Online Credit Sales

Introduction

    A few years ago before the turn of the millenium, obtaining credit status that would allow for online selling was costly and difficult to obtain. Today this is no longer true. Obtaining credit status which will allow for online selling is inexpensive and quick to obtain. Online credit services such as ClickBank will handle all credit card transactions online and make the process as automated as possible.

    ClickBank can offer automated credit card processing to any online business which offers a service or product which meet the following criteria.

• The product or service is delivered online imediately after the purchase.
• The product or service does not invlove gambling, lotteries, sweepstakes, auctions or pornography.

    The fundamental condition is that the product or service be delivered online. Hearing this, a person may ask what types of products or services can be delivered online? Below is a list of products and services which can be suitable for a ClickBank account.

• A software activation key.
• Software to download.
• A subscription to an email newsletter.
• An automatic search engine site submission service.
• Access to a multiplayer gaming server.
• Access to a members only site. (Remember condition two)
• A charitable donation.

    The first listed item, a software activation key, will be the example which this web book will focus on. It will discuss the use of the ClickBank secure order authentication CGI script and how to use it to create a CGI program that can automatically deliver and authenticate an activation key for a demo software package. At the end of this web book you will know how to setup a ClickBank credit processing account, how to use their order authentication script and how to create a correct set of product order web pages to match the ClickBank citeria.