To illustrate,here is an example of how ClickBank works:
1.An author writes an e-book on dieting and chooses to become a publisher on the ClickBank network.He features the book on his web site and offers a 50 percent commission to ClickBank affiliates who successfully promote the book to end consumers.
2.Thirty different affiliates feature the dieting e-book on their sites/blogs.
3.Each time a visitor to any affiliate site clicks on the product link,the visitor is referred back to the publishers’ site where the product can be purchased though ClickBank and downloaded.ClickBank completes the transaction (processes the payment and screens for fraud,etc.) and pays both the publisher and the referring affiliate.
4.ClickBank also processes any sales from the publisher’s web site that are not referred through a ClickBank affiliate.In those cases,ClickBank pays the publisher only,as no referring commission has been earned.
Clickbank pays commissions to affiliates once in every two weeks.