Microsoft Monetize - Billing
For real-time inventory, Microsoft Advertising serves as the clearinghouse by paying inventory sellers and then billing buyers. Networks and direct marketers pay their managed publishers directly. This section provides resources for accessing and understanding your billing information.
Important
To view the Billing dashboard, your account must be assigned to the Financial Observer role. Contact your Microsoft Advertising representative if you do not have the correct access.
Network users with Financial Observer or Financial Admin roles can access past invoices, seller statements, and credit status, as well as pricing terms (used when calculating fees and charges on invoices) directly in Monetize.
Viewing or downloading your invoices and/or seller statements
To access past invoices, select Network > Billing in the menu bar.
Billing periods reflect periods of platform activity. For example, a June invoice reflects your platform activity in June. However, you may not receive the invoice until July.
For each billing period listed, you can click to view the invoice and/or seller statement. Invoices and seller statements available in Monetize are identical to the invoices you receive (via email) from Microsoft Advertising.
For a detailed explanation of the fields and values in an invoice or seller statement, see Understanding Your Invoice or Understanding Your Seller Statement.
Viewing your pricing terms
For a quick overview of the pricing terms that go into calculating the fees and charges in your invoices and statements, select Network > Billing in the menu bar and then click Pricing Terms on the left.
For more details about pricing terms, review your contract or see Understanding Your Pricing Terms.
Viewing which users have access to billing information
To view the list of users who have access to billing information in Monetize, switch to Network > User Management > Users in the menu bar and then click Filter by Role.
Giving users access to billing information
Only Network-level users can be given access to billing information. Currently, there are two ways to do so:
- Make the Network user an Admin. Note that this grants the user the ability to install apps as well as view billing information. For more details, see Create a User.
- If you don't want to make the user a general Admin, reach out to your Microsoft Advertising representative for assistance.
Checking your credit status
To review the credit status of your account and/or the balance or unbilled activity of your member, select Billing under your Member settings. Click the Credit Status tab.
The information displayed on this tab is divided into two sections, those that apply to your member and those that apply to your parent account. There may be more than one member per account.