ClickBank Affiliate Guide
How Does ClickBank Works
It doesn't cost anything to join ClickBank as an affiliate - it's free. When you find a product that you wish to promote, either at a publisher's website or by searching through the ClickBank Marketplace, you will be given a unique Url (hoplink) which you use to bring customers to the product page.
For a more information and detailed explanation go here.
Geting a free account
The first thing you need to do is to sign up for a ClickBank account. This information is so that you can get paid. It's free to open an account and very simple.
Getting paid
ClickBank pay periods end on the 1st and 16th of each month. Checks are mailed within 15 days after the end of the period. Full details of the ClickBank Paycheck Policy here
Choosing the products to promote
The MarketPlace listings are ranked by popularity, so you can easily see which are the in-demand items. To see the complete range visit the ClickBank Marketplace.
Against each title is a percentage rate e.g [earn 50%] showing the rate of commission you receive on selling that item. Click on that to generate the Url that you need to promote the item.
You should promote products with a reasonable rate of
commission, no lower than 25%, to make your efforts worthwhile. Be
aware that ClickBank deducts transaction fees from a sale.
There is a easy way to find Hot clickBank products!
Linking to a specific Product
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.PUBLISHER.hop.clickbank.net - A link to a specific product page, useful when a publisher
has multiple products in one ClickBank account. If the publisher is
using affiliate management software there should be provision for this.
Otherwise see the software tool Affiliate Cloner.
- A link to the order form - so that you can bypass the publisher's sales page.
Here is an affiliate link which takes the visitor directly to the order form instead of the sales page.
http://ITEM.AFFILIATE_PUBLISHER.pay.clickbank.net (there is an underscore between AFFILIATE and PUBLISHER) .
Tools For ClickBank Affiliates
These are best tools that I use myself.
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 publisher's sales page).
3. It provides a way to link to a specific product page when a publisher has multiple products in one ClickBank account.
Find out more about Affiliate Cloner here.
ClickBank Storefronts and Malls
In addition to finding and offering individual products you can create a storefront containing the MarketPlace products - each one encoded with your own affiliate link.
Read all ClickBank Storefronts and Malls reviews.
High Paying ClickBank Ad Blocks
These are Google Adsense™ or Yahoo YPN™ style ads but Can Make You Substantially More Money.
There is a good article about using Clickbank RSS feed to display products.
ClickBank Product Finder
You can run keyword searches for products, and obtain extensive information on commission details and ranking history with theseHot Product search programs.
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