How to Use Clickbank for Payment Processing
Thousands of digital product sellers use Clickbank for payment processing. In addition to handling credit card transactions, the Clickbank system directs the customer immediately to a "download" page after payment has cleared. Furthermore, Clickbank has an affiliate base comprising over 100,000 affiliate marketers. Affiliates promote products listed in the marketplace and get paid a commission when they make a sale. For a small one-time fee, anyone can open a vendor's account and add a downloadable product to Clickbank's marketplace.
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Go to Clickbank.com. Locate the vendor sign-up link on the home page. After clicking, fill out the required fields and submit.
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Design your web pages. To sell on Clickbank, you need two web pages; a "sales" and a "thank-you" page. The sales page is for pitching the benefits of owning your product, and the thank you page is for your customer to access your product through a download link.
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Add a payment link to your sales page. When a visitor reads your sales pitch and decides she wants to buy your product, she will click on the link which directs her to an order form located on Clickbank's servers. Your payment link will look like: http://ITEM.VENDOR.pay.clickbank.net. As a vendor, you can add up to 500 products to a single account, and for identification purposes, each product is numbered from 1 to 500. Replace "ITEM" with the number of your product, and "VENDOR" with the Clickbank nickname you chose during the sign-up process.
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Upload the two pages and your digital product to your web host. Once uploaded, check your download link works correctly.
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Click on "Account Settings" within your Clickbank account. Go to "My Site" and enter the URL of your sales page. Enter a category, description of your product and its name in the fields under "Marketplace." You will also be asked to enter the percentage of the sale you would like to reward affiliates.
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Decide on a price for your product. When selling on Clickbank, you can sell your product for a one-time fee, or opt for a monthly recurring charge. Monthly fees are suitable for membership sites or when an on-going service is offered, such as daily sports betting tips. If you are selling an ebook, software or informational video, a one-time fee is usually more appropriate.
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Go to "My Products." Click "Add New Product" and enter the title of your product, the URL of your thank-you page, an item number, and the price you want to charge.
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Make a test sale. Before you submit your product to Clickbank for approval, they require you make a test purchase to ensure you have set your links up correctly. Go to the "My Site" tab and locate the "Testing Your Products" section at the end of the page. Click "Edit" and then "New Card Number." Fill in the captcha. You will then see a test credit card number to use during the test purchase. Type your website URL in your browser, and purchase your product using the test card details.
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Go to account settings. Click on my products, then the "Request Approval" button located next to the product description. Clickbank staff will review your product, and once approved the product status will show as "Approved." After your product is approved, you will receive an email telling you where to pay the one-time activation fee of $49.95.
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Pay the activation fee. Once the transaction clears, your product can be purchased by visitors to your sales page and any orders received will show up in real-time in the "Reporting" section of your Clickbank account.
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