I think if anyone here suspect clickbank stole away your sales, then you should move on to other network. No point spending days to discuss about it.
Yea. Me too. However, though I understand the sentiment (or logic if you like) It might also be appropriate to mention that a number of normal issues could make CB software shy aware from processing a submitted order. For example, the prospective buyer originating from a country not serviced by CB. Or (second reason) the prospective buyer submitting a fake card or in general trying to play poker with the stuff you're offering. Anything can happen.
That could be part of it too, yeah. But I have heard from vendors that have said they get a decent amount of emails from customers asking why their credit cards didn't go through. I'm sure if someone is willing to email the vendor and ask the question, they are generally interested in the product and not just tryin to play around with the payment processor to see what happens.
Clickbank DOES have tracking issues. No doubt about it, so many people have complained about sudden dropoff in sales and this is from major affiliates also. As much as that sucks, I think the main reason for tons of hops and no sales is untargeted, unqualyfied traffic. The products I promote with a simple review type site convert almost twice as good.