Do not worry and get discouraged! Here are some common terms used in ClickBank’s website which will give a solution to the confusion. Becoming a part of ClickBank and being able to earn money through it is easy. Understanding the commonly used terms in ClickBank will make things easier.
Below are examples of commonly used terms. These terms refer to the people involved in the entire process involved in becoming a part of ClickBank and also to the terminologies used for searching in the website.
1. Product-Products which are included in the marketplace of ClickBank are digital products. Example of this are eBooks, software licenses, membership sites, newsletters and games.
2. Vendors-Vendors are the digital products retailers. They sign up with ClickBank so their digital product may be well promoted. ClickBank gives an opportunity for their products to be seen by more people and get advertised. Chances are, if they have a good product, affiliates will jump at promoting their products for them in exchange of commission. They maintain the website of the product being sold and they also determine the percentage of commission that an affiliate will get if a sale is done through the affiliate’s promotion.
3. Affiliate-An affiliate are the digital product promoters. They also need to sign up with ClickBank and acquire a ClickBank ID. An affiliate gets to choose which product to promote among the list of products available in ClickBank market. The affiliate promotes the product through his/her website, blog or forums by attaching the link. If a sale is done through the promotion of the affiliate, a commission will go to him/her.
4. HopLink-Hoplink is the system used by ClickBank to effectively track down activities among thousands of affiliates. This is the link that affiliates attach or incorporate to their promotions. Once customers click on to the HopLink, they are automatically redirected to the website of the vendor. If a customer decides to purchase the product, the affiliate will definitely get credited for this and will be entitled for a commission because the HopLinks track down the activity.
5. Category-It pertains to the categories that products belong to. It makes it easier to view the products available in the market because filtering the list becomes easier.
6. Subcategory- This will be seen once a specific category has been selected. This will further filter the products into the main category of available topics to look through. Makes it easier to find an affiliate product.
7. Key words-Keywords are words or phrases which are related or part of the product being searched.
8. Sort By-It is necessary to know how to maximize the use of this because it avoids getting lost within the thousands of products available in ClickBank’s Market. Oftentimes, products are sorted by popularity but there other ways to sort the products like Gravity or Product Type.
9. Popularity- Reflects the number of affiliates who are linked to a particular product.
10. Gravity- number of individual affiliates who earned cash by referring a buyer to the product being sold. Take note that weighted average and not the actual total.
11. Product Type- Product type are only categorized into two kinds—standard billing or recurring billing. Standard Billing means that the product only involves one-time purchase. It also means that affiliates only gets commission once. Example of which are eBooks. Recurring Billing means that there is a cyclical continuous billing for that particular product. Examples of products under the recurring billing type are software licenses and membership sites.
Understanding the common terms will make your ClickBank endeavor whole lot easier.
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