There are 3 main ways for making money on the web. These are pay per click, pay per lead and pay per sale. The great thing about starting out at Clickbank and other programs like it is that you can do all these things here. You pretty much have complete freedom on how you promote the products. How you get paid depends largely on how the vendor wants to pay you.

Pay per click is a hugely popular way to get paid. You can literally make money without people buying anything. All you have to do is set up a web page, put some relevant content on it and slap up your link. Then you drive traffic to the site, and if they click the link, you get paid. Even if they don’t buy anything.

Pay per lead is a lot like pay per click. Again, no one has to buy anything for you to get paid. The trick here is getting them to do something on the landing page. After they click your link, they need to accept the survey, free item, etc., so that the company can get their email info. Once that happens, you get paid.

Pay per sale is a bit more high stakes than the other two paths to money. The visitors actually have to buy stuff in order for you to get paid your commission. While the content in pay per click and pay per lead has some leeway in quality, you have to be on the ball with the content in pay per sale.

The thing about Clickbank is that in all likelihood, you’ll only get paid in pay per sale. While there are a few high end vendors on CB, overwhelmingly they are outnumbered by newbies. Just as Clickbank is a good place to start as an affiliate, it’s also a good place to start as a vendor. Consequently, the vendors probably won’t have much making money on the web up front to pay for clicks and leads. So, make sure that your content rocks before you put it up.

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