Revenue Reporting & Payouts

Two places to track your performance

Once approved for the Monetization Program, you have two distinct views inside your VideoNest account — one for financial data and one for audience data. They serve different purposes and should be read separately.

Where	What it shows	Type
Earnings tab — Settings > Monetization	Monthly statements, invoices, payout history	Confirmed actuals
Analytics dashboard — main nav	Viewership, plays, CPM, estimated revenue across all platforms	Near real-time estimates

The Earnings dashboard

The Earnings dashboard is your financial record. It is located under Analytics → Earnings in the left navigation and is only visible to approved Monetization Program members. Everything shown here represents confirmed, reconciled amounts that have been paid out.

• Monthly statements — a per-period breakdown of confirmed ad revenue, after advertiser reconciliation and invalid traffic filtering. These are the authoritative figures your payout is based on.
• Per-video earnings breakdown — see how much each individual video contributed to your total earnings across all monetized distribution channels.
• Revenue by distribution channel — each statement breaks down earnings by channel type: revenue generated through third-party distribution partners such as Roku, MSN, Yahoo, and other syndication channels is reported separately.
• Payout history — a month-by-month record of amounts that have been paid out to you and the dates they were issued.

Payout schedule and threshold

VideoNest issues payouts 15 days after the end of each calendar month. For example, earnings from January are paid by February 15. Earnings from February are paid by March 15.

There is a $50 minimum payout threshold. If your confirmed earnings for a given month are below $50, the balance carries over to the following month and accumulates until the total reaches the threshold. Once the cumulative balance hits $50, the full amount is issued in the next payout cycle.

Monthly email reports

If you're opted in and maintaining good standing, VideoNest sends a monthly email once your statement has been finalized. This email contains your confirmed earnings for the period — the same figures shown in your Earnings tab — and is sent after advertiser reconciliation is complete.

The analytics dashboard — viewership across platforms

The analytics dashboard provides a real-time view of how your content is performing across every distribution channel you're active on. This is separate from your financial statement and covers audience data: where your content is being watched, how much, and at what engagement rate.

The dashboard shows:

• Total views — across all active distribution channels combined
• Per-platform breakdown — views and plays segmented by channel (Roku, MSN, Yahoo, Apple TV, etc.), so you can see exactly where your audience is coming from
• Estimated CPM — near real-time cost per thousand views by platform
• Estimated revenue — a running total for the current period, updated as impressions are recorded

See Per-Platform Analytics for a full walkthrough of the breakdown view, and Analytics Dashboard Overview for an overview of all available metrics.

How statements are calculated

At the close of each billing period, VideoNest reconciles impression data with advertiser reporting. This process includes:

• Removing any invalid impressions identified during the period (bot traffic, invalid clicks, non-human activity)
• Applying the confirmed CPM rates agreed with each distribution partner
• Calculating your 55% share of the net revenue collected

The result is your finalized statement. Because reconciliation can cause the confirmed figure to differ from dashboard estimates — particularly if invalid traffic is identified late — your statement should always be treated as the authoritative number.