The first thing you need to do is click on the Add Funds box on you’re My Account page. This will take you to another page that will give you a brief explanation of how you can add funds to your account. And of course, there is no charge to do this. After all, they are getting to use your money so why would they charge you to do this?

Anyway, when you get to the page, you’ll see a link that says “Transfer Funds from a Bank Account In…” and whatever country you’re registered with. Some countries have restrictions on this so you’ll have to check with PayPal if electronic funds transfer is available for your country.

On thing I want to make a note of here. They say it will take 3 to 4 business days for the money to actually appear in your account. From my personal experience, it is never this long and usually no more than a day or two at most.  But in any case, give your self plenty of time for the transfer.  In the end, it is going to take as long as it takes.

Continuing on, if you click on that link, you’ll be taken to another page. On this page you will see the bank account that you have registered with PayPal. I will explain how to register a bank account in another article. Check to make sure that the bank account is correct. You’ll only see the last 4 digits of the bank account number. Under the bank account will be a box where you enter the amount that you want to transfer from that account. You can enter any amount that you want. Just make sure that you have enough in your account to cover the transfer.

After you enter the amount, click on the “continue” button. You’ll be taken to another page where you will confirm this amount. After you confirm this, the transfer of funds will be in process. The money won’t actually be credited to your PayPal account until the money is actually received. So don’t try to make any payments for anything using your PayPal balance until the money clears.

In your overview page it will state that this process is pending, meaning that it isn’t completed yet. If you don’t have a bank account already registered with PayPal, you can actually add one right in the “add funds” screen. There is a link that says “Add Bank Account” where you can add one on the fly. This is a very nice feature in case you forgot that you hadn’t already added an account or you want to add a different account to transfer funds from.

Next we’re going to move on to the withdraw funds section of the site.
See you then.

The overview screen contains a few more items that you will probably not use very often except maybe for one, and that is the file option. Next to each transaction, you will notice a little box on the left hand side that you can click in. By doing so, and then clicking on the form submit link that says “File Selected Items”, this particular item will no longer appear on your overview screen. If you have a lot of transactions in a short period of time, you may want to do this occasionally after reviewing each item or this information will really
start to build up. This way you can always see what the most current transactions are.

If you like, there is also a “File All” option which you can use if you want to file all the items on your overview screen. Other than that, you will see on the left hand side of your overview screen, a number of offers and announcements from PayPal. These are going to change on a daily basis so there is no point going over them. However, one thing you want to look out for are upgrade opportunities. For example, right now on my account is an opportunity to activate my PayPal mobile account, which I have no desire to do.

There are also enhancement options you will be given as well depending on what kind of account you have. Right now I still haven’t taken advantage of the PayPal debit and credit cards. I probably won’t only because I have no need to.

One thing you better read on this page is the policy updates. This is critical because if PayPal makes changes to their policies and you are unaware of them, you could end up violating their terms of service, which will ultimately end up getting your PayPal account terminated. To give you an example of this, a while ago, it was okay for a business to run an operation that paid out commissions on multiple levels, or what we commonly refer to as MLM or Multi Level Marketing. Well, the time came when PayPal finally decided that MLM programs would no longer be allowed to participate in the PayPal program. An announcement was made under policy updates. Many people, unfortunately, did not read this update. What ultimately happened is that they ended up having their funds frozen. In some cases it took up to 6 months to get them unfrozen. In almost all cases, they lost their PayPal privileges.

However, those who were smart and read the updates restructured their business to fall within the PayPal
guidelines or searched for other payment processor options.

In our next post on PayPal, we’re going to move on to the add funds screen on the My Account page. There’s still a lot more to cover but don’t worry. We’ll be taking things one step at a time so you don’t get confused and overwhelmed.

Obviously there is some room for improvement.

A few people have taken the initiative to improve on the Clickbank interface:

CB Engine, ClickBank Tracking, and ClickBank Analytics 

I have decided to also throw my hat into this ring.

What I would like to hear is what you are looking for in a ClickBank Research site.

Review the above sites and let me know what you like or dislike about them.  Tell me how I can make your ClickBank research easier.  What features would be useful to you?

You can send me an email at admin@clickbanknoobs.com or just reply to this post.

My goal is to create a marketplace search tool that even a brand new affiliate would have no trouble finding the exact product to promote.

“During the past two years in our efforts to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction, we have made a number of critical improvements to our services and offerings,” said Bob King, ClickBank CEO. “The latest improvement is weekly payments. With this offering our clients will have greater flexibility to manage their cash flow and reinvest into their businesses.”

In July, ClickBank introduced direct deposit into both domestic and international bank accounts. Now, direct deposit users can choose to be paid weekly, cutting the wait time to receive electronic payments and providing ClickBank clients faster access to capital.

“Direct deposit and shorter payment cycles will help many Internet marketers manage their cash flow and reinvest their ClickBank profits,” said ClickBank client Michael Rasmussen. “It’s not only a good business move for existing clients, it will bring in a lot of new ClickBank affiliates as well.”

To be eligible for weekly payments and direct deposit, a ClickBank user must have first received three paper checks within any 90-day period. Also, only accounts in the following countries qualify at this time: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. The company is expecting to expand direct deposit to other countries in the future.