My Name is Doru T. and I am trying to make some money with clickbank maybe like you I think that everyone wants to make money online fast and consistantly. I have been a Clickbank affiliate for two years and I have found many good items there - some of which I have tried others I would yet like to try. Affiliate marketing revenue is a growing trend. For example ClickBank affiliates total payout in 2009 was $1.5 billion. You can have a piece of this "cake" but there is an important condition: Your clickbank account has to be be active, not dormant. The Problem: Here are the AGBs from Clickbank about the accounts: "ClickBank will withhold payment of any account balance until the following criteria is met: * Sales made with 5 or more different credit card numbers; and, * Sales made with two different payment methods (either Visa, MasterCard, or PayPal). Note: PayPal purchases do not count toward the minimum 5 different credit card numbers. This requirement is in place to help prevent Affiliates from abusing the ClickBank Affiliate program by using their accounts for the sole purpose of fraudulently collecting rebates and/or discounts on their own purchases. Once you have met the Customer Distribution Requirement, your account will begin issuing payments normally, in accordance with our Accounting Policy, beginning on the next payment issuing date. Accounts with a positive balance but no earnings for an extended period of time are considered dormant. Dormant accounts are subject to a charge of $1 per pay period after 90 days of no earnings, $5 per pay period after 180 days of no earnings, and $15 per pay period after 365 days of no earnings." https://www.clickbank.com/accounting.html So, if you want to buy something you like, you need to pay the whole price and you can´t take advantage of the discounts in your clickbank account. This means that if you have $100 in your account because you bought an item through your own affiliate, you cannot withdraw this money until you have at least 5 different credit card sales. This requirement can cause a lot of trouble for many affiliates. Now with the new program from ivia.net and desoho.com many new users will face this problem as well. They will probably have two or three sales and then they will have to wait for the next costumer for a long time. Thus their accounts will be dormant and they will lose a lot of money and this will be a big frustation, believe me, I have experienced this. The Solution! At www.UnitedAffiliates.net I create a new plattform to solve this problem. Here every affiliate can exchange their items and at the same time exchange their creditcard or Pay Pal and thus easily reach the fulfillments for Clickbank. At the same time they will buy their own items at the discount price. This is a win-win solution! This is fantastic. Isn't it? You can choose the price category and you can decide your payment method. Thank you for your reaction, Doru Tarita This is really brand new, and I dont have seen this bevore!
Or now this may be a crazy idea but... SELL MORE PRODUCTS Don't just make one sale and go oh well clickbank wont pay me boo hoo. Make 5 different sales with 5 different credit cards. If you cant meet the CDR there is absolutely no point you even taking part in Affiliate Marketing. Go to McDonalds and flip burgers.
Good idea, very inventive. The only "SMALL" problem that I can see with this is that "ClickBank Accounting stuff" work the way they do to prevent abuses - people using their own links to buy at a discount among other things. And you created a system to counter that, therefore ClickBank wownt be very happy - you know what i mean? Apart from that, which unfortunately its a show stopper, the idea would have been great congratulations!
>> This requirement can cause a lot of trouble for many affiliates. >> lol So..again...what's the problem? Did i miss something? If you cant even make the minimum sales to meet payout requirements...you have a total different problem, IMHO.
A nice a formal way to spam the board but we still do not appreciate it and is a good way to get banned with only 9 post to date.
wtf is the point of that? So all affiliates who can only get 1 sale can get a cash out? Dont join affiliate marketing unless you plan on actually making money. Ideas like this is why you hear people say bad shit about affiliate marketing and making money online. Shoot for the stars man, not your roof!
If you manage to get your 'new idea' up and running and people actually using it I give you a month before clickbank catches on and probably a few weeks before the FSA (or your counties legal branch of the financial sector) are kicking your door down. Any company that has rules set out with the words to prevent fraud means you don't mess with these rules. Fraud = jail time.
In all honesty I can't really see a problem with the way clickbank has there anti-abuse feature setup, if affiliates can't make 5 sales to qualify then they really need to have a think if affiliate marketing is really for them.
Thank you, for your sincere answers! I don´t know what I am doing wrong, but for 2 years I try and I try to fulfill the requests from Clickbank and ... no succes. This frustation can experience many affiliates (like me) and they will give up! Maybe this is the Idea behind? Why not a win-win solution?
I wouldn't get involved in that project if I was you or a different affiliate looking to use your system. Clickbank is one of the top affiliate networks in the world and I bet they catch on to scams like this on a daily basis. It might work in the short run but this isn't a business model that can last.
I see, but something I can´t understand: This Idea is just a starthelp for the new affiliates. It is a platform to realise the requirements and only for this propose. Only max 5 ordesr are accepted pro member. So Clikbank wins (has more sales) , you win, and me too ! It´s a win-win solution , not else
i wouldn't tell someone to give up just quite yet...You've put in 2 years worth of effort and you're gonna just give up because someone told you to!?! Maybe try a different niche or something else internet related but I wouldn't wanna give up because one project failed. I hear 90% of all businesses fail at their first attempt but it doesn't mean you can't keep trying!
Thnk you for your encouragement LeDangles. Do you now, I have 200 Domain Names pointed on clickbankaffiliate products and nothing is happend? This frustrate me so much ... I use moneysee.com affiliatesystem
WOW. I THINK CLICKBANK IS NOT BE FAIR TO YOU!! 200 domain names and you haven't gotten payment yet? Something must be wrong. 2 years and 200 domain names should get you a few hundred dollars at least!!
I have there $400 ( I ordered things for me) and I need two more Credit Cards but ... I am waiting! No sales I am so frustrated :-(