Check the live link and pay the publisher

What "live" means

A link is live when you opened the published URL and found the article, your link, its anchor text and its rel. sponsored and ugc are normal on paid placements. Only nofollow is an issue. A status field alone is not proof.

Check the live article

When the publisher sends the live URL, the status becomes published_url_submitted.

• Yourself: open the page and look for the link, as above. This is free.
• Linkio's check: workflow_verify_publication with the published URL. It checks that the page is live, the anchor text is right and the page meets the guidelines. The results are in workflow_read, on the publication-verification step. It is a paid check. In the app it is Verify Live Article on the Verification tab of the row.

Pass or fail it

• In the app: on the Verification tab, select QA PASS if the link is correct. Select QA FAIL (Notify Publisher) if it is not, and write what the publisher must fix.
• With an agent: line_item_qa_decision with outcome: pass, or outcome: fail and feedback (one issue per line). The agent calls it only after you decided.

A pass moves the placement to payment_pending. A fail moves it to qa_failed and emails your feedback to the publisher. With a fail, requestTakedown: true asks the publisher to remove the article.

Pay the publisher

You pay each publisher directly. Linkio does not move this money.

1. Find the invoice. account_publisher_invoices_list lists the publisher invoices on your orders: publisher, site, amount, payment link, pending or paid. In the app they are on https://www.linkio.com/account/publisher-payments.
2. Pay it yourself, with the publisher's payment link (Pay Now on the invoice page).
3. Record the payment. In the app select Mark as Paid. With an agent: account_publisher_invoice_mark_paid with the invoiceId, the paymentMethod and the paymentReference. The agent records it when you say you paid. No money moves and the publisher is not emailed.

No invoice because you paid the publisher another way? Pass lineItemId instead of invoiceId, with paymentMethod and paymentReference, and optionally paidAt and amount.

account_publisher_invoice_mark_paid refuses:

• an item that has a pending invoice when you pass lineItemId: mark the invoice instead;
• a closed placement (ITEM_CLOSED): reopen it first with line_item_reopen, if the seller did publish it;
• a managed order: Linkio pays those publishers.

The invoice is not the agreed price

With your agent or the API.

The agreed price is the price you and the publisher agreed. Change it with line_item_agreed_price_set (priceCents and a reason):

• An increase applies at once.
• A decrease before the publisher sent the published URL applies at once.
• A decrease after that needs the publisher's message that agrees it (proofMessageId, from line_item_conversation_read, in the last 30 days). Without it, the new price waits as a proposal.

Open invoices take the new amount. If the publisher's PayPal or Payoneer link asks for the old amount, ask the publisher for a new invoice.