. Your lens must be published for the whole month to qualify for payment and you will be paid 2 months later. For instance, Squidoo just paid out on 1/15/13 for module sales and lensrank obtained during November 2012.

You are able to use your own affiliate links on your lens and whether you are paid by click, lead, or sales is based on that affiliate program's terms and conditions.

[Marti L]

Squidoo does not pay directly for page views, but when you get a lot of traffic, your lens rank rises, and lenses in the top tiers make more money. Affiliate payments are only made when someone makes a purchase after following your link.

From the Squidoo FAQ:
Squidoo makes money 2 ways: ads, and affiliate revenue. This means Google ads or other ads we contract to run, and affiliate income from Amazon, eBay, CafePress and more.

Ad revenue (Google and other ads). This money goes into a pool, so as to avoid clickfraud. Half of the pool distributes out to lensmasters, on a PayRank scale that is based on each lens's average LensRank and traffic, and the number and quality of lenses in the lensmaster's account.

Affiliate revenue (ie, referral income--like Amazon and eBay and CafePress). This is directly attributable to the lens that generated the revenue, and is not pooled with the whole co-op. The lensmaster gets a straight 50%.

[Josh]

You could paid monthly only by people clicking on links or ads on your squidoo lens and it is not a lot of money even if you have a ton of traffic buying stuff on amazon or something from your site