For those familiar with Clickbank, this seems an odd question, but for those that have yet to discover the power of the simplest, most versatile and most trusted company in electronically delivered product affiliate programs, this is a real discovery.

Personally, I have been happily working with Clickbank for over 8 years.
During this time, I have been paid on time like clockwork, and I honestly cannot remember a single late payment. Now, more recently my checks reached a point where they are sent by courier, but even when I was on the old First Class US Mail system, payment was prompt, which is especially impressive given that my checks had to be mailed to Canada.
I cannot tell you how exciting it has been to watch others that I trained or introduced to affiliate marketing come to a point where they leave their very good paying jobs to do this full time. I get letters pretty much regularly from people taking the plunge and I have to tell it is a scary thing ( I took the plunge after about 4 years of part-time involvement with affiliate marketing and left the Air Force while my wife Amber was in college and three other kids in the public school system) but most of us that planned it well have never looked back.
Now, to understand Clickbank they are essentially the “middle man” in thousands of transactions every day involving products they don’t own, sold to buyers that were introduced to those products by websites or emails from affiliates.
Here is an excerpt from our award-winning “Clickbank Guru” 12 part mini-series that teaches how this all works:
(the Clickbank Guru read by over 300,000 as of this writing)
The section below is from Lesson 1 of the ClickBank Guru called “What are Affiliates & Vendors?”
I really think you will enjoy the informal, layman’s terms we use.Let’s look at a few definitions;Let’s start with the term: vendorThe dictionary defines a vendor as:“someone who exchanges goods or services for
money. One that sells or vends: a street vendor;
a vendor of software products on the Web. Simply
put, this is the seller of any number of goods of
any possible type. From topsoil to cars, new
homes to pets, the person doing the selling is
the vendor. Traditionally, he/she is selling
goods that they may or may not have produced or
manufactured themselves.”Now let’s look at the term: affiliateThe dictionary defines affiliate as:“anyone that has an agreement with a seller
(vendor) to represent (sell) his or her product
within the terms that the seller has dictated in
exchange for remuneration (payment) of some type,
normally a percentage of the sale.”Got it? Good, because that is the really exciting
part of doing business on the web.There are literally THOUSANDS of companies out
there willing to PAY YOU to sell their products
and services.All you do is introduce people to a vendor’s
product, and we’ll show you how to do that too!The rate of commission paid to affiliates varies
widely from vendor to vendor. I have seen vendors
pay out from 3% all the way up to 75% or even
higher.In my experience, electronically delivered goods
(intangible goods) such as ebooks, website
memberships, etc., offer substantially higher
commissions than hard goods (tangible goods).This is largely due to the fact that there are
lower associated costs with electronically
delivered goods. (stores on computer or diskette,
endless supply, no additional production costs
etc.)We’ll explain later how ClickBank and
1stPromotion make you an instant affiliate of
approximately 5,400 vendors representing
approximately 12,000 products!And YOU can make commissions on ALL of them.There are many affiliate-vendor opportunities out
there through some very well known services. Some
such as Commission Junction, Amazon, and
2Checkout deal with a mixed bag of goods, both
tangible and intangible.ClickBank stands alone as the #1 online provider
of electronically delivered goods.They deal solely with electronically deliverable
products and services. That’s all they handle.Nope, you can’t get a birdhouse or a backyard
pond kit through ClickBank, but you could order
plans on how to make your own.As a matter of fact, ClickBank currently offers
thousands of the hottest-selling products &
services and pays each affiliate up to 75%
commission on each and every one of them!Now I know you are thinking, what is ClickBank’s
interest in it?Simple. It’s money.
