The 3rd quarter payments are being processed reflecting commissions earned from 7/01/13 - 9/30/13.  Part of this process is reconciling those stores who have met the quarterly threshold.  The checks are scheduled to be in the mail or PayPal payments made by Thursday, 10/31/13.        
 
Please see the original Earnings Modifications announcement here:
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1372702066
 
Important Notes regarding Earnings Modifications:
1.  3Q 2013 earnings threshold is $75  
2.  Stores earning over the Minimum Payment “pending” will reflect the STANDARD, pre-threshold earnings only  
3.  Premium earnings payments (stores meeting the threshold) will not be reflected until payment is made by 10/31/13
4.  Combined stores earnings will be used to calculate meeting the quarterly threshold – see below* request by 10/08/13
5.  Earnings from combined stores will be used to MEET the threshold however the earnings from an individual store with less than the set Minimum Payment will not be paid and will not be calculated as premium earnings
 
*COMBINED STORE EARNINGS REQUEST - BEFORE 10/08/13 - If you have more than one store that you would like to combine earnings to meet the quarterly threshold and have not yet communicated this to GCU please send an email to Support@ GreetingCardUniverse.com with Subject: Combine Store Earnings Request and include all your store id#s.
 
Here is an example on how combined store earnings will work:
1.  2 store fronts operated by the same artist
2.  Artist sends combine earnings request to GCU before 10/08/13
3.  Store 1 has $66 earnings and $25 minimum payment set
4.  Store 2 has $13 earnings and $25 minimum payment set
5.  Earnings used to meet threshold is combined $66 + $13 = $79 – threshold is met
6.  Store 1 standard earnings = $66 PLUS premium earnings = $66 SO total earnings = $132
7.  Store 2 standard earnings = $13 but 0 "pending" as minimum payment is $25.  These earnings will rollover to 4Q
8. Any earnings not payed and rolled over to the following quarter will * NOT * be combined to meet the next quarterly threshold  * 11/27/13 correction below  
 
Payments will be made to artists who are owed a minimum of $25 by the end of the pay period (9/30/13) or accordingly if you have changed your Minimum Payment to a greater amount.          
        
Please Note:  Your Earnings & Payments report may show a pending amount.  If you have had sales after 10/01/13 then the commissions are NOT part of the amount due for 3rd quarter payment.  You can see your STANDARD earnings due for 3rd quarter by adjusting your Earnings History date range to 7/01/13 - 9/30/13 (or earlier start date if you have yet to earn over your minimum):          
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/community/earning.asp            
      
Additionally, your current payment reflects your 3rd quarter earnings less any card purchases you have made using your earned fees prior to 10/01/13.          
        
FOR NEXT PAY PERIOD, you can change your Payment To name, Mailing Address, Minimum Payment, Payment Method (check or PayPal) as well as update your Tax ID #  or Social Security # in Account Information:            
https://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/community/reg.asp?mode=edit          
          
Please let us know if you have any questions and congratulations!
 
** IMPORTANT CORRECTION (11/27/13) **
Important Correction - Rollover Earnings & Threshold Measurement
ONLY earnings earned within the current quarter will be used to meet the current quarterly threshold.   Rollover earnings from prior quarter(s) will still get rolled over, as they are earnings due to you, however they will NOT be used to meet that current quarter’s earnings threshold to achieve premium  

Thanks Mindy...still hang onto my $$$'s , as I still haven't got my USA tax file number. Have in desperation entrusted my Passport to the relevant authorities, after two efforts have failed to get their acceptance, so I wait for a positive result...Will let you know when I have it!
Thanks Mary.

I am just wondering why this announcement wasn't made or at least hinted at when I raised this question 13 days ago in this thread....
 
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1379597523

Quote from Steppeland_231500 on Oct 1^st, 2013, 9:19pm:

 
To keep things simple and straightforward 1 store is the easiest way to go.   However we have made these accommodations for artists with more than one store that we feel are fair and actually work in their favor.
 
I've updated the original post to include the following:
8. Any earnings not payed and rolled over to the following quarter will AGAIN be combined to meet the next quarterly threshold
 
So although for the current pay period it's a disadvantage for the artist to not earn their premium earnings on the store with less than the minimum payout there is an upside.  The standard earnings that are rolled over to the following quarter will again be used (combined) to meet the next quarterly threshold.    
 
We feel this gives the artist an advantage since most minimum payments are set at $25.  So the rolled over earnings would be relatively small ($24 on the high side).  This could be the difference of meeting the threshold or not in the NEXT quarter which has much more upside.

Mindy, thank you. You mention 1 store is the way to go and now I definitely feel that way. However, I have over 600 cards in one store and 500 in the other. I am sure I already know the answer to this but I will ask anyway, Is there a way to move all cards from one store to the other without having to resubmit them? Hey I can dream can't I?!!LOL

"Important correction for 4Q2013:  the quarterly threshold is $300 in standard earnings"
 
 
Thank you, Mindy.  I was really missing the boat on that one, wasn't I?

Quote from Mindy on Oct 2^nd, 2013, 12:46pm:

 
Well, this makes sense and sounds reasonable to me, Mindy - in that way 2-stores-owners will receive their premium earnings for the amount rolled over in the next quarter - provided that they then again reach the threshold in their combined stores.  
 
Then I wonder: Will this added point
"8. Any earnings not payed and rolled over to the following quarter will AGAIN be combined to meet the next quarterly threshold" also be applicable for single store holders who didn't reach the minimum payment amount of $ 25 in the previous quarter(s) ?  
 
Or, if I may make it more concrete for my own situation.
Since I opened my store in May 2013, I earned a total of $ 6.36, divided as follows:  
Q2 of 2013 $ 4.20
Q3 of 2013 $ 2.16
 
In an order I made on Aug. 26 I applied earned commissions for payment of my order ($3.16) - So the remaining total of not payed earnings is  $3.20 , although my Store Report still shows $6.36 as Commissions Earned on today Oct. 3, 2013.  
 
Will this total of $6.36 rolled over from Q2 and Q3 be added to the earnings of Q4 to see whether or not I reach the threshold of Q4?  
 
I realise it's still very unlikely that I would reach such a giant jump during this 4th quarter - but well, I just would like to understand the details of the payments plan.  
 
Thank you!  
 
Steppeland
 
 
 

Quote from Maria_133363 on Oct 9^th, 2013, 11:19am:

 
I think your question is answered in Mindy's original post.
 
Important Notes regarding Earnings Modifications:
1.  3Q 2013 earnings threshold is $75  
2.  Stores earning over the Minimum Payment “pending” will reflect the STANDARD, pre-threshold earnings only  
3.  Premium earnings payments (stores meeting the threshold) will not be reflected until payment is made by 10/31/13
4.  Combined stores earnings will be used to calculate meeting the quarterly threshold – see below* request by 10/08/13
5.  Earnings from combined stores will be used to MEET the threshold however the earnings from an individual store with less than the set Minimum Payment will not be paid and will not be calculated as premium earnings