Released on = March 16, 2006, 8:06 pm

Press Release Author = MRM Services, Inc.

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = Unknowingly clickbank affiliates who earn commissions on
selling other developer\'s products, may be bilked out of their fair commissions in
what could be the perfect crime.

Press Release Body =
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
03/16/2006


Clickbank Affiliates Could Be Losing Millions in Commissions
Unknowingly Clickbank affiliates who earn commissions for selling products, may be
bilked out of commissions in what could be the perfect crime. This crime would go
completely undetected.

Melbourne, Fl March 16, 2006

Note that in no way am I ever accusing or insinuating Clickbank of stealing
commissions or doing anything remotely illegal or dishonest. They have a great
customer service department who strives to provide decent, honest service in an
environment that is rife with dishonesty. Yet they too may be victims

ClickBank is a legitimate company that offers a great service to entrepreneurs, home
businesses, and buyers alike. Product developers register their product with
Clickbank and offer affiliates a percentage of the sales commissions through the use
of a \"hop\" link. The affiliate promotes the product, a buyer clicks the link, pays
for the product, the sales commission is split between the owner and the affiliate
automatically. Clickbank also does a great job of protecting the consumer if there
are any complaints or the product is not delivered. When it all works, it is a great
system.

But it does have a flaw. And it could be a big one which could easily be exploited
by internet thieves. Because, if the \"hop\" link is not correct, the unsuspecting
affiliate does not receive any commission at all. But the affiliate would never know
it, and who would complain. The developers, get paid. The buyer receives their
product. And the affiliate never knows if anyone used their link and if their link
had been hi-jacked.

I became aware of this situation when I recently purchased a product using my
clickbank link and noticed that I did not receive a commission for this sale. I
queried clickbank about this, was told that structure of the clickbank hop link had
been changed.

This is the response I received from ClickBank support.

The affiliate hoplink must be set up in the following format to track
commissions properly:

http://AFFILIATE.VENDOR.hop.clickbank.net

\"Affiliate\" must be replaced with the affiliate\'s ClickBank nickname and
\"vendor\" with the publisher\'s ClickBank nickname.

After doing this, I noticed my affiliate still didn\'t show up. I started to become
suspicious. So I emailed Clickbank back and here is the response.

Our hoplink tracking system relies on cookies. Please verify that you have cookies
enabled in your browser, and that there aren\'t any third-party
ad-blocker/anti-spyware software that could be blocking cookies.

Again the suspicion is that the affiliate did something wrong. This makes no sense.
Who anti-spyware? Why should that matter? How does the affiliate know who does and
who doesn\'t? If they rely on cookies, they shouldn\'t allow the sale at all.


Rex Madden is both an online and off-line successful entrepreneur who utilizes
numerous services to promote several ebusinesses. Often times he shares his hard
learned lessons.


For More Information Contact:

Rex Madden
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