Just because “it’s in the fine print” does not mean there is little anyone can do but complain.

If a company is deriving a substantial income from contractual chicanery they CAN be nailed for it.

Scamming companies HAVE been nailed for fraudulent behavior that was totally consistent with contracts to which people have agreed — even more cut-and-dried and less deceptive than Clickbank’s contract.

Look up “Enelow real estate scam” for one such example, which made some headlines in the real estate community some years back. The company was collecting a large fee from people under the stated purpose of partnering in real estate deals.

Only it was found that Enelow was making more money from the entry fees than the real estate deals! Last I heard the guy’s in prison.

Back to Clickbank, what if their fine print stated that one had to make sales from 100 different countries with 100 different payment types?

I’m no attorney, but based on what I’ve seen, read, and experienced, it is my understanding that a contractual clause HAS to be REASONABLE and consistent with its stated purpose to be enforceable. This is a basic legal principle.

The “customer distribution requirement” is totally bogus, and upon closer examination it is obvious that the “customer distribution”, “dormant account” and even “Account closure” policies are crafted to keep affiliates on the hook, slaving away for nothing, while Clickbank rakes in millions off them.

Only the clauses are so deeply buried in such a long, drawn-out and decptively worded contract that most people don’t NOTICE or UNDERSTAND them until it is too late.

Clickbank has records of who makes the purchases and could easily verify if someone signs on just to purchase products at a discount. Same name for affiliate and cardholder… DUH!

And even if they were, products would be sold and Clickbank would be making money from the sales.

Doing business under false pretenses is doing business under false pretenses, plain and simple.

For a GOOD lawyer this would be like shooting fish in a dry barrel, with millions coming from the contingency fee.

Look for web sites gathering info for the upcoming class action suit started by this po’d former affiliate marketing dabbler who got wise to this before wasting any substantial amount of time and having much money stolen, but really, really hates scam artists!