If you are new to Clickbank you’ll first need to create your clicknank nickname or ID.

Now although it doesn’t really matter what you use as your Clickbank Nickname (as long as it is not already in use of course), particularly since you may well “cloak” the url so it is seldom seen.

However, since you may be giving out hoplinks (that’s your unique Clickbank affiliate link) it probably makes sense not to use something really dumb.

If you are operating in a professional niche suggesting somebody wants to check out a link with a Clickbank Nickname of say, pinkloser, embedded in the link may disadvantage you to a degree.

So here are the steps you need to follow to get your Clickbank ID set up: -

1) Open up the Clickbank Sign Up page – clicking the link will open up the page you need in a new window

2) Fill in the required details. Most of this is obvious – you own personal details – but take care you enter the correct name of who you want your pay cheques (checks) made payable to. See highlighted area. You will also need to decide on your new Clickbank Nickname and enter it where indicated. Don’t forget this cannot be changed later.

3) Next check your email and find the confirmation code that has been sent to you:

This is the message you should find in your email inbox:

4) Copy the Confirmation Code and click the link in the email. Enter the code on the page that opens and type in the “captcha” code before clicking “Finish”

5) Copy / Print or Record somewhere safe your new ClickBank Nickname and password.

6) You can now use that information to login to your new Clickbank account for the first time.

Clickbank affiliate programs are probably the easiest way for anybody new to making money on the internet to get started.

There is, however, a big challenge that for people in the know is also a huge opportunity.

With all of the programs for sale on Clickbank and the number of potential affiliates how do you make your offer or promotion stand out from everybody else’s?

Most Clickbank affiliates simply post their hoplink (Clickbank product link with their id or nickname embedded in the url) on either their site or in emails or however they are promoting and hope for the best.

So what’s different?

Absolutely nothing!

There’s nothing particular that would make one affiliates offer any different to the next. It’s almost down to chance in the main whether anybody clicks that link. Certainly some affiliates will weave their hoplink into a sentence that entices the click and that will give them a higher likelihood of success.

But how about…

Offering a valuable, relevant bonus to anyone buying through your link. The bonus, if seen as integral to the offer may well be the difference between someone buying through your link or not.

But where to find a suitable bonus? There are thousands of Clickbank Affiliate Programs across a very wide range of niche subjects. It can be difficult to find suitable bonuses or time consuming to create something yourself. Until now!

How about a library of highly relevant e-books across the whole spectrum of Clickbank products that you can have delivered automatically (you have nothing to process yourself – just set up the bonus for each Clickbank program you are promoting, give out the link and the download is taken care off for you). And the best part – you can try this at no cost and make more money in the process.

Find out more by reading this FREE book: Clickbank Affiliate Winner There’s no opt-in and no strings attached but it will, without doubt, help you to stand out from other Clickbank affiliates.

I came across an incredible statistic this week when a thought struck me about new affiliate marketers and their Clickbank accounts.

I was thinking about the fact that Clickbank doesn’t release the first payment by cheque (check) until sales have been made using 5 different credit cards and thought that many new Clickbank users wouldn’t be aware of that particular requirement. It is in Clickbank’s terms and conditions of course but to be honest when I started out I wasn’t aware of it.

I soon was, however, when after making a couple of sales I started to check why I hadn’t been paid! 

Now as my mind tends to develop thoughts (it can be extremely irratating at times!) I found myself wondering how much money is sitting with Clickbank that hasn’t yet been released to the people who have earnt it by their marketing of Clickbank products.

I then wondered, of all of that money, how much will NEVER get paid out. I have no idea but thinking it through it could be a great extra “income” for Clickbank. Money that it will never have to pay out because the Clickbank affiliates who have generated the commission don’t know:-

1) That they’ve made any sales (Clickbank doesn’t let you know)
2) That there is a minimum amount set before a payment is made ($100 but this can be reduced)
3) That sales have to be made using 5 DIFFERENT credit cards

Even fror those affiliate marketers who do know, many will give up before they reach the Clickbank payment threshold leaving their initial commissions in Clickbank’s coffers never to be paid out.

Now please don’t get me wrong – I’m not knocking Clickbank in any way. That’s their rules and anyone signing up to get a Clickbank ID should be aware of them. Unfortunately, my initial research has shown that most people don’t know and they give up before ever getting paid. Now that’s a big shame and I hope you’re not one of the casualties.

So back to the statictic. It seems something like 90% of all Clickbank affiliates are inactive. That’s people who have signed up for a Clickbank nickname and have let their accounts become dormant (assuming they ever made even one sale in the first place). At that point a charge is made on a regular basis until they become active again. For many, the regular charge will erode their commission to nothing!

Now unfortunately I’ve been unable to substantiate this figure but reports suggest that they are around 1.25 million Clickbank accounts.

It’s not clear if this includes members selling their own products (that will be a much lower percentage anyway) so let’s assume their are say 1 million affiliates promoting Clickbank products. 90% of those are seemingly inactive – that’s 900,000 people.

How many of those have signed up and made no sales at all? I don’t know and cannot find any reliable information but let’s again assume it to be 90%. In other words only 10% of the 900,000 affiliates who are now inactive have made a sale. Let’s also assume that of those 90,000 people the average sale (commission unpaid at this point) is say $50 (some single sales, some multiple sales but less than 5 different cards)

That’s some $4.5 million that is sitting with Clickbank that hasn’t been paid out and unless those affiliates do something about promoting their hoplinks and generating some more sales it never will!

I’m a great believer in getting paid for what you do so it grieves me that there are clearly thousands of individuals who have made a sale or two but are likely never to get paid. It’s just not right.

I’d really like to get some accurate statistics on this and hope that you will let me know your personal position with Clickbank by answering the relevant question in my survey below AND asking as many people as you know to do the same.

As a thank you I’ve provided a link to a great free Clickbank report – it explains how to easily get hold of any money you are due from Clickbank together with some great sales ideas that can really help if you are promoting any products using those products.

I’d love to hear from you – you can complete the survey annonymously or you can add your contact details if you’d like me to get in touch.

Either way, you are very welcome to download my free e-book that explains these rules in more details and shows a simple way for anyone new to using Clickbank to get hold of their commission payments as fast as possible.

Here’s the survey and the download link is below. There’s no opt-in – just click the link for more details and the download link.

Just click the Clickbank for Newbies image to get access to the report (no opt-in). You’ll learn how to get paid by Clickbank fast. How to meet the minimum sales critera and how to make money from Clickbank even if you have no idea what Clickbank is really all about. All you need is your own Clickbank affiliate ID – your Clickbank nickname and you’re away.