Just presenting a basic interpertation of the ClickBank affiliate program for publishers…
Overview : ClickBank is based on an electronic “marketplace” that consists of vendors selling e-books or online services. Affiliates earn by creating “hoplinks” from their website to the vendors website and earn a percentage of any sale that is made. ClickBank does not pay “per click” as with AdSense or AdBrite, and is more similar to the Amazon Associates program where the publisher is paid a commission on each sales lead.
Click Fraud : In commission based affilite programs, click fraud is irrelevant because earnings are based on sales and not on clicks.
Tips : Believe it or not, people do actually buy e-books and there are many people who have had great success with ClickBank. There are some very clever and creative implementations of the “hoplink” used by the top ClickBank earners to turn big profits.
Customer Service : E-mail support is very responsive, although we haven’t had the reason to use phone support. Otherwise, ClickBank has always been on time with payment checks.
ABP Opinion
The newly made over site adds more features for tracking, but the one complaint I think most publishers new to the ClickBank system have is the rules regarding receiving your first payment.
| ClickBank accounts cannot be used for the sole purpose of collecting rebates or otherwise extending credit to yourself or others. In compliance with US law, ClickBank will withhold payment of any account balance until it contains standing sales made with 5 or more different credit card numbers, including at least one Visa card, and one MasterCard. PayPal and eCheck purchases do not count toward the minimum. |
If you have a very active website, those minimums shouldn’t take you very long to meet.
To join ClickBank Affiliate Program : Click Here Join ClickBank
It can never hurt to join these programs just to check out the differences.
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I have to say, that I could not agree with you in 100% regarding Bank : Affiliate for Online Marketplace, but it’s just my opinion, which could be wrong :)
I’d just like to echo’s Dave’s comments about Clickbank. I am a Clickbank affiliate, they currently owe me $196 in commission for three sales from my site.
But I won’t get paid until I make 2 more sales, as you are required to make five sales before they pay out. Fortunately, one of the sales I made the customer paid by Mastercard.
But imagine the scenario if your a Clickbank affiliate and your first five sales are all paid by Visa, not payout even though you have reached the required number of minimum sales.
Another aspect of Clickbank I don’t like is the way affiliate commission is paid. They only pay by cheque in US$, not other payment options are available. I’m in the UK, so getting paid in $ is not ideal.
I was more distressed by the fact that they deduct from your account until you meet the requirements for the number of unique sales and for having (If I remember correctly) 3 uniqe Visa’s and one MasterCard. I hade around $60 in sales my first two months but in subssequent months ClickBank deducted my earnings entirely :-(
I was given the opportunity to affiliate with click bank but reading this I think i will do a bit more research before taking the plunge.