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Weird Clickbank Commissions?

by mobility
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I've been meaning to ask this for a while. As a Clickbank affiliate, I am seeing some unusual commission amounts. For example, I was getting commissions of a little over $23 on one product, and now I'm seeing commissions for the same product of $20 and some change. It's a $3.31 cent difference on the commission amount. The merchant hasn't changed the price on the sales page---so why am I getting $3 less than previously?

This is the 2nd product that this has happened for. I'm thinking it might have something to do with Clickbank's "allowance/with-holding"?? I don't understand why the SAME product will show a slightly different commission amount (varies from $1-3 difference), depending on when it was purchased. If it was purchased 3 weeks ago, it shows the higher amount. Since then, all commissions are showing the lower amount.

Any ideas why?
#affiliate #clickbank #commissions #weird
  • Profile picture of the author burtie
    Are the sales with a lower commission in Europe? If so it will be to do with the VAT.
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    • Profile picture of the author mobility
      Thanks Burtie; I hadn't thought of that. Unfortunately, I have no way of knowing whether the sales are from Europe. I'm an affiliate for this product, so I only see the customer's name and email address. I have no access to the customer's billing address. Maybe the answer is VAT, but all of the sales have been for the lower amount since 3 weeks ago. So, I have a hard time imagining that ALL of the sales are from Europe.

      I just checked the Clickbank marketplace and I noticed that the dollar amount per sale is listed as $1 lower than it was 3 weeks ago. Is the dollar-amount-per-sale (as shown in the CB Marketplace) affected by returns? For example, if a merchant has returns, I wonder whether the dollar-per-sale value (as shown in the CB Marketplace) is lowered.
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    • Profile picture of the author Thomas
      Originally Posted by burtie View Post

      Are the sales with a lower commission in Europe? If so it will be to do with the VAT.
      It can't be that: VAT doesn't get included in a commission payment.

      An affiliate gets X% of the product price but the customer pays the product price plus VAT.
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      • Profile picture of the author Harvey Segal
        Originally Posted by Thomas View Post

        It can't be that: VAT doesn't get included in a commission payment.
        It does

        See

        ClickBank and VAT

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        • Profile picture of the author Harvey Segal
          Originally Posted by mobility View Post

          The merchant hasn't changed the price on the sales page---so why am I getting $3 less than previously?
          1. Is it the same item ? See Item number in your Transaction report
          2. Has commission rate changed ? Go to Marketplace and Create hoplink

          Originally Posted by mobility View Post

          Unfortunately, I have no way of knowing whether the sales are from Europe. I'm an affiliate for this product, so I only see the customer's name and email address.
          Country and state are shown.

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          • Profile picture of the author mobility
            Originally Posted by Harvey.Segal View Post

            2. Has commission rate changed ? Go to Marketplace and Create hoplink

            Thanks Harvey. You nailed it! When I click on "Create Hoplink," it shows that the commission rate is now 60%. However in the Marketplace, the commission shows as 69%. Learned something new today. Apparently, Clickbank updates the "Create hoplink" screen more frequently than they do for the marketplace data.

            As far as the merchant goes...wow, decreasing affiliate commissions? By nine percent? This is the first time I've seen this... Looks like I need to find another merchant to promote (or better yet, create a competing product).
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        • Profile picture of the author Thomas
          Originally Posted by Harvey.Segal View Post

          It does

          See

          ClickBank and VAT

          Harvey
          I stand corrected.

          Their fees increase between approx. 13% and 22% for purchases made in the E.U.

          The sneaky *******s.
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  • Profile picture of the author winebuddy
    If the product creator reduces the commission, or the price, you wont see that reflected in CB until at least a week later
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  • Profile picture of the author winebuddy
    also - YES - the dollar amount per sale reflects returns. If the refund rate goes up, the $ amount per slae goes down - but it takes a few weeks for this to figure in
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