Posted by: Beau Blackwell, Community Manager

Earlier this week, we released several major improvements to our system that will help both vendors and affiliates grow and improve their businesses. In case you missed them, here’s a recap of what we released.

Help Center

You’ve probably already seen the new Help Center tab on the right-hand side of our navigation bar, but if not, be sure to check it out! The Help Center contains many new articles for both affiliates and vendors, covering everything from creating a ClickBank account to attracting more affiliates and learning about common ways to promote products. It’s a great place to look for any information you need about being more successful as a ClickBank client.

New & Improved Client Analytics

We’ve made major improvements to our Client Analytics, allowing you to see more detail than ever about your sales and promotions. Our improved Client Analytics lets you look at trends, order form impressions data, reporting by various dimensions like geographic location, and more.

To view the new Client Analytics, log in to your account and click the Reporting tab. Then click Analytics NEW! on the right side of the subnav:

To read more about all the features Client Analytics has to offer, and how to use it, see our Help Center article.

Integrated Sales Reporting

Clients can now track successful orders (conversions) by linking the ClickBank order process to Google Analytics, Google AdWords, and Yahoo Search Marketing, giving you more information about sales and the effectiveness of promotional efforts than ever before.

Read more about Integrated Sales Reporting in the Help Center.

ClickBank API

The ClickBank API makes it possible for a wide range of computer programs to securely access ClickBank account information on behalf of ClickBank account owners. Some of the functions available to users of the API include the ability to:

• Request a refund for a customer’s purchase
• Request a cancelation for a customer’s subscription
• Retrieve a list of transactions in a ClickBank account for a given timeframe

Read more about the ClickBank API in the Help Center.

Take a look at these related posts:

1. Coming Soon: Enhanced Reporting Analytics
2. Pilot Participants Wanted for New ClickBank Reporting Feature
3. ClickBank Data and Outside Analytics

Posted by: Kristen M., Marketing Communications Manager

We know that ClickBank can be confusing to newcomers and we’re working to address gaps that exist in our support materials. One step we’ve taken in that direction is the creation of a welcome email.

Starting later this month, when clients sign up for a new ClickBank account they will immediately receive a welcome email with information to help them get started. The email highlights the basic concept of how ClickBank works and provides information about how to get paid and sign up for the ClickBank Newsletter, as well as where to go for customer service assistance. In addition, the email links to two helpful new documents we’ve put together: Top 5 Beginner Affiliate Questions (PDF) and Top 5 Beginner Publisher Questions (PDF). (*Links added 4/17)

Moving forward, we’d like to continue to develop materials to help publishers and affiliates become more successful. If you have ideas on specific materials we can provide, please leave a comment below and let us know.

Take a look at these related posts:

1. Customer Service Enhancements
2. Welcome to the ClickBank Blog!
3. Help Us Help You