A whole new ClickBank?

Could see them moving this way. Before Premier status had to be earned but now it looks like you can buy all of the features. Not knocking it though, will be interesting to see how it takes off.

Wow, it seems totally changed Clickbank site. I like new look and style, fully responsive design and fresh look. I really love it

Mohsin

I like how u said THE WILD WEST WORLD OF IM jaja that is so true..

And for the new look on clickbank I gatta say it looks way cleaner and smother I like

I think the marketplace has got a better search engine. It was awful, but now it is much better.

Still on the fence about the new Clickbank... since I usually use my Master account login to track all of the accounts from one place, but that portal now appears to be changed. Any ideas as to where it went? I'm still looking through their FAQ for it, but so far, no luck. -

After speaking with Customer Support, I now have access to the Master Account again, problem was on my end after all...

Nevermind...

I am looking into creating an affiliation network with click bank. Good to know. I think click bank is probably the most reliable mediator between affiliates and product/service money sites. Very interesting. Mike

It looks way better.

A quick glance shows much more emphasis on offering services to their vendors. I haven't really looked at the site in any detail yet.

This is probably a good thing, especially for smaller vendors - but will the most successful vendors (who probably make the bulk volume of ClickBank's business) really want a ClickBank-hosted solution? I'd imagine, part of the reason that they are successful because they have control & flexibility, and vendors would loathe to lose that.

ClickBank need to walk a couple of tightropes here

First they want to make sure they don't lose flexibility (hopefully they won't). A lot of the things that allowed ClickBank to grow were things that vendors and affiliates discovered and invented, and which ClickBank's system allowed. That "openness" for innovation needs to continue. Yes ClickBank are a multi-million $ company, but a 100,000+ affiliates, and 10,000+ vendors will always be able to come up with and test more innovative ideas than ClickBank themselves.

Secondly, it is a good to offer services to vendors to enable the vendors to sell more (which helps both ClickBank and the vendor, because the transaction fees are ClickBank's bread and butter).... but ClickBank need to be careful about putting to much emphasis on getting extra money out vendors, as I don't imagine fees from vendors will ever be their main source of profit.

I hope they get the balance right.

Wow looks great, and very professional. I'm also thinking of trying hosted/website by them.

Man I hate the new layout, I much prefer the Old one.

But then again I don't like change.

I just bought it, I'm about to finish a new product so I'll upload it and test drive it.

So far I see is a website DIY system, email lists system but I don't see how to put a domain for my product. I guess I'll just build it and see what URL it's on.

Looks like product activation is now part of this system, you probably have to wait for it still like before.

And also I see media upload so on the first look it might be that you can upload videos on their server. I'll have more in a day or two.

I must admit I love the new look. Has a more corporate
appearance which may mean more credibility?

I'm looking for more deeper changes though than just
website appearance, like less refund parties.

-Ray Edwards

Big change indeed! I've actually got to double check the URL on my browser to ascertain I'm at the right ClickBank, LOL.

The site now looks more professional and clean. But is unclear about the "direction" its heading to. Kindly worried when I see subscription plans.

Pheeeewww... that was quite an undertaking, but I as an infopreneur 'in the works' - there is definitely some expansive marketing fixing to take place over at CB. I was pretty 'impressed'... and 'hopped up' (lol) going over the marketing platform... hell, I'd promote their high end product and gladly nibble on some recurring slices of that pie... it outta be quite fruitful.

I think it's a win/win/win for vendors, affiliates, and CB. So long as the focus doesn't shift in an effort to ween the vendors from the affiliates, whereby CB takes the position to become less welcoming in allowing new affiliates to promote products. Obviously, the platform still relies heavily on its affiliate base, so I doubt we/they (*the affilliates) will suffer any sleep over CB's expansive vision for the future of info-marketing.

