Sellers can set their ClickBank Affiliate Marketplace listing to Affiliates Require Approval. This means that affiliates who want to promote their products must first reach out and contact the seller via their contact information provided in their marketplace listing.

Step 1: Log in to your ClickBank account.

​Step 2: Click the Accounts tab.
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Step 3: Click the nickname of the account you want to set to Affiliates Require Approval.
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Step 4: Click Vendor Settings.

Step 5: Click My Features.
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Step 6: Check the box next to the Affiliates Require Approval feature. This automatically enables and auto-saves this setting for this nickname account.

By adding affiliates to either a CPA commission or a Commission Group, your affiliates have technically been “approved."

If you’re using this feature and would like to remove an affiliate and render their links unusable, there are a few different ways to do so:

Once the Affiliates Require Approval feature is enabled, affiliates must be in a commission group or set up for CPA in order to create a HopLink through the ClickBank Affiliate Marketplace. Once this feature is enabled, sellers must approve affiliates before they can begin promoting. Thus, it is important to provide affiliates with clear instructions on their Affiliates Tools Page on how to contact a seller if they wish to promote their product.