Overview
Total Steps: 30 | Estimated Time: 1-2 Hours, Depending on Experience
To earn money as a ClickBank Seller, you must add a product to your ClickBank Account. Once you submit a product, it will go through compliance review. Then, depending on your compliance status, you can begin to attract affiliates and use the ClickBank Order Form. Follow these steps to add a product to your ClickBank Account.
NOTE: Below is an example for a physical ClickBank product. The process is largely the same for all product types, but some fields are different. See Creating Your First Product for additional information about onboarding each different type of product.
Before you Begin
You will need the following items before you can complete the process to add a product:
- Product Image
- Pitch Page
- Thank you Page
Step 1: Log in to your ClickBank Account.
Step 2 Click the Accounts tab. 
Step 3: Click the account nickname of the account you want to add a product to.
Step 4: Click Vendor Settings.
Step 5: Click My Products.
Step 6: Click Add a Product. 
Step 7: Select the type of product you want to add from the Product Type dropdown menu.
NOTE: Required fields will vary depending on the product type you select. Generally speaking, all products will require product information, an image, pricing information, commission information, shipping information, and agreement to the ClickBank Terms and Conditions.
Related: What products are allowed or not allowed? 
Step 8: Give the product an item number.
Related: How do I find my product number?
NOTE: The item number is only visible to you in the My Products table. If you plan to have more than one product in your ClickBank sales account, we recommend devising a numbering system that is easy to remember.
Step 9: Enter in the product title of the product. This title will be displayed on the ClickBank Order Form and in your My Products table. NOTE: Your product title cannot exceed 70 characters.
Step 10: Click Add New to add a picture of your product. NOTE: All images that are uploaded to ClickBank by users must be reviewed by our compliance department. To ensure that your image is approved, follow these guidelines.
Step 11: Provide an Image Title and Alt Tag for your image. NOTE: An image alt tag is an HTML attribute applied to image tags in order to provide a text alternative for search engines.
Step 12: Click the Browse Files box or drag and drop images into the Drop Files Here section.
Step 13: Select the photo you want to use and click Open.
Step 14: Select the language that the product is in from the Language dropdown menu and then click Next.
Step 15: Enter the URL of the pitch page (aka landing page) for your product in the Pitch Page field.
NOTE: ClickBank encourages all of our users to use SSL links (links that start with https). These links provide an additional layer of encryption and are generally more secure than non-SSL links.
Step 16: In the Thank You Page field, enter the URL of you Thank You Page. NOTE: For all one-time digital products, you must either provide a thank you page URL or upload a digital file. If the file on the thank you page URL duplicates the digital file hosted by ClickBank, the digital file is removed. For more information on how ClickBank hosts digital files, check out this article. 
NOTE: ClickBank encourages all of our users to use SSL links (links that start with https). These links provide an additional layer of encryption and are generally more secure than non-SSL links.
Step 17: Click Next.
Step 18: Select the currency in which the product is sold from the Product Currency dropdown menu.
Step 19: Add the price of the product in the Product Price field.
RELATED ARTICLE: How do I decide what to price my product?
Step 20: Enter the cost of goods per item amount in the Cost of Goods Per Item field. NOTE: The cost of goods per item takes into account:
- Raw materials
- Items purchased for resale
- Freight-in costs
- Purchase returns and allowances
- Trade or cash discounts
- Factory labor
- Parts used in production
- Storage costs
- Factory overhead
NOTE: This step is particularly important for sellers who want to offer affiliates CPA Commission in the future.
RELATED ARTICLE: CPA on ClickBank
Step 21: Enter in the average cost of shipping per item in the Average cost of Shipping Per Item field. Then click Next.
NOTE: If you leave the Average Cost of Shipping field blank, the default amount used in the net profit calculation in your ClickBank data and analytics will be the shipping profile amount associated with this product. If you are updating this field after the product has been approved and sales have been made, the data will apply to any sales from that point forward.
Step 22: Select a shipping profile for you product from the Shipping Profile dropdown menu. NOTE: For all physical products, you must create a shipping profile for each currency selected.You can add additional shipping profiles from your sales account at any time. For more information on sipping profiles, check out this article. 
Step 23: In the Delivery Method field enter the name of your preferred shipping carrier.
Step 24: Enter the delivery speed at which your product will ship in the Delivery Speed field. Then, click Next.
Step 25: Determine if you want to offer the standard commission rate for this product or if you want to offer a different percentage, If you don’t want to offer the standard commission rate toggle the Use Default Commission Rate toggle to the off position. Then, you can customize the commission rate for this product in the Set Custom Commission Rate field.
NOTE: You can further customize commission rates after your product has been approved using Commission Groups or CPA.
Step 26: Click Next.
Step 27: Provide a description of your product in the Brief Description of the Product field and indicate what is included with your product from the checkboxes below.
Step 28: Indicate whether or not you are the creator of the product in the Yes/No radial buttons and review the Terms and Services.
Step 29: Check the box to indicate that you understand, agree to, and will comply with ClickBank’s Terms of Service.
Step 30: If you are finished adding the necessary information and components for your product, click the Submit for Review button. NOTE: You can click Save & Exit if you want to submit your product for approval later, or you can click Discard to delete the product information without saving.
Step 31: Once your product is submitted, the compliance review will take between 3-5 business days. In the meantime, you can create and add your Payment Link to your Pitch Page.
In your My Products table, your product will be visible with the Pending Review status chip. When the review is complete, this will change to Active. If there are any issues with compliance, they will be indicated by an Action Required button.
Additional Resources & Related Articles
- BLOG POST: How to Add a Physical Product to ClickBank
- KNOWLEDGE BASE: Creating Your First Product
- ClickBank Seller Launch Checklist