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| 2009-06-30 - ClickBank Approaches $1.3 billion in Payouts |
| 2009-05-19 - ClickBank Provides Affiliate Marketing Insight at Affilicon Israel |
| 2009-04-22 - ClickBank Executive Dush Ramachandran Selected to Serve on Affiliate Summit and Affilicon Advisory Boards |
| 2009-01-06 - ClickBank Connects with its Network at Affiliate Summit West |
| 2008-10-28 - ClickBank Adds New International Features to Its Online Platform |
| 2008-09-09 - ClickBank Offers Weekly Payments |
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CONTACT: Broomfield, Colo. – June 30, 2009 – Affiliate marketing leader ClickBank said today that the company is nearing the $1.3 billion mark in payouts to its vendors and affiliates. Established in 1998, ClickBank provides a safe online marketplace for people who want to sell or market products. Revenue is generated for both the product vendor and the marketing affiliate through a pay-for-performance revenue sharing model. And, at a rate of one sale every 2-3 seconds, ClickBank clients are making money—lots of money. “ClickBank’s secure platform and fraud protection help online businesses focus on what’s important – reaching customers,” said affiliate marketer Russell Brunson. Brunson is one of ClickBank’s more than 100,000 active affiliates who have built successful ebusinesses by promoting and selling the digital products and services available at ClickBank.com. The site features thousands of high-quality products that continually demonstrate high conversion rates. ClickBank CEO Brad Wiskirchen said the combination of a large affiliate network, diverse range of products, reliable ecommerce platform, and ability to safely process 26,000 transactions a day makes ClickBank a powerful third-party monetization engine. “Nobody in the market has been able to match or replicate our model,” he said. “What’s more,” said Wiskirchen, “we pay our clients on time. That’s very important to them. We listen and respond to their needs.” Michael Webb of TheRomantic.com attests to this, saying, “In the eight years I've been with ClickBank, I've never had a late payment and my emails are always responded to promptly and professionally.” About ClickBankFounded in 1998, ClickBank is a secure online retail outlet for more than 12,000 digital product vendors and more than 100,000 active affiliate marketers. ClickBank makes a sale somewhere in the world every 2-3 seconds, safely processing more than 26,000 digital transactions a day. The company serves more than 200 countries, and is consistently ranked as one of the most highly-trafficked sites on the web. ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. |
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CONTACT: Global leader called on to address international affiliate marketing trends Broomfield, Colo. - May 19, 2009 - After recently being cited by Entrepreneur.com as one of the companies leading the pack in affiliate marketing, ClickBank says the company has joined a list of global industry giants that will share industry insight with nearly 1,500 attendees at Affilicon Israel, June 1-2 in Airport City, Israel. Dush Ramachandran, ClickBank's vice president of sales, marketing and business development, will take part in a panel discussion on international affiliate marketing and will be the featured speaker at another conference session entitled "Digital Product Marketing." Ramachandran said a variety of global topics and trends will be addressed. "All of which will focus on helping affiliate marketers move their businesses forward," he said. As part of the panel on international affiliate marketing, Ramachandran will discuss opportunities available to affiliates who want to take advantage of the growing global market in Internet commerce. During "Digital Product Marketing" he will explore in detail the benefits of marketing digital products versus physical products, drawing heavily upon his experience in working with some of the largest and most successful affiliates and vendors in the industry. Affilicon, considered the source for affiliate marketing thought leadership and industry expertise, holds several annual conferences considered to be the premier must-attend events for marketing affiliates, exhibitors and online merchants. For more information on Affilicon Israel, visit the conference web site here. About Dush Ramachandran: Dush Ramachandran was recently appointed to the advisory boards of Affilicon and Affiliate Summit. Both boards work to provide leadership and industry expertise to Internet and affiliate marketers. Ramachandran joined ClickBank in 2005. He is responsible for the company's sales and marketing activities and alliances with affiliate and vendor organizations worldwide. He has held executive leadership positions with domestic and international firms such as Requisite Technology, Conceptual Technologies, Computervision Corp., and Datapoint Corp. Ramachandran holds a bachelor's degree in physics from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management. About Affilicon: Affilicon is the leading Affiliates' conferences and exhibitions for non US affiliates. With conferences being held in Israel, Berlin, Mumbai, Beijing and Stockholm, Affilicon serves the international affiliates community and helps online merchants to expand their reach. Affilicon's education-focused events set the right environment for networking and conducting business. For more information, please visit www.affilicon.com. About ClickBank: ClickBank is the largest online retailer for those engaged in developing, selling and promoting digitally downloaded products and services, with 25,000 daily transactions from around the world, 12,000 product vendors and more than 100,000 active affiliates. The company functions as a virtual business network facilitating the interactions and transactions between buyers, sellers and affiliates while providing guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection and a totally secure platform. For more information, please visit www.ClickBank.com. |
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CONTACT: Broomfield, Colo., April 22, 2009 - Dush Ramachandran, vice president of sales, marketing and business development for ClickBank, has been appointed to the advisory boards of Affiliate Summit and Affilicon, further strengthening Ramachandran's ties to affiliate marketing circles in domestic and international arenas. Both advisory boards work to provide thought leadership and industry expertise to Internet and affiliate marketers. Board members leverage their connections and standing within the industry for the betterment of the business and all of those associated with it. "I look forward to working with Affiliate Summit and Affilicon to help ensure the success of Internet and affiliate marketers worldwide," said Ramachandran. "Working with ClickBank's community of 100,000-plus marketing affiliates, I can offer a well-informed, global perspective of the industry and what is needed to move it forward." In addition to being considered the source for thought leadership and industry expertise, Affiliate Summit and Affilicon hold several annual marketing conferences that are considered to be the premier must-attend events for marketing affiliates, exhibitors and online merchants. Conferences and events are held in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia, drawing marketing affiliates, exhibitors and merchants on an annual and semi-annual basis. As an advisory board