Clickbank likely issue with payments in 2025

Hi there
I have been using clickbank since 2018 and I always earn a decent amount of money in the last years, which I suepass $70000 in profit so far.

The problem is in this year since January until now the earnings have decreased significantly despite using the same strategy that has given me $70000 in recent years.

I've noticed that despite all my efforts and after confirming that statistically I would have to have at least 10 sales per month (worst-case scenario), it's impossible that there haven't been almost no sales in the last few months and this month (July) zero sales! In the last months, at least 5 of my members in the Discord group I manage, and 3 others from my newsletter email list, said they purchased ClickBank products, but despite this, the sales haven't appeared on the ClickBank analytics page.

I don't want to assume the worst, but after all this evidences, I'm considering the hypothesis that ClickBank has gradually stopped paying to it's affiliates... Now I really don't know what to do or maybe I should change to other affiliate platform because clearly Clickbank are become a SCAM honestly! I just wanted to report what's happening with ClickBank, which seems quite bizarre and very bad! Below is the sales report page.

Have any of you noticed this situation with ClickBank? Are you experiencing a lot of hops and initial impressions and not getting sales? Just let me know.

do you guys getting scammed by clickbank recently? many claims about sales from subscribers, but sales are not apeearing in clickbank sales report?


PLEASE REPLY TO THIS THREAD. THANKS.

Clickbank is notorious for shaving conversions. Some of the sellers also collect leads and then show error on payment page to avoid affiliate commissions.

If you can manage to convert people to buy shitty clickbank junk ebooks or pills you can make money out of thin air by selling your own ebook and pocket all the money instead of being a commision broker mate.

Besides most offers on Clickbank are managed by the Clickbank stuff themselves and they shave like crazy.

VikingWannabe said:

If you can manage to convert people to buy shitty clickbank junk ebooks or pills you can make money out of thin air by selling your own ebook and pocket all the money instead of being a commision broker mate.

Besides most offers on Clickbank are managed by the Clickbank stuff themselves and they shave like crazy.

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Starblazer said:

Clickbank is notorious for shaving conversions. Some of the sellers also collect leads and then show error on payment page to avoid affiliate commissions.

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Yes that's true. But now I'm sure that some of the members from my discord group actually purchased courses and marketing programs from 2 different sellers from Clickbank.
I got proofs from 3 buyers...

They showed me today the invoices from their purchases that has been sent from Clickbank to their emails box. So the products has been paid by them and the commission after 3 days didn't show up in my sales report.

I think I will give up affiliate marketing.. I'm tired of this situations!

So it proofs that they are not paying the commisions to affiliates ..
I don't know if everyone in this forum are aware of this situation.

But I would like to know that. Anyone are not getting paid by clickbank?

seen similar reports lately. Something’s definitely off with tracking or reporting. Might be worth split-testing with another network just to see if conversions show up elsewhere.

Killswitchs said:

seen similar reports lately. Something’s definitely off with tracking or reporting. Might be worth split-testing with another network just to see if conversions show up elsewhere.

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Someone told me that Awin and BuyGoods Affiliate platforms are good choices and they pay to affiliates.

But I never ear nothing about them.
Do you know Awin and BuyGoods?

sebastien350 said:

Someone told me that Awin and BuyGoods Affiliate platforms are good choices and they pay to affiliates.

But I never ear nothing about them.
Do you know Awin and BuyGoods?

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yeah i know both, they been around. awin got big brands but kinda slow with payouts. buygoods pays faster but got mixed rep. test small before u go all in.

what products are you selling?

Probably time for you to have your own products or do some real brand partnership.

Peter Ngo said:

what products are you selling?

Probably time for you to have your own products or do some real brand partnership.

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For now I sell more affiliate marketing products like marketing courses and few AI tools services through their affiliate programs and got decent success. now the main problem is clickbank.

That's weird as hell...

I also have my own brand which I sell bracelets and necklaces on Etsy. But It's not well known, and I dont have any brand partnership yet..

Clickbank blows chunks as to offering quality to buyers.

They do have some quirky rules but that is how they have always been.

Find better products or do as @Peter Ngo says and create your own product as that is not very hard at all.

sebastien350 said:

Someone told me that Awin and BuyGoods Affiliate platforms are good choices and they pay to affiliates.

But I never ear nothing about them.
Do you know Awin and BuyGoods?

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Awin and buygoods will approve you. Buygoods require 1000+$ sales every month.
They have products in par with clickbanks some are more popular then clickbank. Do they shave and not pay? Don't know. Get a 7 day free trial of spyhero it will give you a good picture of what is working and where people are spending money on ads.

On the side note I see lots of vendors in your screenshot that I am not promoting. Are you promoting anything with gravity less then 10? I suggest you don't. They don't get sales at clickbank, so I guess they also don't pay.

