Platinum Summit for ClickBank Affiliates: What It’s All About!

So, you’ve heard talk of something called a Platinum Summit and thought, “What the heck is that?!”

Well, ClickBank believes in taking care of our affiliates and vendors. The yearly Platinum Summit event is a way for us to show our gratitude to everyone who is a part of ClickBank. Whether you’re a business owner with products listed on our marketplace, or an affiliate who promotes those high-converting affiliate products, we think it’s important that we show our gratitude to everyone!

At ClickBank, we have a loyalty program to identify our top customers. If you’re a Platinum affiliate or vendor, that means you’ve earned at least $250k in sales on ClickBank in one year! ClickBank Platinum Summit is a great way for affiliates and to be able to network, work together, and create long-lasting partnerships. It’s an important way to celebrate the individual and impressive growth of our affiliates and vendors on the ClickBank platform. 

Platinum Summit for ClickBank Affiliates

Imagine enjoying a few amazing drinks on the beach or by the pool, adventuring with off-site excursions, and chatting with other marketers and businesses who have hit a minimum of $250k in annual gross sales on ClickBank.

I’m Keely, social media manager here at ClickBank and VERY nano influencer on the side! I’ll be attending this year’s 2024 Platinum Summit for ClickBank affiliates to bring you all the most up-to-date information and content! I want to share, educate, and inspire those who are following along to be able to understand what Platinum means and how you can get there! 

As a Platinum Affiliate, there’s a ton of amazing perks. However, one of the most notable is most certainly Platinum Summit. Platinum Summit provides SERIOUSLY amazing networking opportunities that you wouldn’t get elsewhere.

From revamped, redesigned networking and speed-networking sessions, targeted breakout sessions covering key topics that affiliates want to hear about, excursion opportunities, pool networking, category-hosted dinner, entertainment, and a few fun surprises, Platinum Summit is a truly life-changing experience for our Platinum clients, and we want to be sure that every single person walks away with a wider network, better connections, and expanded knowledge of their industry! 

Becoming a Platinum client at ClickBank and attending Platinum Summit isn’t the end goal – it’s really just the beginning of your affiliate marketing journey! 

Affiliate Marketing for Beginners

So, why am I telling you about Platinum Summit? 

As Social Media Manager and content creator here at ClickBank, I’ll be attending Platinum Summit this year to bring you all the content first hand and share stories from some of our top-earners here at CilckBank to inspire YOU to keep going and keep growing! 

You can follow along on our Instagram for all things Platinum! 

As a fellow content creator and person who is working on monetizing my audience, it can sometimes feel defeating and even impossible. I’m here to help you realize what is possible when you continue to push and work hard! I’m hoping to bring some inspiration and maybe even a few friendly pieces of advice on how to keep growing so that YOU can get to be a Platinum affiliate too!

If you’re already in the business of making passive income online or starting your own side hustle, sometimes a little extra push is all you need. Finding success in your online business can feel hard, but with such great rewards, it can push you to be your best and earn money online!

What is Affiliate Marketing? 

Before we dive too deep, let’s talk about affiliate marketing: What is affiliate marketing and how do you get started as an affiliate?

At its core, affiliate marketing is all about earning money online. As an affiliate, your job is to find products to promote online and well… promote them. With affiliate marketing, there are three key players in the game. You’ve got the product owner/brand: a business looking for more people to promote their products online. You’ve got the consumer: the person who will buy those products. Then, you’ve got the affiliate, or YOU if you so choose. The affiliate promotes the brand’s products, and the consumer buys those products. 

You, the affiliate, get a percentage of each sale on the product, which is how you earn money, and the business gets more people to keep purchasing their products. The money you earn as an affiliate all comes from the commissions earned by promoting products. Brands choose their commission rates based on a bunch of calculations and factors. 

Ultimately, there are a few avenues affiliates may choose to pursue: paid marketing and organic marketing. Paid affiliates exist in the paid advertising world. They choose products within their niche and promote them through paid ads on platforms like YouTube or Facebook Ads. Being a paid affiliate requires some upfront costs from the affiliate, but the payoffs can be exponential.

