If you are a ClickBank affiliate, you probably already know the Customer Distribution Requirement (CDR) policy.

The CDR is the ClickBank anti-fraud policy, to avoid a fraudolent use of the ClickBank account; in short you cannot purchase ClickBank products using your own affiliate link just to collect rebates.

That is why  “ClickBank will withhold payment of any account balance until the following criteria is met:

• Sales made with 5 or more different credit card numbers; and,
• Sales made with two different payment methods (either Visa, MasterCard, PayPal or European Direct Debit(ELV)). Note: PayPal purchases do not count toward the minimum 5 different credit card numbers.”

I joined the ClickBank Affiliate Program last year and started to promote ClickBank Products. In a short period i made 9 sales, for an amount of commission of $167.48.

At first i was very excited, making sales was very moivating but then i saw on my PayChecks report the column Status with thelink to the CDR.

This was very frustrating: not only you have to meet a payment threshold before you get paid, but you also have to do several sales, but sales have to be made from FIVE different credit card number. Considering that the best part of my sales come from PayPal, it is not that easy to meet the CDR. This was very discouraging, and is one of the main reasons why many affiliates fail at ClickBank affiliate marketing.

But there is more: according to ClickBank “Accounts with a positive balance but no earnings for an extended period of time are considered dormant“. Dormant accounts are subject to a charge of $1 per pay period after 90 days of inactivity, $5 per pay period after 180 days of inactivity, and $50 per pay period after 365 days of inactivity”.

Of Course, if you do a lot of sales on ClickBank, this is not a problem to you, but what if i made other, let’s say 10 sales and all customers pay with PayPal ? I will not able to meet the ClickBank CDR, so getting sales does not mean you will get paid.

I find the solution to my problem in this free ebook from Harvey Segal on how to met the Customer Distribution Requirement. You can download it for free, no signup, no email required.

Don’t let the title fool you; if you are a ClickBank affiliate and you don’t know what to do to meet the ClickBank Customer Distribution Requirement, my advice is to read the Harvey Segal’s ClickBank for Newbies free ebook; you might be losing commission without knowing it.