YouTube pays creators once a month. But with MC Pay, earnings are credited to your account every day. These daily receipts are called Expresses.
How Expresses work
Expresses - your approximate income, is formed based on your revenue data in YouTube Analytics.
The credits accrual has a 48-hour delay because YouTube revenue analytics take time to appear.
Expresses added to your MC Pay account may be slightly lower than what you see in YouTube Analytics due to adjustments we make. These adjustments ensure accuracy and reliability in the Expresses calculations process, they include:
1. The CSP network share,
2. US tax withholding,
3. 5% correction factor (as the Youtube data is approximate and final figures are only calculated at the end of each month, we must account for potential adjustments YouTube can make in the final reporting. Rest assured, we pay you this 5% with the regular payment from YouTube at the end of the month once the final reports are processed).
If you have used some Expresses this month and YouTube sends more funds than you have actually withdrawn, we will top up the remaining amount accordingly to ensure you receive all earnings you are owed.
"I just connected my channel to MC Pay. When should I expect the first receipt to be credited to my account?"
You begin to receive Expresses in your account three days after connection. We need these three days to get channel data from YouTube and start calculating the approximate income for each day.
How to use Expresses
There are two options for using Expresses:
Expresses (from 9.9% fee): This options provides flexibility in your withdrawals, you can choose any amount of Expresses to withdraw whenever you need. The fee for using Expresses is only charged at the moment when you withdraw them, if Expresses are simply stored in the account, then no fee is charged.
This option is currently switched on by default, but once again, nothing is charged unless you choose to make an early withdrawal.
Expresses subscription (from 5.9% fee): With subscriptio, your Expresses are automatically converted into funds every day and available for withdrawal any time. The fee is charged daily to the amount of Expresses that arrive to your account. If you like the idea of withdrawing money daily, we recommend to choose Expresses subscription!
If any of this seems too confusing or not useful to you, you can disable it any time by simply clicking "Disable Expresses" within your MC Pay account.
If you still have any questions about Expresses, please feel free to contact us anytime, we are always happy to help!