What is Clickbank?
ClickBank provides an ecommerce solution for affiliates and digital content publishers. They act as an intermediary that processes the payment, tracks affiliate sales and pays affiliates their commissions.
The diagram below illustrates ClickBank’s role very clearly:
If a sale is made, the customers will pay via ClickBank’s checkout system. ClickBank accepts all major credit cards as well as PayPal® payments. After successful payment, the customer will be automatically sent to the download link for the publisher’s product.
ClickBank will retain a small commission and pay affiliates their commissions and remits the balance to the Publisher or MerchantClickBank only accepts publishers and merchants who sell digital products like eBooks, software, video and audio recordings. They do not accept merchants who sell physical products.
Why Affiliates Use ClickBank.
Reliable Tracking and Checkout. ClickBank handles over $1 billion inaffiliate sales each year. Their patented link tracking system is very easy to use and very effective for tracking affiliate sales.
Wide Product Selection. Affiliates can choose from over 10,000 products in the ClickBank Marketplace. There are products in almost every niche market out there from health to dog training.
Promote Multiple Products and Get a Lump Sum Check. If you promote 10 products and generated just 1 sale each paying $10 in commissions, you will get a check for $100 from Clickbank. This is preferable to receiving 10 checks from 10 publishers for $10. Most affiliate programs have minimum payouts so with ClickBank you can aggregate your sales to make sure you get paid.
A Trusted Third-Party. Because ClickBank handles the checkout, tracking and commission payment, you are protected against unscrupulous merchants who do not pay affiliates.
Flexible Payment Method. ClickBank pays affiliates every 2 weeks. The payment method can be by check to all major countries worldwide or direct wire transfers to your US bank account.
Affiliate Account Setup
Creating your free ClickBank affiliate account is a simple 3-step process. The first step is just a matter of filing in a form. Click on this link to sign up:
https://www.clickbank.com/accountSignup.htm
After submitting the form, a confirmation code will be emailed to you. Just follow the instruction on the email or enter the confirmation code in Step 2 and your account will be created.
In the final step, your account password will be automatically generated for you. You can now use your Clickbank ID and password to sign in to your account.
Note About Choosing a ClickBank ID
Your ClickBank ID is VERY important. It must be required for you to log into your account, to change your password as well as in your “hoplink” for tracking your affiliate sales.
Here are some tips about choosing a good ClickBank ID:
Keep it short. As the id will be part of the hoplink URL, you would want to keep it as short as possible.
Anonymous or not. You need to decide if you want your ID to remain anonymous by choosing something like “xz14” or making it identifiable like “youname”. Why is this important? Just be aware that your ClickBank ID will appear on the ClickBank checkout page when your referred customer pays for the product.
Payment Method
After your account is created, you can log into your “Account Settings” tab to modify your payment methods. Under “My Account” there is a section called “Payment Information”. You can proceed to edit this section. By default, ClickBank will post checks to you every 2 weeks.
Under this section, you can specify the minimum payment threshold. For example, you can ask ClickBank to only send you checks when the commissions due to you are above $100. If the commission due is less than $100, they will accumulate your commissions until the next payment period until it reaches the specified balance.
You can also elect to have your payment sent to you by wire transfer. In this case, you need to select that you wish to have your commissions wired to you and proceed to fill in your bank details. (Note: Wire transfers are only available for selected countries).
After submitting the form, a confirmation code will be emailed to you. Just follow the instruction on the email or enter the confirmation code in Step 2 and your account will be created.
In the final step, your account password will be automatically generated for you. You can now use your Clickbank ID and password to sign in to your account.
Note About Choosing a ClickBank ID
Your ClickBank ID is VERY important. It must be required for you to log into your account, to change your password as well as in your “hoplink” for tracking your affiliate sales.
Here are some tips about choosing a good ClickBank ID:
Keep it short. As the id will be part of the hoplink URL, you would want to keep it as short as possible.
Anonymous or not. You need to decide if you want your ID to remain anonymous by choosing something like “xz14” or making it identifiable like “youname”. Why is this important? Just be aware that your ClickBank ID will appear on the ClickBank checkout page when your referred customer pays for the product.
Payment Method
After your account is created, you can log into your “Account Settings” tab to modify your payment methods. Under “My Account” there is a section called “Payment Information”. You can proceed to edit this section. By default, ClickBank will post checks to you every 2 weeks.
Under this section, you can specify the minimum payment threshold. For example, you can ask ClickBank to only send you checks when the commissions due to you are above $100. If the commission due is less than $100, they will accumulate your commissions until the next payment period until it reaches the specified balance.
You can also elect to have your payment sent to you by wire transfer. In this case, you need to select that you wish to have your commissions wired to you and proceed to fill in your bank details. (Note: Wire transfers are only available for selected countries).
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