As regular readers will know I have been doing a test on ClickBank to see if the claims made about making money with the program are a reality for the average blogger.I must admit that I haven't got on as well as I had hoped.
One snag I have found:
I have made a total of $64.72 and, as I had requested checks to be sent once over $50, I thought I would receive payment. But this wasn't to be the case.
My payment was marked as CDR (Customer Distribution Requirement). On checking what this means this is what I found:
Payments are held unless the following criteria are met:
(1) Sales are made with 5 or more different credit card numbers and
(2) Sales are 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.
So if your sales are all with say Visa then you have to wait for your money. They say that this is to stop affiliates using ClickBank to collect rebates (on their own orders) or extending credit to others. I gather that this is only when you start out - at least I hope it is.
Think of that as you will. In fairness it is on their website but, to come across this, I think you would have to one of those very thorough people who wade through a lot of Q&A's.
Orders Per Click
I've found the orders per click so far to be poor. I've had over 2,300 clicks but have only made $64.72.
I don't know how many clicks I've actually had in total because, as far as I can see, ClickBank only give stats for 30 days.
I feel I've done okay with generating clicks. I've averaged about 76 per day, but this hasn't produced sufficient sales as far as I'm concerned. (I do some programs where I can average 1 in 25 sales, though not of such high amounts dollar wise).
I'll press on for a few more weeks as the blog, Good Health Source, I started to tie in with ClickBank is beginning to build up steam.
I'll get back to you with how I eventually get on with ClickBank.
Good luck,
Mike.
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