Has anyone had issues with ClickBank commissions? It seems like they’re not crediting them.

[ashpibaoo]

I’ve been using my organic methods for 4 years now, and lately I feel like I may have been kind of scammed by ClickBank. In the last 30 days, I’ve had 77 final order form impressions and only one sale. i never had this before in clickbank. I would have expected at least 3 sales.


Has anyone else felt the same?

 

[Anina33]

Hey, I had an old clickbank account, but I didnt have any issues

 

[Elon Snup]

77 impressions and 1 sale is 1.3% conversion, which is below typical but not impossible depending on traffic temperature. A few things worth checking before assuming shaving.

First, is this the same traffic source as your previous 4 years? Order form conversion is extremely sensitive to traffic quality. Cold SEO traffic will convert far lower than warm email or retargeted visitors.

Second, check the gravity score on the offer. If gravity dropped significantly it means other affiliates are also seeing fewer sales, which usually points to the offer degrading rather than shaving.

That said, ClickBank shaving is a documented issue going back years. The cleanest way to verify it: run a small paid traffic test and track server-side with your own pixel alongside ClickBank's. If your tracking consistently shows 20-30% more conversions than ClickBank reports, that is shaving. If the numbers roughly match, the issue is traffic quality.

If you confirm shaving, the fix is moving to direct vendor partnerships with their own affiliate tracking through Thrivecart or PayKickstart. Cuts ClickBank out entirely.

 

[jayhop]

I’ve been using my organic methods for 4 years now, and lately I feel like I may have been kind of scammed by ClickBank. In the last 30 days, I’ve had 77 final order form impressions and only one sale. i never had this before in clickbank. I would have expected at least 3 sales.


Has anyone else felt the same?

You can never really trust anyone other than yourself for accurate stats. Fraud is happening on all platforms. Its possible but clickbank Ive been using for more than 15 years now and Ive had very few issues with it. There have been many bad actors on CB but they are pretty aggressive about booting them and I in particular that i think i got kicked off for scamming affiliates. I consistenty had around a 3-5% conversation rate for nearly 6 months until suddenly 1 month it just dropped off to 0.25%. Same traffic sources and same amount. I prefer to sell physical products only rather than informational ones these days. Refund rates are higher, courses aren't selling like they used to since informaiton is so abundant online these days. Make sure your tracking your traffic sources accurately and take that into account if they are changing. Tha conversaion rate is pretty common though. Many offers i promote have around a 0.5-2% conversion rate.

 

[Datttran]

cb itself rarely “steals” in a way that only affects one affiliate consistently. 1 sale from 77 ofi is weak, but usually it’s vendor funnel changes or lower buyer intent, not cb itself. Split-test another proven offer with the same traffic to isolate the real issue fast

 

[Rick Ad Master]

Check 2 things : 1) Is current order form might not be optimized for mobile devices ?
2) Is there an add-on product (that was not there previously) on the checkout page ? if so, this could be confusing potential buyers, causing them to abandon the purchase.