Thursday, January 29, 2009

Opening a Clickbank Account

By Graham McKenzie

After you have made up your mind to use Clickbank for your emarketing business, what follows up next if opening up an account. Even though there is no difference, it is however recommended that you know if you are eventually going to be a marketer of a partner. If you want to be a partner then you dont have to open up an account then, you can however open it later on when you have found a product that you want to sell. All in all when you are opening an account an a marketer it is only good that you wait until a time when you have a got a product for motives that will be talked about shortly.

The first step you have click on the signup button on the top right of the screen as you go to www.Clickbank.com. The Clickbank will immediately puts you in the signup page for the "Promote Products" section as what you will notice - do not be alarmed even if you are signing up as a seller, as all of tghe signup screens redirect you to this page for simplicity.

The next step is to enter your information into the boxes. Clickbank sends checks and does require a Tax ID (though not until after you have registered) so it is absolutely vital that you enter only correct information, as you do not want your check to be mailed somewhere else.

After completing all necessary information, choose an account nickname. This name will allow you to take advantage of "Hoplinks," which keep track of affiliates by redirecting through Clickbank. However, these links are so ugly that people may believe they link to attack sites.

You need to make sure you have an account name that matches the product you are selling. At least hints at it so that the link appears more legitimate. As an affiliate, the account ID can be broader, though it would still be helpful if the link matched things you are selling. It simply becomes less important.

You will be sent a password that is equally as ugly as a Hoplink and completely unchangeable. Because of this, it is very important that you write down your nickname and password, as the consequences of losing either of those can be dire. It is very hard to retrieve lost information.Once you have entered all of that data you can click submit and register.

Another reason to write down your nickname is that it is possible to create a website using an affiliate nickname, let the website run on its own for a few years and eventually completely forget what the nickname was. That is the joy of passive income as you can continue to receive checks even without any contact with the Clickbank site, but it also means that you can potentially forget the ID, which can make it difficult if you need to change something in the future.

As soon as you enter the password, your registration will be official. To sell a product of you own, in account settings click "my products" and then click "add new product." In order to become an affiliate, click "marketplace" and search for affiliate items. Then click "create hoplink," type in a nickname, and the affiliate link you can use to promote the products will be listed. - 15478

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