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Understanding Your Payment Statement

Your Payment Statement will contain line items representing both revenue generated and fees subtracted from that revenue; the image to the left shows how this information is presented.

Here is a breakdown of common line items you may see on your Payment Statement:

Media Revenue – Open Auction Bids; Revenue generated via Commerce Grid on open auction trading across your properties over the previous month.

Media Revenue – Deal ID Bids; Revenue generated via Commerce Grid on deals-based trading over the previous month.

Service Fee – Open Auction Bids; Commerce Grid service fee generated over the previous month based on open auction trading.

Service Fee – Deal ID Bids; Commerce Grid service fee generated over the previous month based on deals-based trading.

Media Buyer Revenue Adjustments; Adjustments from demand-side partners (see next section for details).

After fees and adjustments, your monthly payout is calculated at the bottom of your invoice in the “Total Payout”section.

The timezone used for reporting on the Payment Statement is UTC.

Commerce Grid service fees for open auction and deals-based trading can be found in the Settings section of the UI.

For a detailed explanation of how to view revenue reporting, navigate to the section Understanding Revenue Reporting.

Understanding Adjustments and Fees

On your Payment Statement, you may see "Media Buyer Revenue Adjustments," which are summarized below.

Revenue adjustments, also known as "clawbacks," are withholdings from demand partners based on media discrepancies or Sophisticated Invalid Traffic ("SIVT") filters, as identified by demand partners.

As outlined in your Commerce Grid contract, Criteo reserves the right to withhold payment for Media until it has been paid for such Media itself by demand partners as well as for Sophisticated Invalid Traffic ("SIVT") that demand partners have identified.

Below is more information about the potential fees and adjustments you may encounter on your Payment Statement, along with the corresponding language from your Commerce Grid contract.