Organic affiliate marketing takes a different route. These affiliates choose to promote their products without spending money. A lot of affiliates will promote their products through a blog, YouTube channel, or social media profile. If you want to learn more about how to start your affiliate marketing journey with $0, you can check out our how-to here!

All in all, affiliate marketing is an amazing side hustle to get started with, if you haven’t already. It takes some time, dedication, and sacrifice. It isn’t a “make money overnight” kind of deal, but with a lot of hard work, you can definitely see a lot of monetary gains. 

If you want to read more about what affiliate marketing is and how to get started as an affiliate in 2024, you can check out our Affiliate Marketing 101 guide! 

What is ClickBank? 

So, where does ClickBank come into this journey for affiliates? This is a great question! ClickBank has been around for over 25 years, but we continue to grow and meet so many new faces, so let us introduce ourselves! 

ClickBank is a marketplace for businesses and affiliates alike! Our goal is to help affiliates and brands grow, market, and scale their businesses online. We empower businesses with great products to be able to connect with incredible affiliates who want to promote those products in exchange for a commission. The tools we host include e-commerce tools to help product owners, including affiliate recruitment, affiliate management, integrated payments, and more!

We are deeply committed to our customers! To be honest, WE thrive when our customers thrive, so we are always going the extra mile to make sure that our customers are happy and successful. We work hard to solve problems and make things better for affiliates and business owners alike. 

We provide a top-of-the-line marketplace to house products. We even provide things like a gravity score, average conversion, and other helpful statistics for each product right off the bat. Our Marketplace makes it super easy for affiliates to start earning money online with just a few clicks. It also makes sure that any e-commerce businesses or entrepreneurs who own products are able to easily have their products become marketed. Having an affiliate program is a true game changer for small businesses and large businesses alike, and we make sure to make it a seamless process across the board. 

As an affiliate program that has been in the game for about 25 years, we really have nailed down what makes a program successful and what makes people growing their side hustle successful. We provide tons of education to our affiliates and anyone within our orbit for free on our blog and YouTube! We’re always creating new tutorials and finding ways to make sure that people that are earning money online are able to do so with great success. If you want to check out the awesome education on our YouTube, you can click here. 

We also provide a paid education program called Spark by ClickBank. Spark helps affiliates to earn their first $2,000 online. We have had thousands of students find success as an affiliate after using Spark. It takes you through the step-by-step process of earning money online as a beginner entrepreneur. 

At the end of the day, ClickBank is here to bring businesses and affiliates together and help everyone earn more money online. If you want to learn more about ClickBank and what we do, you can check out our page here. 

How to Become Platinum on ClickBank

ClickBank has been around helping out affiliates for over 25 years! Affiliates use ClickBank as a marketplace and hub for all things affiliate marketing! We are the go-to for a lot of affiliates who use ClickBank for everything from finding new offers, creating tracking links, monitoring analytics, and of course, earning paychecks! 

So… how do you BECOME a Platinum Affiliate? That’s easy…. In theory. 

The Platinum Program rewards the most successful affiliates and sellers on ClickBank. This program is truly built for the best of the best, and YOU can earn your spot among the ranks! To qualify for the Platinum program, you must have earned up to $250k in gross sales on ClickBank in a calendar year. Sales as a seller, affiliate, or a joint venture can all contribute to your total gross sales.

As soon as you reach the $250k mark, you’re rewarded with Platinum status. Is becoming Platinum worth it? Check out the following story from a 20-year ClickBank Veteran!

So if you didn’t make it in time for Platinum Summit, don’t worry! You’ll still tout your Platinum status and be able to reap the rewards as soon as you reach that dollar mark. Currently, ClickBank proudly boasts over 400 Platinum clients on our platform. Will you become one of the many? We would love to have YOU join the ranks of the ClickBank elite!

There’s a ton of perks that come with becoming a Platinum member! Firstly, you’ll receive access to life-changing network opportunities. Events like Platinum Summit are the perfect way to up your affiliate game and find new practices that help you to expand your opportunities for growth! As a Platinum affiliate, you’re also given a dedicated account manager. This person is your go-to strategist, advisor, and support specialist. 

