ClickBank

ClickBank is a privately-held online marketplace for digital information products. It aims to serve as a connection between digital content creators (also known as vendors) and affiliate marketers, who then promote them to consumers. The company was named the #1 affiliate network in America for 2011 by Revenue Magazine's Online Advertising Blue Book (^[1]). Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, it also has offices in Broomfield, Colorado.

The company is a subsidiary of Keynetics, and is the sister company of Kount, an online security company. It was founded in 1998 by Tim and Eileen Barber.

As of June 2011 the company claims to have paid affiliates and vendors over $1.8 billion, processed 35,000 transactions per day, and generated over $350M in annual revenue.^{[citation needed]} It offered over 46,000 individual products to its affiliate marketers, and provided services in over 200 countries.^[2]

Altogether the site has attracted over 1,000,000 affiliate marketers, approximately 100,000 of whom are designated as 'active' at any given time,..^[3][4]

Payment processing

ClickBank's relationship with security solutions firm and sister company Kount has enabled it to maintain a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) Level 1 certificate of compliance.^{[citation needed]} It accepts payments in 13 national currencies including the USA, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Switzerland, Denmark, the Euro, Hong Kong, Japan, Norway, Sweden and South Africa. Vendors are able to sell single items or recurring subscription products.

References

1. ^ http://mthink.com/blog/chris-trayhorn/new-blue-book-top-20-network-rankings). ]Template:Revenue Magazine
2. ^ "Denver Business Journal". Denver Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/print-edition/2011/01/28/clickbank---heard-of-it---nears-2b.html?page=all. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
3. ^ Zak Stambor. "Online Retail Giant ClickBank Expands Services to International Markets". Internet Retailer. http://www.internetretailer.com/2009/11/06/online-retail-giant-clickbank-expands-services-to-international. Retrieved 2011-06-26. 
4. ^ Katie Deatsch (2009-09-08). "Web-only - Gross merchandise sales at ClickBank.com rise 8% in the first half". Internet Retailer. http://www.internetretailer.com/2009/09/08/gross-merchandise-sales-at-clickbank-com-rise-8-in-the-first-ha. Retrieved 2011-06-26.