Affiliate Links from Clickbank

Broomfield, Colo. - May 19, 2009 - After recently being cited by Entrepreneur.com as one of the companies leading the pack in affiliate marketing, ClickBank says the company has joined a list of global industry giants that will share industry insight with nearly 1,500 attendees at Affilicon Israel, June 1-2 in Airport City, Israel.

Dush Ramachandran, ClickBank's vice president of sales, marketing and business development, will take part in a panel discussion on international affiliate marketing and will be the featured speaker at another conference session entitled "Digital Product Marketing."

Ramachandran said a variety of global topics and trends will be addressed. "All of which will focus on helping affiliate marketers move their businesses forward," he said.

As part of the panel on international affiliate marketing, Ramachandran will discuss opportunities available to affiliates who want to take advantage of the growing global market in Internet commerce. During "Digital Product Marketing" he will explore in detail the benefits of marketing digital products versus physical products, drawing heavily upon his experience in working with some of the largest and most successful affiliates and vendors in the industry.

Affilicon, considered the source for affiliate marketing thought leadership and industry expertise, holds several annual conferences considered to be the premier must-attend events for marketing affiliates, exhibitors and online merchants. For more information on Affilicon Israel, visit the conference web site here.

About Dush Ramachandran: Dush Ramachandran was recently appointed to the advisory boards of Affilicon and Affiliate Summit. Both boards work to provide leadership and industry expertise to Internet and affiliate marketers. Ramachandran joined ClickBank in 2005. He is responsible for the company's sales and marketing activities and alliances with affiliate and vendor organizations worldwide. He has held executive leadership positions with domestic and international firms such as Requisite Technology, Conceptual Technologies, Computervision Corp., and Datapoint Corp. Ramachandran holds a bachelor's degree in physics from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management.

About Affilicon: Affilicon is the leading Affiliates' conferences and exhibitions for non US affiliates. With conferences being held in Israel, Berlin, Mumbai, Beijing and Stockholm, Affilicon serves the international affiliates community and helps online merchants to expand their reach. Affilicon's education-focused events set the right environment for networking and conducting business. For more information, please visit www.affilicon.com.

About ClickBank: ClickBank is the largest online retailer for those engaged in developing, selling and promoting digitally downloaded products and services, with 25,000 daily transactions from around the world, 12,000 product vendors and more than 100,000 active affiliates. The company functions as a virtual business network facilitating the interactions and transactions between buyers, sellers and affiliates while providing guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection and a totally secure platform. For more information, please visit www.ClickBank.com.

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Secure, reliable payment processing
Low start-up costs (one-time $49.95 product activation fee)
Industry-leading fraud prevention
No merchant account required
Accept credit cards and PayPal
ClickBank provides customer support

More than 100,000 active affiliates
Global affiliate reach
Experience in promoting niche products

Detailed sales reporting
Weekly payments and direct deposit available
Get paid on time, every time - ClickBank has never missed a payment in 10 years

Accurate affiliate commission tracking
ClickBank handles affiliate payment distribution
No hands-on management of affiliates required

Reach customers around the globe
More than 100,000 active affiliates in 145 countries
Sell your product in English, Spanish, French, and German

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Commissions of up to 75% - much higher than other affiliate networks
Digital products mean instant delivery and faster commissions
More reward for your efforts

Huge variety of product types not found on other networks
Detailed sales statistics to guide your selection
Promote any product immediately
No individual contracts required - easy and fast to get started

Combined commissions from all your promotions
ClickBank handles all the details
Get paid more often - weekly payments and direct deposit available

Detailed sales reporting
Accurate commission tracking
Get paid on time, every time
Weekly payments and direct deposit available

Promote almost anywhere in the world
Promote English, Spanish, French, and German products
ClickBank accepts payment in 13 currencies

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ClickBank provides digital content - e-books, software, memberships and subscriptions - to consumers around the world through an expanding network of product vendors and affiliate Internet marketers. The ClickBank network includes more than 100,000 active affiliates and over 12,000 vendors of tens of thousands of unique digital products. ClickBank is a privately held company with offices in Broomfield, Colo., and Boise, Idaho. The company employs approximately 45 people.