For every transaction that is performed
through ClickBank, they’re paid a percentage or
minimum transaction fee. In my mind, it’s well
worth the expense. By handling all financial
transactions, just think of the headaches they
take away from both the vendor and the affiliate.Did You Know:
1stPromotion is the Perfect Marriage for You as
an affiliate.Through a single web page, not only do you
instantly connect to ClickBank’s 5400 vendors and
their 11,000 plus products, you can also profit
from dozens of other affiliate programs – you
have total control.A few top-rated programs already built-in to your
Pro2 site are:* Strong Force International (aka Six Figure Income)
* Internet Marketing Center
* Ken Envoy’s 5 Pillar Program (SiteSell)
* Linden Method
* Native Remedies
* Push-Button Publishing
* Dropship Wholesalers; and many more!You can also add and promote ANY other affiliate
program and product that you wish to on you Pro2
store. This is YOUR store, and you have total
control over the products and the content of your
site.Use the “Suggest A Product” or “Suggest A
Program” links to add your favorite product or
affiliate program right into our member’s product
library and you could have thousands of other
1stPromotion store owners promoting it for you!Now that is a beautiful opportunity!
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Cheers,

July 15th, 2010 on 11:19 am
I’ve just come across this new Twitter software which makes affiliate marketing a damn sight
July 13th, 2010 on 10:24 pm
Not a bad idea, Mike! Queuing up AC/DC “Jailbreak” to be played during this endeavour! ^_^
July 11th, 2010 on 4:40 pm
These 2 guys are making over $100,000 a month on clickbank & providing proof! Now that's impressive!! C 4 yourself RT
July 9th, 2010 on 9:08 am
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July 8th, 2010 on 10:41 pm
Beast and Banshee are locked in
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July 8th, 2010 on 10:10 pm
Eh. Should have been titled ’5 Good Habits That Will Make You a Better Web Developer’.
July 6th, 2010 on 1:35 pm
Naked statue, massages? I nominate Layman for Jr Hi Mean Journalism Award covering Westminster hospitality #ga219
July 5th, 2010 on 2:08 am
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July 2nd, 2010 on 10:26 am
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June 24th, 2010 on 3:16 pm
Finalmente, era ora!
June 22nd, 2010 on 4:35 pm
Why I needed a fake gun (my 14yo kid & friend made this opening sequence for a mini-series they're creating):
June 22nd, 2010 on 1:39 am
Deal with the fact that McCain lost.
June 21st, 2010 on 10:44 pm
به شدت تایید میشه. منم این حس رو دارم که جنبش داره تولید محتوا میکنه
June 19th, 2010 on 8:20 pm
Nintendo making jump into 3D – Timmins Daily Press
June 19th, 2010 on 7:39 pm
for indepent companies like ours ,internet is changing the game plus, hand to hand/mail always works good, it cuts out middle man
June 17th, 2010 on 12:10 am
Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” That’s true, of course, but this definition doesn’t tell the whole story-namely the entrepreneur characteristics that define their success and, more importantly, the intrinsic drive it takes to achieve that success.
June 12th, 2010 on 1:53 pm
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California education leaders submitted an application Tuesday for the second round of a federal school-funding competition, hoping to capture as much as $700 million for the state’s troubled public school system.
June 10th, 2010 on 9:15 pm
Me.
June 8th, 2010 on 2:48 pm
like the sound of the banjo-bari.
