Earn By ClickBank

ClickBank is a privately held online marketplace for digital information products. It aims to serve as a connection between digital content creators (also known as vendors) and affiliate marketers, who then promote them to consumers. In 2011 Revenue Magazine named the company as the top affiliate network in the United States. The company has headquarters in Boise, Idaho, and offices in Broomfield, Colorado.
The company is a subsidiary of Keynetics, and is the sister company of Kount, an online security company. It was founded 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. In June 2011 the company claimed to have paid affiliates and vendors over $1.8 billion, processed 35,000 transactions per day, and generated over $350M in annual revenue. It offered over 46,000 individual products to its affiliate marketers, and provided services in over 200 countries.  

Becoming a Clickbank Vendor/Seller

 The benefit to becoming a vendor is two-fold. First, you are truly entering the arena of doing business online. You are moving from being a consumer to being a producer. And producers get paid.
Second, as it related to marketing, you are getting your product EXPOSED to a large number of active “affiliate marketers” who make it a goal to sell other people’s products and services to earn a commission.

Here are the easy steps for getting set up as a ClickBank vendor:
1.    Sign Up as a Vendor
2.    Create a Sales Page and Receipt Page
3.    Make a Payment Link & Add to Your Page
4.    Complete Product Profile within Account
5.    Complete Company Profile within Account
6.    Test Your Payment Link (Paypal is Default Option)
7.    Request Product Approval (Takes 2-10 Days)
8.    Pay One-Time $49.95 Activation Charge
9.    Wait for Approval
You can also sell your products through multiple affiliate directories so don’t think you are limited in any way by creating a vendor account. Depending on the shopping cart/order processing software you use, you can offer potential customers a choice of where they make their purchase. You can also create any number of sales pages – one for clickbank, one through an ebay store, etc. 

Becoming a Clickbank Affiliate
Most people who first get started online do not have their own digital product, membership site or software to sell. Instead the sell other people’s products and services in return for a commission. This is commonly called becoming an affiliate marketer and could be one of the reasons why you hear “clickbank scam” on occasion. What happens is people will buy into a particular “make money” program that teaches them how to become an affiliate marketer and these products usually encourage beginners to start by promoting Clickbank products. So the new person follows the instructions, does not have any great success and then screams “clickbank scam” out of desperation. When, in fact, their failure had absolutely nothing to do with Clickbank. But it had everything to do with their marketing methods and the instructions of the product they purchased. Becoming a ClickBank affiliate is a quick and easy process. By following the three simple steps below, you’ll be on your way to becoming a successful affiliate in no time! If you’re looking to get started creating and selling your own products as a vendor.

Create a FREE account
Find a Product or Two to Promote
Start Marketing  

Clickbank Scam or Not?
 Some of the product you may purchase through the platform could be rightfully called a scam – or at least not worth the price you might pay. But, this isn’t Clickbank’s fault. And you can always ask for a refund which is usually promptly given.