Zero Clickbank sales the last 10 days

Probably the time of year, recession, and many other factors.

Lots of people are chasing for new customers at the moment with lots of new products out there. How are your products looking in the ClickBank ratings? They going up or down? (Just a thought!)

But you know what this business can be like!

That's funny, another Warrior posted the same question a few days ago.

I don't think the time of year has much to do with it. I mean, here in the states alot of people are getting their tax returns so there is definitely some extra cash in many people's pockets right about now.

The worst time of year for me is November and December (for obvious reasons).

It's really hard to say what's going on. Have you lost a super affiliate?

I know recently I had a spike in visitors. I was getting about 300 to 400 extra visitors per day from one of my newer affiliates. But I noticed this affiliate was not generating any sales. Kind of odd because my site converts at a good 3% to 4%.

So I checked my Google stats and found out that almost all of these visitors were coming from China. looks like this affiliate bought into one of those "10,000 Visitors to Your Site for $25" Scams.

Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just keep doin what you're doin and all will be fine.

I think I can shed some light on this issue of decreasing sales. If you have a lot of international customers, Clickbank itself could be stopping them from ordering even though they are trying to buy from you!

Yes, Clickbank is the culprit!

I'm not joking and I am living proof of this. I'm in Malaysia and previously I was able to buy anything from Clickbank with my credit or debit cards with no problems.

Then some time middle of last year, I began getting a funny error message "We are unable to process your order" when I tried to order. I thought maybe it was my card. I checked with my debit card bank. My card was perfectly okay with enough funds.

I tried again and again to order at different times with no success. Finally I contacted Clickbank and asked them about the problem.

Here is the exact reply that I got from Clickbank:
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Thank you for your inquiry. We recommend contacting your credit card company first to determine if there is an issue with the provider that can be resolved. If your credit card company denies declining any charge, then your card was declined by our risk management system. This is a separate authorization system, so we cannot provide any information regarding the decline. You may try using a different credit card or allowing 24-48 hours to lapse before making another attempt.

Unfortunately, ClickBank cannot override any decline or process transactions manually. We realize this can be frustrating, but accepting credit cards over the Internet is a dangerous business for both us and our clients. It's better that we err on the side of caution, rather than risk facilitating counterfeit transactions. Other services may have a less stringent security system and therefore may also incur a higher percentage of fraud, which can be costly to everyone involved. We do our best to protect our clients from this."

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That's the exact text copied from their email reply (the bolded words are my own emphasis).

They have a "risk management system" in place which I believe filter out customers based purely on their countries. This is my own opinion but I think that is the reason why they are declining my perfectly valid card which has no problems with Paypal and other systems like 2Checkout.

My country Malaysia is notorious for credit card fraud and I've read many forum posts of Malaysians not being able to order on Clickbank. It's inconvenient but I've had to contact product owners directly to allow me to pay through Paypal.

Due to such strict but inaccurate blocking by Clickbank, I believe you could be losing a big chunk of your foreign business if you're only using Clickbank as your payment processor. I would advise all internet marketers to also include alternative payment methods such as Paypal or 2Checkout.

Regards,
Alex

My hops are up and yet my sales have been nonexistent the past 2 weeks. This is not the norm for me at all, so I have been a bit concerned. I can't even remember the last time my sales have been this low. Really annoying! But what can ya do. At least I have other income.