Digging further:
Some of the products you are promoting are pulled out of clickbank, they are no longer listed on clickbank (I am using cbengine to lookup vendor)

Easiest System Ever - Done For You Affiliate Marketing System​

Profit Masterkey​

Product not found in marketplace:This product was not found in the ClickBank Marketplace during our last update. However, just because a product is not listed in the marketplace, does not mean it has been discontinued. If you're currently promoting this product,be sure to check that the vendor's website is up and runnning and that ClickBank is being used for payment processing.');

Live Chat Jobs - You have to try this one (don't!!!)<-- sales page is behind lead capture page. So you send traffic they capture the lead and traffic bounce off. They then put the lead on a email sequence and covert them while you get nothing.​

Rule of thumb, any product with lead capture page , lead capture popup, just don't promote!


Some have alternate sales page without lead capture use that as you hoplink

AI Marketers Club by John Crestani <-- well known scammer

IM Dude said:

Digging further:
Some of the products you are promoting are pulled out of clickbank, they are no longer listed on clickbank (I am using cbengine to lookup vendor)

Easiest System Ever - Done For You Affiliate Marketing System​

Profit Masterkey​

Product not found in marketplace:This product was not found in the ClickBank Marketplace during our last update. However, just because a product is not listed in the marketplace, does not mean it has been discontinued. If you're currently promoting this product,be sure to check that the vendor's website is up and runnning and that ClickBank is being used for payment processing.');

Live Chat Jobs - You have to try this one (don't!!!)<-- sales page is behind lead capture page. So you send traffic they capture the lead and traffic bounce off. They then put the lead on a email sequence and covert them while you get nothing.​

Rule of thumb, any product with lead capture page , lead capture popup, just don't promote!

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Some have alternate sales page without lead capture use that as you hoplink

AI Marketers Club by John Crestani <-- well known scammer

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OMG.. damn I didn't know that. I been scammed in the last months for few seller without know that..
Ok I see that clickbank its a big no nowdays.

I promoted few products with less than 10 gravity like Evolution and Empire System from Fergal Downes with some success. I promote to my audience since last year and I sold products almost everyday but since last month he stop paying the affiliate commissions... I manage to attract a lot of curiosity in those products because initial 7 days trial cost just $1 and recurring payments $35. so was easy selling...

So I assume Fergal Downes become scammer as well because sales are made but it doesn’t show up in my sales analytics in Clickbank after confirm with some guys that I know and members from my Discord group.

Also John Thornhill I manage to sell a lot in the past and he stop paying recently too.

I notice that the products gravity from both Clickbank Sellers (Fergal Downes and John Thornhill) are decreasing every week...
So there is something wrong with their products. so probably they stop paying commissions..

Do you notice that in those sellers?.

sebastien350 said:

OMG.. damn I didn't know that. I been scammed in the last months for few seller without know that..
Ok I see that clickbank its a big no nowdays.

I promoted few products with less than 10 gravity like Evolution and Empire System from Fergal Downes with some success. I promote to my audience since last year and I sold products almost everyday but since last month he stop paying the affiliate commissions... I manage to attract a lot of curiosity in those products because initial 7 days trial cost just $1 and recurring payments $35. so was easy selling...

So I assume Fergal Downes become scammer as well because sales are made but it doesn’t show up in my sales analytics in Clickbank after confirm with some guys that I know and members from my Discord group.

Also John Thornhill I manage to sell a lot in the past and he stop paying recently too.

I notice that the products gravity from both Clickbank Sellers (Fergal Downes and John Thornhill) are decreasing every week...
So there is something wrong with their products. so probably they stop paying commissions..

Do you notice that in those sellers?.

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I dont promote anything with gravity less 10. Less then 10 means they did not recorded or made 10 sales in last 3 months at clickbank. Either they are scammers or no one is buying their product. Simple as that.
I focus on physical products that solve a problem, weight loss, joint and backpain, ED. Etc
No exit popup or lead capture.
No known scammers like crystani.
Always use clickbank hoplink do not use vendor hoplink.
Stop promoting as soon ad they pullout of clickbank.
I am still promoting 150+ products that I have filtered out.

You're not alone—many affiliates have reported similar issues recently. It might be time to diversify platforms and not rely solely on ClickBank

IM Dude said:

I dont promote anything with gravity less 10. Less then 10 means they did not recorded or made 10 sales in last 3 months at clickbank. Either they are scammers or no one is buying their product. Simple as that.
I focus on physical products that solve a problem, weight loss, joint and backpain, ED. Etc
No exit popup or lead capture.
No known scammers like crystani.
Always use clickbank hoplink do not use vendor hoplink.
Stop promoting as soon ad they pullout of clickbank.
I am still promoting 150+ products that I have filtered out.

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How do you promote those 150 products. do you use paid ads or just SEO strategies and ranking strategies?

sebastien350 said:

How do you promote those 150 products. do you use paid ads or just SEO strategies and ranking strategies?

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Seo and parasites.

IM Dude said:

Seo and parasites.

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do you have any threads explaining those SEO and parasites strategies?.

I’ve noticed the same on my end, though not across all products. Over the last 15 days, I’ve been working on filtering out sellers who don’t seem to be paying affiliates.