	SUMMARY	CORRESPONDING LEGAL TERMS
What is Media Buyer Revenue Adjustment (DV360)	This adjustment refers to the discrepancy between Commerce Grid reporting and Google DV360's reporting, with the latter being what Google pays out on. Commerce Grid operates in full transparency with regard to reporting discrepancies; as a customer, you have access to Commerce Grid numbers, as well as DV360 media revenue numbers, so that you can calculate and understand any potential discrepancies prior to the billing period. This is stipulated in your contract with Commerce Grid, under the language of controlling measurement.	1.2 Pricing and payment Criteo will pay Partner the total amount for its Media sold using the Service during the month, including curated Media (if applicable), less any applicable service fees as set out in the Order Form (“Net Media Revenue”). Partner shall issue a monthly invoice, based on the information communicated by Criteo, to Criteo at the address set forth in the Order Form, detailing the Net Media Revenue for the previous month. Criteo reserves the right to withhold payment for Media until it has been paid for such Media itself.
What is Media Buyer Revenue Adjustment (Amazon)	This refers to the discrepancy between Commerce Grid reporting and Amazon DSP's reporting, with the latter being what Amazon pays out on. Commerce Grid operates in full transparency with regard to reporting discrepancies; as a customer, you have access to Commerce Grid numbers, as well as Amazon media revenue numbers, so that you can calculate and understand any potential discrepancies prior to the billing period. This is stipulated in your contract with Commerce Grid, under the language of controlling measurement.	1.2 Pricing and payment Criteo will pay Partner the total amount for its Media sold using the Service during the month, including curated Media (if applicable), less any applicable service fees as set out in the Order Form (“Net Media Revenue”). Partner shall issue a monthly invoice, based on the information communicated by Criteo, to Criteo at the address set forth in the Order Form, detailing the Net Media Revenue for the previous month. Criteo reserves the right to withhold payment for Media until it has been paid for such Media itself.
What is Media Buyer Invalid Traffic (IVT)	This deduction is traffic that a DSP has proven invalid. Witholdings here indicate a demand partner detected invalid traffic via a third-party MRC-accredited scanning partner, and will not pay for the traffic. Similar to the Media Buyer Revenue Adjustment, this amount is passed on to the publishers, as stipulated in your contract with Commerce Grid , under the language of controlling measurement.	1.2 Pricing and payment Criteo also reserves the right to offset future invoices from the Partner for amounts previously paid by Criteo to the Partner that: (a) were not subsequently paid by a Media Buyer to Criteo; or (b) which were subsequently claimed back by a Media Buyer in accordance with the Agreement. Criteo may request (and the Partner shall repay to Criteo) the respective portion of Media Revenue relating to any Ad impression that is subsequently deemed by Media Buyers to be fraudulent, suspect in quality, or unusable according to such Media Buyers or Criteo’s invalid traffic technology (“Refund-Eligible Deliverables”). Criteo may request a refund for Refund-Eligible Deliverables and the Partner will deduct such Refund-Eligible Deliverables from the next Partner invoice provided to Criteo at Partner’s request. Criteo shall also be entitled to recoup any fee imposed by Media Buyers for inventory quality standards scanning purposes from Partner.
What is HUMAN Fees	Some of the largest demand partners integrated with Commerce Grid work with HUMAN (formerly known as WhiteOps) to scan all bid requests to ensure the inventory they purchase meets strict inventory quality standards. As stipulated in your Commerce Grid contract, the fees accrued from HUMAN filtering when buying from The Trade Desk.	1.2 Pricing and payment Criteo will pay Partner the total amount for its Media sold using the Service during the month, including curated Media (if applicable), less any applicable service fees as set out in the Order Form (“Net Media Revenue”). Partner shall issue a monthly invoice, based on the information communicated by Criteo, to Criteo at the address outlined in the Order Form, detailing the Net Media Revenue for the previous month. Criteo reserves the right to withhold payment for Media until it has been paid for such Media itself. Criteo also reserves the right to offset future invoices from the Partner for amounts previously paid by Criteo to the Partner that: (a) were not subsequently paid by a Media Buyer to Criteo; or (b) which were subsequently claimed back by a Media Buyer in accordance with the Agreement. Criteo may request (and the Partner shall repay to Criteo) the respective portion of Media Revenue relating to any Ad impression that is subsequently deemed by Media Buyers to be fraudulent, suspect in quality, or unusable according to such Media Buyers or Criteo’s invalid traffic technology (“Refund-Eligible Deliverables”). Criteo may request a refund for Refund-Eligible Deliverables and the Partner will deduct such Refund-Eligible Deliverables from the next Partner invoice provided to Criteo at the Partner’s request. Criteo shall also be entitled to recoup any fee imposed by Media Buyers for inventory quality standards scanning purposes from Partner.

Commerce Grid UI Reporting Workflow

Understanding Revenue Reporting

To view daily revenue generated via Commerce Grid:

Navigate to the Reporting section from the left-hand navigation

Select the appropriate report type (e.g., Revenue or Monetization reporting)

Use available filters to refine your view by:
Date range
Demand source
Deal type (Open Auction / Deal ID)
Inventory dimensions (Ad Unit, Format, Domain, etc.)
Metrics (Revenue, Impressions, CPM, Requests, etc.)

The Commerce Grid reporting interface provides visibility into:

Revenue generated from Criteo demand

Revenue generated from integrated third-party demand

Auction activity and monetization performance

Breakdown by DSP and deal activity

Commerce Grid reporting does NOT include:

Service fees

Demand partner clawbacks

Invalid traffic deductions

HUMAN filtering fees

As a result:

Reporting data may not exactly match your finalized Payment Statement totals.
Reporting should be used for directional analysis and performance monitoring.
The Payment Statement remains the source of truth for final payout.

If you require additional support understanding revenue reporting, please contact your Commerce Grid Account Team.

Getting Paid by Criteo

To receive prompt payment:

Submit your banking details upon signing your Commerce Grid contract.

Banking details are visible in the UI on a read-only basis.

Contact your Account Team to request any updates.

Criteo pays from the last day of the month in which activity occurred, according to your contractual net payment terms.

For your exact payment terms, refer to your Commerce Grid contract.