Do you have multiple Clickbank accounts. Why?

I've definitely seen the benefit of switching out accounts for different niches. Clickbank has very rudimentary tracking and it can get really difficult trying to sort everything out, and every step you can take to compartmentalize that is better.

Also, and this is definitely on the 'speculation' side so take it with a grain of salt, I've had hoplinks which stopped converting that started converting again when I switched them to another account. I have no idea what's going on there but I did have it happen a couple times.

Some affiliates believe they get flagged if a bad credit card is used on a sale they referred, so like to juggle accounts to prevent this happening. no proof behind it though.

I must concur. I have multiple CB accounts as well, for all the reasons previously mentioned. Several of my accounts sell products and several are just to promote products. It's just easier to keep everything straight all the way around.

*C*

I guess cuz CB takes too much allowance and some debits... and when the time comes to get paid ... we get much less than actually expected ...

Thank you for this post. This is really good and helpful info.

Another main reason to have multiple Clickbank accounts is this:

In one account you can only set a fixed percentage amount as affiliate commission.

Example: If you set it for 50% then all the products you sell via that particular account, you can give only 50% commission.

If you want to create another product to sell where you need to give 60 or 70% commission to affiliates, then you will need another clickbank account.

what are your experiences lately with ClickBank?

Can someone answer this?

I want to possibly use Clickbank for a new product, but I want to use my pen name on it.

Will the pen name show up on the persons Clickbank reciept, and also, how will my payments from Clickbank work if it is under a pen name and not my real name?

If someone could clarify this, I would appreciate it. I'm debating about going with Clickbank or simply my 1SC account. The good thing about Clickbank is the access to affiliates.

I have multiple CB accounts as I want to showcase ALL of my products in the marketplace. You cant do this under one account, unfortunately.

It's a lot easier to track sales instead of having everything all squeezed into one account. I'd prefer to have multiple clickbank accounts as well if I was generating a lot of sales.

I have a couple of CB accounts but it was only because I was contemplating the possibility of selling the rights to a product that I submitted on CB and, would've transferred ownership of one of the accounts to the new owner.

Thanks so much for this valuable information! This is the only place on the net explaining in detail why it's necessary to have multiple CB accounts (Affiliate/Vendor). Plus, much more. This helped a lot.

In the past, people had lots of accounts for three reasons

(a) tracking (before tid's),

(b) because ClickBank only allows one landing page to your affiliates (HopLink target URL) per vendor account.

(c) to get more than one marketplace list per vendor account (although this has a disadvantage than many vendors don't recognize, which I'll come to later)



But there are also downsides to having lots of accounts

- admin/management hassle

- if you have any slow-selling accounts, it may result in less frequent payouts, because these accounts take longer to reach the payment threshold or customer distribution threshold (if you have a lot of accounts, some accounts may never payout!)

- Fees associated with each account (activation fee per vendor account, check issuing fee if applicable, dormant account fees if applicable)

- It's hard to get a good gravity (discussed in more detail below in point 3).



So nowadays, I would say now, for most people - it is better to try to have less accounts:

1. You can use tid's for tracking - that solves issue (a)

2. If you are a vendor, you can easily work-round the single landing page (issue b) using scripts. I myself offer one that you can use (and setup in minutes) at PHP Script for ClickBank vendors allowing you to offer your affiliates a choice of landing pages - easier alternative to EasyClickMate - and there are others available elsewhere too.

3. Multiple marketplace listings (issue c) is actually a two-edged sword, and has a disadvantage than many vendors don't recognize.

If you have a single marketplace listing, all your affiliate sales go through it, and it's easier to increase your gravity. A high gravity (rightly or wrongly) tends to attract even more affiliates, hopefully eventually you reach a critical mass of affiliates...

On the other hand, if you spread your affiliate sales over multiple accounts, then each individual account tends to have a low gravity, which makes it hard to attract affiliates. And none of your affiliate programs ever really take off.

Thank you all so much for this awesome information. I haven't been on the warrior forum in ages and I forgot how valuable all of your knowledge can be put together.
And thanks for answering all of my questions in one place.
I'm registering my first clickbank product today. Exciting times ahead
Awesome Awesome.

Yes, I have a couple of "main" accounts (for everyday white hat stuff) and then some secondary accounts where I experiment with some "naughty" practices, like CSing (and I don't mean counterstrike)

Shame that it's usually easier to make money with the "naughty" method as well.

i've multiple clickbank accounts as i want to showcase all of my products in the marketplace.
u cant do this under one account, unfortunately

Many marketers use multiple CB accounts for the purpose of
ad-tracking and split-testing different campaigns for the same
product.

A slightly different slant - I have 2 clickbank accounts but I never use either these days. As I spend most of my time in South Africa and Clickbank don't pay via Paypal it's not really viable for me. Trying to cash a US cheque in SA is an expensive nightmare I'm afraid.
I use JVZoo instead of course :-)