ClickBank is one of the most visited and highest converting businesses on the Internet, selling something to someone on the planet every three seconds. On an average day, ClickBank processes more than 20,000 orders from more than 200 countries around the world.

In 2007, the company exceeded sales of $1 million in a single day for the first time in its history, and that benchmark has now become a regular occurrence. ClickBank's 2005 revenues ranked 54th in the Top 100 E-retailers, ahead of such notable companies as Saks Fifth Avenue, Disney Direct and J Crew. 2006 revenues were in excess of $200 million. Revenues have grown more than 50% from 2004 to 2006.

ClickBank's Business Model
ClickBank was founded on the idea that the Internet could be utilized to create a new and extremely effective marketing and distribution channel for digital products. ClickBank's success is the result of bringing three key groups together in a unique way:

Product Vendors who sell their intellectual property through the ClickBank eCommerce network;

Affiliate Internet marketers, focused on promoting and advertising products to consumers worldwide in exchange for attractive commissions; and

Consumers shopping for unique products not typically found in traditional channels.
ClickBank serves as the trusted intermediary for the three groups, controlling the money flow for each transaction, while providing complete transparency for vendors and affiliates alike including guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection and a totally secure platform.

As a result, ClickBank is a closed network solution - meaning participants, primarily product vendors and affiliates, do not need to augment the ClickBank solution with other vendors. Everything they need to succeed is provided within the ClickBank network. Specifics on the benefits for each group are outlined below.

Product Vendors
The common thread of all vendors within the ClickBank network is that they have a specific expertise and intellectual property with an entrepreneurial desire to sell their products. Some key benefits for product vendors include:

*Unrivaled access to a motivated army of affiliates
*Payment of all affiliate commissions
*Instant global product distribution
*Comprehensive client support
*No need to establish a merchant account or other banking relationship
*100% effective marketing (vendors pay for marketing exposure only when a sale is made)
*Comprehensive fraud management

Affiliates
ClickBank affiliates are Internet marketers who earn commissions by promoting ClickBank products. ClickBank's network offers a great value proposition for affiliates including:

*Attractive commission rates
*Comprehensive tracking, analytics and reporting
*Single commission check for all sales from trusted intermediary
*Large variety of products to promote
*Dedicated client support
*No requirement to have individual contracts with each vendor
*Comprehensive fraud management

Consumers
Consumers utilize the ClickBank network in order to purchase specialized, niche products and services that are typically unavailable in brick-and-mortar retail locations. Key benefits for consumers include:

*Unrivaled access to a wide variety of products and services
*Safe and secure purchasing process
*Fast and friendly customer service
*Consumer friendly policies

ClickBank in Action
To illustrate, here is an example of how ClickBank works:

*An author writes an e-book on dieting and chooses to become a vendor on the ClickBank network. He features the book on his Web site and offers a 60 percent commission to ClickBank affiliates who successfully promote the book to end consumers.
*Twenty different affiliates feature the dieting e-book on their sites.
*Each time a visitor to any affiliate site clicks on the product link, the visitor is referred back to the vendors' 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 vendor and the referring affiliate.
*ClickBank also processes any sales from the vendor's Web site that are not referred through a ClickBank affiliate. In those cases, ClickBank pays the vendor only, as no referring commission has been earned.

More Information on Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a method of promoting Internet-based merchants in which an affiliate (promoter) is rewarded for every sale resulting from his or her efforts. Affiliate marketing is one of the fastest growing Internet businesses today because it takes advantage of the intersection of three powerful and growing trends:

*The continued rise of Internet commerce.
*The proliferation of high-speed broadband to homes, making electronic distribution (downloads) of even large files fast and easy.
*The accepted change of distribution methods from physical to electronic for a wide variety of products.

The Internet continues to grow and evolve as a central, global economic hub and marketplace, as evidenced by the fact that online sales are expected to top $1 trillion annually by 2010. Jeff Bezos, chairman of Amazon.com, said "This [affiliate marketing] is simply the first step in the ongoing migration of the $4 trillion global retail economy onto the Net."

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