June 5th, 2010 on 4:01 am
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May 31st, 2010 on 3:56 pm
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May 30th, 2010 on 9:31 am
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May 28th, 2010 on 9:41 pm
How do you get 10,000 Visitors to your Website every Day??? – ** angrymarketer (dot) info**
May 28th, 2010 on 12:32 pm
Amber Hess Killers to be Sentenced: The family of a teenager who was beaten and stabbed to death will get justice …
May 23rd, 2010 on 8:26 am
Automated Clickbank Software cracks the Affiliate Code
May 23rd, 2010 on 1:39 am
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May 21st, 2010 on 10:09 pm
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May 20th, 2010 on 6:05 pm
听课笔记(1)凤凰卫视记者谈世博报道: 凤凰卫视记者在谈世博会采访心得
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在世博园里还有一堆堆垃圾,游客随… http://bit.ly/dAxPjj
May 19th, 2010 on 6:18 am
I got the chance to attend a panel discussion about science and the media presented by the UK-based charity Sense About Science. The audience was primarily scientists, many of whom were angry about how science is presented in the media: the outlandish claims, the hype, presenting “both sides” of stories where there is clear scientific consensus. The panel included a professional scientist who teaches about communicating with the public, an editor at the journal Cell, and a science reporter for the Boston Globe. The panel was mostly about “traditional” media, with a little shout-out to blogs that show the inner life of scientists and “take out the middle man” and “translate” the science for regular people. What was clear to me after the discussion wasn’t anything about how awesome blogs are and how terrible news reporting of science is, but that all media is social media, and we (scientists, writers, bloggers, readers, commenters, tweeters, re-tweeters, gossipers, taxpayers,…
May 18th, 2010 on 8:58 am
Just retired my 10 year old Pismo G3, which startded as my work laptop and eventually migrated to my bedside machine – still runs 10.4 great. Home server is a G5, work laptop is a ~3yo Macbook Pro. Generally I find that Macs outlast anything. (if I had to pick a second, it would be Thinkpads.)
May 17th, 2010 on 11:39 pm
Online surveys are great for extra cash but be realistic. Click on me for the best free survey sites that will make extra realistic cash.
May 17th, 2010 on 4:58 pm
Yep, I agree. I love the immediacy and also the lack of the 'middle man' deciding what I need to know and with what tone.
May 16th, 2010 on 3:37 pm
This link shows the UI rate since 1948. Have a field-day guys.
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/UNRATE.txt
May 15th, 2010 on 7:58 am
Good to know! 25 best-paying jobs for women – #cnn
May 13th, 2010 on 3:36 am
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May 12th, 2010 on 9:54 pm
were do u get the money for this trip
May 11th, 2010 on 5:13 pm
yeah cause obama gonna pay my bills..didnt you get the memo
May 10th, 2010 on 5:41 am
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May 8th, 2010 on 3:41 pm
In English? In the world?? The longest word in the world is a Greek word that has 182 letters and I don't know what it is.
The longest word in the English dictionary is a disease called (I'm breaking it up so that you can read it better):
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It's caused by inhaling siliceous volcanic dust.
May 7th, 2010 on 6:13 am
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May 7th, 2010 on 1:35 am
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December 28th, 2008 on 9:20 pm
Hi Ron,
I followed your instruction above, sent an email to ron at davies dot ca (ron@davies.ca)but as there was no reply I sent it again to ron@profitmart.com and still no reply.
I'll be on holidays from Dec 31 to Jan 13, hope you can get through to me by then.
Thanks,
Jeff
December 22nd, 2008 on 8:22 pm
Hi Ron,
I intended to buy into Clickbank Mall but decided to go for Profit Mart. Now wish I had gone for 1st promotion because it is exactly what I wanted to do – sell Clickbank products. Profit mart seems to be very complicated.
December 22nd, 2008 on 8:47 pm
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for your comment. ProfitMart is really much more powerful, but it can be overwhelming if you look at too big a picture at first.
Tell you what we can do, as I do understand your position, and I certainly don't want to see you frustrated.
How about I give you a free Pro2 Clickbank Mall to use as you please, so long as you continue on with ProfitMart as you get the time to learn it. We are actually overhauling ProfitMart training, and Pro2 training as well, and I believe the new approach, particularly the Web 2.0 part, will be very useful all around.
Send me an email to ron at davies dot ca, and I will send you a link to go and create a Pro2 shop on me.
I hope this helps. If you can, I recommend coming out to see us at Orlando next month. Probably the best deal in affiliate marketing conferences for 2009.
Cheers!
Ron
December 13th, 2008 on 4:50 pm
The ClickBank Guru Series.
You offered 1st Promotion, save$20, click here.
I did that and was taken to Alex Goade's Google Conquest.
Please help me by letting me have the twelve Tutorials
December 13th, 2008 on 4:52 pm
Sorry about that. Looks like my link is incorrect.
I will get it fixed asap.
Thanks.
Ron