Made My First Sale!! But Dont Understand

I did all that, but I still dont see where I can view the total amount owed, like account balance. My minimum payout is 25, so when do I get paid? I am not looking to get paid any time soon, but I want to understand how Clickbank works. I read the site but is still a little confused.

Wow, I didnt know that. This has cleared things up for me a bit. I understand now. What is a dormant account though? I hope its not making any sales because we cant help that. Thanks for the information. It was really helpful.

I don't think the rule itself is stupid, at least not the likely intent.

One of the weaknesses of Clickbank's hoplink system is that it's very easy to sign up for a free account, substitute your own ID for another affiliate's, and essentially use the account to give yourself a big discount. At the same time, you are robbing the other affiliate of their earned commission.

So Clickbank made that more difficult. They required transactions from multiple credit cards. Where I think they got it wrong was in the number of different buyers required. In my opinion, requiring three different payment sources, and allowing Paypal to count as one, would have been a good compromise.

Of course, that opinion and about $3.50 will get you a small cappucino at Starbuck's...

Hi,

From your home page, you'll see at top left a box headed Weekly Sales Snapshot. Each item listed is by pay period. Any sales that are listed in that long list at the bottom of that box, it will show within the box as Week Ending and Gross Sales. The week ending is a clickable link. It will take you to all sales you've made for that pay period.

On that other page, you will also see everything related to your sale, including commission, costs, , refunds, something called a "release" (will explain in a minute) and how much you will get paid. The last column shows when they actually send payment to you.

Release -= to protect their own backs, CB holds back a certain percent of each payment to you. This is to cover when people return the product. If CB pays you before the refund takes place, they will lose money. So even though you think you'll be getting $37 whatever, you actually will get less than that.

And yes, it's true. If you don't make another sale within a certain period of time, CB will begin deducting money from your account. I never did understand why, since they really aren't DOING anything except hanging onto your money.

I used to have $12 from one of my sales, but since that product is not being promoted and, in fact, is now obsolete, I don't plan on selling anymore. But since $12 is below the payment limit, it gradually dwindled away to 0.

I totally relate to your situation. When I first started out, I wasn't making many sales at all, and everything I did make was absorbed by CB. It was upsetting to see that happen, especially when you're first starting out and learning the ropes. Of course you aren't going to make sales that quickly - until you get your feet wet.

If you've sold a product already, then I'd recomend you do a major push to advertise and make more sales. Do article marketing. Anything that gets the word out there quickly so you can attract customers.

Sylvia