How do I stop Clickbank merchants from...

> I want my
> customers to pay full price. Sure my
> affiliates can buy it themselves and they
> are certainly entitled to getting the 50%
> off if they use their affiliate link -
> that's not my problem.

> I guess what I need is a way to restrict
> this commission payout to only a select few
> joint venture partners, without them
> worrying about their commission being stolen
> also.

Ok. I take all this to mean...

Someone who signs up as an affiliate can buy your product through their own link - and thus get 50% off - and that is ok with you. After all, they will also generate sales at which you will get 50%.

What you don't want to do is give a 50% discount to someone who only wants to buy your product and not resell it. And especially if they buy directly from you.

And you want your reselling affiliates to be a select few which you have chosen yourself because you will be selling this via Joint Venture.

If Clickbank does not have the facility to allow you to restrict WHO you want as an affiliate, or the number of affiliates (like an authorized affiliates thing), then go with Alexander's suggestion... have an exclusive bonus that the customer only gets when they buy through your selected JV affiliates. And they have to send a copy of their clickbank receipt to you - which you can double check through clickbank anyways.

Now for the third time in this thread... what, besides the general term "software," are you selling? What does your software DO?

Michael Ross


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