WHAT IS CLICK BANK
ClickBank is a privately held Internet retailer of both physical and digital products. ClickBank was founded in 1998. The company has more than six-million clients worldwide which secured it in becoming the 87th largest Internet retailer in North America. ClickBank is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc., one of Idaho’s largest privately held technology companies. The company has headquarters in Boise, Idaho, and offices in Broomfield, Colorado.
History
ClickBank was founded in San Diego, California in 1998 by Tim and Eileen Barber.
In 2011, the site had attracted over 1,500,000 affiliate marketers,
approximately 100,000 of whom were designated as ‘active’ at any given
time.
As of 2014, ClickBank has more than six-million clients and distributes in
190 countries and has carved out a niche in being an easy-to-use
platform for entrepreneurs and businesses, enabling powerful online and mobile commerce across a wide variety of lifestyle categories. In August 2014, ClickBank handled approximately 30,000 transactions daily.
Products and Services
ClickBank aims to serve as a connection between digital content creators (also known as vendors) and affiliate marketers,
who then promote them to consumers. ClickBank’s technology aids in
payments, tax calculations and a variety of customer service tasks.
Through its affiliate network, ClickBank also assists in building visibility and revenue-generating opportunities for time-strapped entrepreneurs.In 2011, it offered over 46,000 individual products to its affiliate marketers, and provided services in over 200 countries.
Recognition
In 2011, Revenue Magazine named the company as the top affiliate network in the United States.
In 2016, ClickBank secured its place as a top-100 Internet retailer as named by Internet Retailer Magazine.
1. How ClickBank Works
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Payment is sent at pay period end time which is every 2 weeks for cheques. If you are eligible for direct deposit you can receive payment every week. Full details of the ClickBank Paycheck Policy here
Note: there are two major problems which can stop you getting paid. It’s vital that you check them out here
3. Operating An Affiliate Account
3.1. Opening an account
The first thing you need to do is to sign up for a ClickBank account. This information is needed so that ClickBank can send you payments. It’s free to open an account and very simple.
3.2. Getting paid
Payment is sent at pay period end time which is every 2 weeks for cheques. If you are eligible for direct deposit you can receive payment every week. Full details of the ClickBank Paycheck Policy here
Note: there are two major problems which can stop you getting paid. It’s vital that you check them out here
Now you are ready to promote ClickBank products and earn commission.
4.1 Choosing the product
To see the complete range visit the ClickBank Marketplace.
The MarketPlace listings are ranked by popularity though you can sort on other factors.
Against each entry is a Promote link which provides you with your affiliate link (hoplink) and shows the rate of commission you receive on selling that item.
You should aim for products with a reasonable rate of commission, no lower than 40% say, to make your efforts worthwhile. Be aware that ClickBank deducts transaction fees from a sale: here is a calculator showing the actual commission paid.
4.2 Check the sales page
Visit the sales page of the product to confirm that the sales copy does a good job of selling the product but even more important that your chances of making a sale are not reduced by the following factors
1. There are many external links which distract the visitor from reaching the order page
2. There are offers to join a mailing list or claim a free report which might mean that the vendor could later follow up these leads but you would not receive commission
3. An overt link to an affiliate sign up page: your potential customer could simply become an affiliate and purchase the product himself
4. The vendor offers multiple payment options so if ClickBank is not chosen you do not get the commission
5. The vendor uses a pop up upon exiting a site to convert a leaving visitor into a sale that does not use ClickBank
If you still want to promote such a product you can advise the vendor to use the ideas in this article How To Stop ClickBank Link Theft
4.3 Check the ClickBank order page
Visit the order page and ensure that your nickname appears in the [affiliate= ] line at the bottom of the order page. If not then you may have incorrectly formatted your link or it’s possible that the affiliate program has been discontinued.
Similarly you should periodically check that your links are working. ClickBank does not have a method to inform affiliates and vendors that links that they set up are not working
4.4 Product Links
There are 3 ways you may wish to link to a product
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- The basic link to a ClickBank item
http://AFFILIATE.VENDOR.hop.clickbank.net
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- A link to a specific product page, useful when a vendor has multiple products in one ClickBank account. If the vendor is using affiliate management software there should be provision for this. Otherwise see the software tool Affiliate Cloner in section 5.1 below.
- A link to the order form – so that you can bypass the vendor’s sales page. Detailshere.
4.5 Commission priority rule
If a customer has visited a sales page on more than one occasion, as a result of following links supplied by different affiliates, the rule is that the last affiliate gets the commission.
4.6 Additional ClickBank links
Here are some further links you can provide to your visitors. Replace AFFILIATE with your nickname to ensure you get the appropriate credit when the links are followed through.
1) ClickBank Signup Form
http://AFFILIATE.reseller.hop.clickbank.net
2) ClickBank Marketplace
http://AFFILIATE.marketplace.hop.clickbank.net
(Note: a more profitable method is to use a ClickBank Storefront in section 5.2 below).
5.1 Affiliate Link Cloaking
Affiliate Cloner is a tool which provides solutions to 3 common problems:
1. The great advantage of ClickBank – the ease of signing up as an affiliate for a product – is also a weakness. It is very easy for another to replace your affiliate nickname and claim your commission. Affiliate Cloner can disguise (cloak) your affiliate links.
2. It provides a way to link to an order page (so that you can bypass the vendor’s sales page).
3. It provides a way to link to a specific product page when a vendor has multiple products in one ClickBank account.
Find more about Affiliate Cloner here.
5.2 ClickBank Storefronts
In addition to offering individual products (as shown in section 4.1) you can link to a storefront containing the MarketPlace products – each one encoded with your own affiliate link.
Here is a selection of storefronts.
5.3 Affiliate sales reporting
You can get extensive reports on all your affiliate sales using 3rd party tools here.
5.4 ClickBank Program Selector
You can run keyword searches for programs, and obtain extensive information on commission details and ranking history with these tools.
5.5 Sales Tracking
For information on how to test and track the results of your advertising click here.
5.6 Add-on Bonus
CBListAutomator lets ClickBank affiliates deliver add-on bonuses automatically. Clickhere.
6. More Tips For Affiliates
6.1 Become an affiliate expert
Learn from the experts of affiliate marketing – here is a selection of free and paid books and reports.
6.2 Recommended affiliate programs
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