Clickbank is paying me commissions I never earned ???!

Discussion in 'ClickBank' started by digiblogger17, Jan 8, 2010.

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    Hi, its the 2nd time that clickbank showed commsion for a products that I never sold or promoted. From where are these sales coming and should I expect a chargeback soon???! :confused:
     
    digiblogger17, Jan 8, 2010 IP
  2. waxman1000

    waxman1000 Peon

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    There we go again with clickbank and its troubles. The other day I had 6 sales but only 4 order from submits.

    I don't think you will have any chargebacks. It is just a mistake in the system.
     
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  3. Super_Vendor

    Super_Vendor Active Member

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    Sounds like a good problem to have. :)
     
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  4. digiblogger17

    digiblogger17 Peon

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    are u sure? why isn't it a digital system?
     
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    #5
    I've heard people complain about their commissions getting lost, maybe this is the other side of that. Kind of sucks for the people not getting their commissions, though.
     
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    LTY83 Peon

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    #6
    are you sure this isn't some upsell after the initial purchase? check the persons name in your past sales history and see if they've bought something else before
     
    LTY83, Jan 8, 2010 IP
  7. digiblogger17

    digiblogger17 Peon

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    I checked and they are new persons, and new sales. is it just me or any one had this before??!
     
    digiblogger17, Jan 8, 2010 IP
  8. shand0

    shand0 Well-Known Member

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    May be someone misspelled his/her clickbank ID to be yours..
     
    shand0, Jan 8, 2010 IP
  9. evelinawilliams007

    evelinawilliams007 Notable Member

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    @shand0

    I suppose so, there's no way you will receive a commission except if there's some affiliate without much experience that's misspelling his/her clickbank ID.

    Al.
     
    evelinawilliams007, Jan 8, 2010 IP
  10. Smitten

    Smitten Well-Known Member

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    Aren't you serving those hopads (or whatever they're called) in one of your websites?
     
    Smitten, Jan 9, 2010 IP
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    Christ Active Member

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    How can it happend ? You might forget that you left your ID somewhere else.
     
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    #12
    Check to see if it was the same vendor as some of the other products you promote. I know for a fact NCmedia (Norb) uses aff ids from other products when the user comes to his page without a aff id.

    e.g. user just types in his web address (therefore no affiliate id) the system will assign an aff id based on affiliates who send him more than XX hops, I think he does this for most of his new systems.

    So check to see if it is the same vendor
     
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  13. LonnieRobinson

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    LOL! I was thinking the same thing... UNLESS they come back and request the money back. :)
     
    LonnieRobinson, Jan 9, 2010 IP
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    zupreme Active Member

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    This a long-standing glitch (or unadvertised perk). Sometimes when a customer follows your hoplink, and then goes on to another CB product page via direct typing, or via organic search (or any other method that does not register a different affiliate hoplink), your Affiliate ID will still register as the referrer, earning you a commission.

    I've seen this many many times over the years and I certainly hope that they never turn this feature off.
     
    zupreme, Jan 9, 2010 IP
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    wilberthemming Peon

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    There are products that vendors use to artificially raise their gravity. The software or script will just scrape hoplinks and whenever someone visits their site and buys,instead of just taking full credity, they credit an affiliate in an effort to raise their gravity. So , vendors will lose money using this tactic, but their gravity rises, which= more affiliates=more longterm cash.
     
    wilberthemming, Jan 9, 2010 IP
  16. mr_ajirich

    mr_ajirich Active Member

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    #16
    your problem is the same with me
     
    mr_ajirich, Jan 10, 2010 IP
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    rammbhat Active Member

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    someone probably made a mistake with the spelling fr the affiliate field and that names urs! enjoy :p
     
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    Second that... Although they should really fix that as it can cost Clickbank lots in lost money :eek:
     
    dimmoneycash, Jan 10, 2010 IP
  19. NCMedia

    NCMedia Well-Known Member

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    #19
    Could be:

    * Vendors know your hod ID and put you into a rotation script to bump their gravity.
    * Someone doing the above but manually purchasing with your hop ID to accomplish the same
    * Your hop ID might be very similar to someone elses ID, and they are spelling it wrong when creating some of their hoplinks.

    * You're part of a conspiracy theory group who's main objective is to create mistique on forums and add buzz to CB's awareness campaign...

    My personal guess is that's it's a low ticket item and the vendor uses a script to rotate ID's so he/she is basically trading direct sales (no aff link/ID/cookie) for gravity by replacing a direct sale with a pre-programmed hop. Refund/chargeback risk is no different - it might be a real customer and it might not, you'll probably never know. Main thing is, don't concentrate so much on one transaction that should or shouldn't be there, keep moving forward so you don't even notice things like this because you're too busy making your own sales.

    Cheers.
    N.
     
    NCMedia, Jan 10, 2010 IP
  20. itrush07

    itrush07 Well-Known Member

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    Oh no, if that happens to you then maybe to somebody else also? :(
     
    itrush07, Jan 10, 2010 IP