At first read of the OP's post, I was a touch concerned if CB began doing all this in-house hosting, auto-responder, marketing breakdowns and evaluations...it could hurt the affiliates. But after reading a good deal of the info (and some aforethought), - I believe this platform will be pretty kick ass and make it easier for all parties to make money, with a greater emphasis on quality control, no doubt.

I'm cool with that, and looking forward to seeing my sales increase exponentially as a result. Hell, I was almost impressed enough to buy their $27 - video serie and guides. I Still might... the sales page was purdy darn tight

Time will tell...

It looks really good.... need to spend some time to learn the new things there....

In other threads we read about people losing control of, or even all of, their sites because the sites are on squid or twitter's blogging system. How do people feel about click bank being both your host and your retailer?

I've been with click bank for nearly 14 years, and do not anticipate going with another retailer or payment system, but I've always had the option to relatively easily do so if I wanted or needed to.

I love how they're trying to sell their own product using their own system, haha.

Looks smart, interesting shift they are making into a subscription model. Also discovered I am on their featured products list!

Glad to know that there will be more newbie competitors in clickbank. Maybe this is the time where clickbank can compete with Amazon and other affiliate marketing site. I don't know what happen next but I am sure Amazon will start making a move sooner or later. I like the new interface on this new site, some words are too small for my 17" but I can still read it anyway.

Yeah it's interesting - they seem to have gone all up market all of a sudden with design etc., - they seem to have improved in many areas; has anyone phoned them for support recently? I got an answer within a few seconds from a human being, who was incredibly nice, helpful & well trained & had my query answered in a very short time, in fact I don't remember ever being so impressed with a support call!

Hi, I've seen it too this morning when I loggued in clickbank that they now offer a monthly subscription to get blog hosting and email service (autoresponder and broadcast) for affiliates and even more for vendors:
CLICKBANK POWERED AUDIENCE BUILDER AND PLATFORM ON FEBRUARY 2013

I think it is a smart move, they are going to earn much more money by providing these services to their existing members and will change their perception. At least they have already in my mind by making that move, compared to just yesterday when I was still under the impression that they were not moving forward, just doing business as usual.

Are you going to buy the subscription either for affiliates or vendors or are you just going to continue as before with your hosting and emailing?
Personally I'm not going to move, but if I was new to all this, yes I would sign up for those integrated packages. At least the audience builder one as an affiliate. But now I'm already engaged/commited with websites and email service (aweber) and I don't feel like moving since I can do the things they offer for $27 a month. But yes it's tempting if it was just 6 months ago when I started more seriously in affiliate marketing, I could have taken it to ease the process.

I found the first big problem, the videos can't be with them or Amazon s3 but has to be vimeo or youtube. I'm assuming it's going to have the control bar. Now sure how you can do a long video presentation like the regular optimize press sites, so this right now is starting to look like a big problem.

But I can see they built a huge Cadillac and if you are just starting I think it could work , but I'm not sure if it's going to be the most optimal thing.

Doesn't change the fact that 95% of the affiliates there have no idea what they're doing.

The new design is better and they finally got rid of the horrible sheep!

The new look and feel of the "new" Clickbank is pretty awesome.

I'm interested in their "ClickBank Powered Audience Builder and Platform" and I find that it lacks a lot in details. For instance, can we built multiple sites, how about domain name(s), follow-ups to list and incoming subscriptions among other clarifications.

Does anyone know about existing videos or more elaborate specs?

Thanks

I think the CB powered is a great idea. It is going to wipe out a lot of the IM products on there but that has been happening already with the color rating. A lot of those products are moving out of CB anyway.

Hopefully it helps a lot of newcomers and saves them money in the long run.

CB powered - id wait a few months - major lack is customization - too cookie cutter

Finally they dumped their childish design!

Will continue to focus on...

I purchased the 27.00 product, it is actually videos on a wordpress site they own. The vids were really good, they are worth the 27.00 plus you have the option to download a pdf version of the videos. I am seriously thinking about going with the powered service.