With this white-glove service, your account manager can help to facilitate important introductions, grant you access to exclusive revenue-boosting features, provide custom reporting, and so much more! 

You’ll also receive priority support from our support team if you encounter any issues. Think of it as getting bumped to the front of the line at the airport. Lastly, as a Platinum affiliate, you’ll receive your own personalized trophy to tout about. Not to mention, Platinum affiliates are recognized and respected across the industry. Click the link to read more about the ClickBank Platinum program in depth!

How to Grow as an Affiliate & What is Platinum Summit? 

So, what IS Platinum Summit? Platinum is more than just sitting on a beach sipping cocktails and networking with fellow affiliates (although it is ALSO that!) It’s also an amazing way to make yourself known amongst the affiliate world.

At Platinum Summit, we cultivate top-notch networking experiences for Platinum and Diamond clients. With plenty of time to experience the vacation, you’ll be able to truly spend time making important connections with fellow affiliates that share your goals and aspirations. We also provide top-of-the-line learning experiences. With conferences every day to discuss the newest trends in affiliate marketing, ways to improve your affiliate program, and so much more, you’ll walk away with expanded knowledge of marketing to add to your affiliate program.

ClickBank has been providing an amazing networking and learning experience for our Platinum affiliates for over 5 years. We’ve provided top-tier experiences, education, and networking for our clients, and will proudly continue to do so for years to come!

So, how can YOU get to attend a platinum affiliate summit? First, start working on your affiliate program! The top affiliates have all earned their spot as a Platinum affiliate through hard work, dedication, and lots of hours. The more you earn, the closer you become to a Platinum affiliate, and the sooner you can attend the next Platinum summit to continue to grow your affiliate program! This year, we’ll have amazing Platinum affiliates and sellers who have spent a very long time building their business up on ClickBank! Once you’ve made it to a Platinum Summit, there’s even really great ways to maximize your time and get to networking. You can check out our discussion about maximizing your time at networking events on our podcast!

FAQs

How Do I Become an Affiliate? 

The first thing you have to do to start as an affiliate is to pick your niche! If you’re new to the world of affiliate marketing, content creation, or even influencer marketing, you might have heard the term “finding a niche” a lot and thought, “What the heck does that even mean?” 

Picking a niche simply means deciding on who you want to talk to as an affiliate, and what types of products you want to promote. After that, you’ll want to decide on your marketing channels! 

There are two different avenues people usually choose when it comes to deciding on marketing channels. The first avenue is paid media. You can pay for reach using paid ads on ad platforms like Facebook or Google. There’s a ton of benefits to paid media. It is often a lot faster to gain traffic and get conversions on paid media. 

The second avenue is organic channels, where the only requirement is putting in effort to create good and consistent content. This can be anything from writing blogs, to creating videos on YouTube, or making social media content. Then, you’ll want to find the products you’ll be promoting and get starting with promotions! 

We have an amazing guide to getting started with affiliate marketing for $0 that you can check out for more! 

How Do You Earn Money as an Affiliate? 

As an affiliate, you’ll earn money when you begin promoting products! You can promote products through organic promotion or through paid promotion. ClickBank helps you through every step of the process as an affiliate; from creating your first hoplink, to making your first sale. We even have an incredible, state-of-the-art learning program that takes new affiliates through the process of earning their first $2,000 as an affiliate! 

With hundreds of success stories, you can trust that ClickBank has your success in mind. That’s why we make the process of earning money as an affiliate as easy as possible! You can learn more about our education program, Spark by ClickBank here! 

How Do I Become a Platinum Affiliate with ClickBank? 

To become a Platinum Affiliate with ClickBank, you have to have earned $250,000 in a calendar year through the ClickBank platform! You do this through affiliate promotions! 

Platinum Summit for Affiliates Wrap-Up

With so many ways to earn money online as an affiliate, it can feel overwhelming. Our goal at ClickBank, however, with our tiered loyalty program, is to help inspire affiliates to push through the difficult moments to find success.

There’s nothing we want more than to see our affiliates be successful! So get out there, keep scaling, and we hope to see you at next year’s Platinum summit!