Purchasing Products Through Your Own Affiliate Link On Clickbank

Did you know that if you purchase products on Clickbank through your own affiliate link, you will get banned? No, I am joking. That’s not true. The reason, I started this post is because I still see people around, who are wondering whether it’s allowed to buy stuff from Clickbank using your own link or not. Well, as Clickbank says, the short answer is yes, you can do that. Let me explain.

If you are a regular affiliate, who makes a number of sales a month, and consistently receive payments, you will have no trouble buying products through your own hoplink. For example, usually about 2-3 big launches happen in one month, and let’s say, you want to buy one of those products. So you decide to do it through your own affiliate link to get a commission and, obviously, save money. Go on and do it. It’s safe and nothing will happen. Don’t listen to some guys, who are not even registered with Clickbank and talking without knowing anything.

I got this from Clickbank’s Affiliate FAQ Library. Have a look what they are saying:

Can I purchase products through my own hoplink?

“The short answer is yes, but ClickBank does not condone affiliates using their accounts for this sole purpose. As stated in our Accounting Policy, “ClickBank accounts cannot be used for the sole purpose of collecting rebates or otherwise extending credit to yourself or others.” That is, affiliates should not be using their own hoplinks to purchase products for themselves and then collect a “rebate” check from ClickBank.

Unless an account contains sales from made with 5 or more different credit card numbers, including at least one Visa card, and one MasterCard, our system will not generate a check for that account (even if the balance has met or exceeded the payment preference). PayPal purchases do not count toward the minimum.”

As you can see, no one is going to ban you. Basically, what they want to say is, if you want to purchase a product through your own affiliate link, then you can do it. However, if you do that regularly to increase commissions on your account and receive checks, they won’t send them to you, unless you’ve made sales with 5 or more different credit cards, including one Visa and Mastercard.

That policy would a problem for new affiliates, but as I said, if you are making consistent sales, then you shouldn’t have any problems with that. So if you like some product on Clickbank, and want to save money, then buy it through your own affiliate link. Just make sure you don’t overdo this. I would say 1-3 purchases a month should keep you on the safe side.

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