Over 50,000 web based businesses and more than 10,000 affiliates use ClickBank to facilitate speedy delivery of software and e Books goods and services online using a commission-based program that benefits the publisher and the affiliate. The CB Marketplace reaches every marketing niche that exists. You can use it to jumpstart your own internet marketing business.

The sellers and the vendors who are also known as 'publishers' use ClickBank to process their sales and ordering process. If they offer an affiliate program then it will automatically credit the amount payable to the affiliate as sales are earned through that affiliate's account. It processes the orders, pays the bills to the customer and the publisher etc. and for beginners, can remarkably simplify the process.

ClickBank not only helps affiliate programs and publishers but it also helps them earn extra money on referrals. And the best part is that most of the program and service involved is free. It takes minutes to open your account as a seller or affiliate and you can get up and running right away. For an affiliate marketer there are thousands of products to choose from in the Marketplace. As you browse the available products you have statistics displayed to show the most popular items available for you to promote.

For both affiliates and merchants, once you start you have all your commissions, earnings and promotions displayed on the site. ClickBank handles the entire marketing and sales process. Merchants do not have to pay anything until their book or software is sold.

You can purchase a huge range of products too for the affiliate market - when you place an order you'll be taken straight to the download page when the order is approved. On this page details about the download, information about finding further resources and the contact details will also be provided.

As an affiliate, once you select products to promote your task is to do the marketing. This can be done through email campaigns, on your website, through advertising on other websites, or by article marketing and linking to the product using your affiliate link in your article's resource box.

Clickbank is perhaps the simplest way to get a feel of the quality and scope of products out there on the internet marketing scene and is perhaps the simplest startup business for someone new to internet marketing. Through affiliate marketing you may work hard at the start to get your promotions out there but once things get going you will have a system in place to continue to earn sales passively for years to come. And that's really just the beginning.