member, Ramachandran will assist with the selection of speakers and topics at upcoming Affiliate Summit and Affilicon conferences. Ramachandran joined ClickBank in 2005. He is responsible for ClickBank's sales and marketing activities and alliances with affiliate and vendor organizations worldwide. Ramachandran has held executive leadership positions with domestic and international firms such as Requisite Technology, Conceptual Technologies, Computervision Corp., Prime Computer, Inc. and Datapoint Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management. About ClickBank: ClickBank is the largest online retailer for those engaged in developing, selling and promoting digitally downloaded products and services, with 25,000 daily transactions from around the world, 12,000 product vendors and more than 100,000 active affiliates. The company functions as a virtual business network facilitating the interactions and transactions between buyers, sellers and affiliates while providing guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection and a totally secure platform. For more information, please visit www.ClickBank.com. |
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CONTACT: ClickBank Connects with its Network at Affiliate Summit West Broomfield, Colo., Jan. 6, 2009 - ClickBank, a world leader in online retail of high-converting, digitally downloadable products, is attending the Affiliate Summit West. The conference will take place Jan. 11-13th, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.Come meet with ClickBank executives at Table 47 at the Meet Market on Sunday, Jan. 11 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Affiliate Summit West, the premier affiliate marketing conference of the year, provides an opportunity for affiliates, merchants and networks to attend educational sessions on the latest industry issues. The Affiliate Summit West presents an opportunity for ClickBank to meet its affiliates in person, receive feedback about its services and keep its affiliates up to date on enhancements coming in 2009. "The Affiliate Summit West is an excellent opportunity for ClickBank to meet its affiliates in person and discuss the latest trends in affiliate marketing," said Brad Wiskirchen, ClickBank's chief executive officer. "We have a number of dynamic additions planned for our services in 2009." About ClickBank: With clients in 145 countries, ClickBank is the largest online retailer for those engaged in developing, selling and promoting digitally downloaded products and services, with 25,000 daily transactions from around the world, 12,000 product publishers and more than 100,000 active affiliates. The company functions as a virtual business network facilitating the interactions and transactions between buyers, sellers and affiliates while providing guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection and a totally secure platform. ClickBank's platform allows clients to transact business in English, Spanish, German and French in 13 international currencies. For more information, please visit www.ClickBank.com. ### |
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CONTACT: ClickBank Adds New International Features to Its Online Platform Internet's largest digital products retail network now transacts business in 4 languages, 13 currencies Broomfield, Colo., October 28, 2008 - In an effort to significantly expand the moneymaking capability of affiliates and product vendors using its powerful online sales platform, ClickBank, a world leader in online retail of digitally downloadable products, now enables commerce in French and German and accepts payments in 13 global currencies. ClickBank's upgraded transaction platform enables all interactions between the customer and ClickBank to be conducted in English, Spanish, German or French--including the order form, confirmation page, customer service emails, phone support and customer service pages on ClickBank's Web site. ClickBank's international e-commerce capability has been further broadened to accept payments in the Australian dollar (AUD), Canadian dollar (CAD), Swiss franc (CHF), Danish krone (DKK), Euro (EUR), British pound (GBP), Hong Kong dollar (HKD), Japanese yen (JPY), Norwegian kroner (NOK), New Zealand dollar (NZD), Swedish krona (SEK), United States dollar (USD) and South African rand (ZAR). "As a global enterprise with clients and customers worldwide, providing the ability to transact sales in multiple languages and currencies is critical for continued international growth," said ClickBank CEO Bob King. ClickBank began its platform globalization effort in March with the implementation of Spanish language transaction capability. Industry statistics estimate that 102 million Internet users worldwide speak Spanish and 118 million users worldwide speak French or German. Since it began offering Spanish language capabilities, ClickBank's Spanish language sales have grown 20 percent month-over-month on average. More than 400 products have been created and approved for the Spanish sales platform. In 2007, ClickBank's revenue grew 26 percent to more than $300 million, and the company is on track to achieve another year of double-digit revenue growth in 2008. About ClickBank: ### |
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CONTACT: ClickBank Offers Weekly Payments Broomfield, Colo. - Sept. 9, 2008 - ClickBank, a privately held online retailer for buyers and sellers of digitally delivered products and services, today announced the ability for ClickBank clients to receive payments for affiliate commission and sales via weekly direct deposit (ACH & XACH). "During the past two years in our efforts to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction, we have made a number of critical improvements to our services and offerings," said Bob King, ClickBank CEO. "The latest improvement is weekly payments. With this offering our clients will have greater flexibility to manage their cash flow and reinvest into their businesses." In July, ClickBank introduced direct deposit into both domestic and international bank accounts. Now, direct deposit users can choose to be paid weekly, cutting the wait time to receive electronic payments and providing ClickBank clients faster access to capital. "Direct deposit and shorter payment cycles will help many Internet marketers manage their cash flow and reinvest their ClickBank profits," said ClickBank client Michael Rasmussen. "It's not only a good business move for existing clients, it will bring in a lot of new ClickBank affiliates as well." To be eligible for weekly payments and direct deposit, a ClickBank user must have first received three paper checks within any 90-day period. Also, only accounts in the following countries qualify at this time: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. The company is expecting to expand direct deposit to other countries in the future. About ClickBank: ClickBank is the largest online retailer for those engaged in developing, selling and promoting digitally downloaded products and services, with 25,000 daily transactions from around the world, 12,000 product vendors and more than 100,000 active affiliates. The company functions as a virtual business network facilitating the interactions and transactions between buyers, sellers and affiliates while providing guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection and a totally secure platform. For more information, please visit www.ClickBank.com. ### |
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