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Over the last year or so, Clickbank has really kicked it up a notch. They have added so many features that Clickbank affiliates have been waiting for for a long time. I just happened to notice this new feature as I was checking my sales stats.

I seems that they are adding an ad serving platform. Forget the old marketplace XML feed with the generic descriptions meant to get affiliates to sell a product rather than being of any benefit in selling a product. Now vendors can ad real ads to the marketplace feed. Well, maybe not now, but soon:

Clickbank has a new channel on YouTube. Currently there is only a screencast of the sign up process, but there should be more to come.

ClickBank Press Release

ClickBank Offers Weekly Payments
Service provides greater flexibility for ClickBank users

BROOMFIELD, Colo. - Sept. 9, 2008 - ClickBank, a privately
held online retailer for buyers and sellers of digitally
delivered products and services, today announced the
ability for ClickBank clients to receive payments for
affiliate commission and sales via weekly direct
deposit (ACH & XACH).

“During the past two years in our efforts to maintain
high levels of customer satisfaction, we have made a
number of critical improvements to our services and
offerings,” said Bob King, ClickBank CEO. “The latest
improvement is weekly payments. With this offering
our clients will have greater flexibility to manage
their cash flow and reinvest into their businesses.”

BROOMFIELD, Colo. - June 25, 2008 - ClickBank, a privately held online retailer for buyers and sellers of digitally delivered products and services, today announced it is offering PayPal for recurring billing - yet another strategic option for product publishers seeking to increase business and meet customer needs.  

ClickBank is using PayPal's recurring billing solution to give product publishers an easy way to sell subscription-based content and services, such as online newsletters or annual software licenses. It has proven to be very popular with customers, growing rapidly each month since its introduction. 

"Currently, nearly 20 percent of ClickBank's total business transactions are conducted using PayPal," said Bob King, ClickBank CEO. "Allowing customers to use PayPal for recurring billing will further fuel demand for our popular subscription-based products and services and, by providing a new payment option, enhance the ClickBank experience for publishers, affiliates and customers."

"We are excited to have ClickBank on board using PayPal," said Jim Hunt, director of merchant relations at PayPal. "Using our recurring billing functionality gives customers security and convenience when shopping online."

ClickBank is a world leader in online commerce systems with more than 100,000 active affiliates, 35,000 unique digitally downloadable products, such as e-books and software, and over 12,000 product publishers from around the globe that register more than 25,000 daily transactions.

I guess not everyone just tells their affiliates to take a flying leap. Good news if you live in New York.

New York state is implementing a new law that would require online retailers with affiliates located in New York state to collect sales tax from New York residents. We are aware of this issue and are monitoring the situation closely. If the law goes into effect June 1, 2008, as it is scheduled, we will begin collecting sales tax on all sales made to residents of the state of New York. - ClickBank News | ClickBank Administration