Setting up your site to sell your products online? Want to be able to accept credits card payments from your visitors? Basically, you have two options...
Don't want the expense of a merchant account? Set up an account to handle credit card payments on your site with one of these 3rd-party payment processors instead.
Awhile back, Dan Reinhold posted to an NPT Forum topic entitled "What Tools do Affiliates Like?", and told a story about the mistakes he'd made in trying to get his new ebook promoted by affiliates.
The Clickbank Marketplace makes it easy for affiliates to find your product, format their affiliate link and start promotions immediately. That same ‘ease’ of affiliation is also a good reason NOT to use Clickbank as a merchant.