Protecting Your Clickbank Account From Online Theft
A thief who steals your Clickbank products is the same as a thief who points a gun in your face and steals you wallet and watch. Both are lowlife criminals. Risks related to these kinds of predators are a real threat that Clickbank merchants have to face.
There are many people who download digital products by using technical tricks so they don't have to pay for the product. Content thieves know how to exploit various security weak points, so that they can get access access to downloadable product files for free.
There are also "serial refunders". These people buy the product, download it, then promptly demand a refund. They, of course, keep the product.
These security weak points and others can be eliminated, if the right measures are taken.
Many Clickbank merchants are aware of the fact that download locations of product files should never be visible by examing the code of the sales page or website. This includes the location of "Thank You" pages. The "Thank You" page must be the only source for accessing the download location file of any digital product and this page should only be accessible via the payment process of Clickbank then it's almost impossible for any content thief to navigate into your downloadable content directly.
Making Clickbank your download gateway also prevents search engine spiders from being able to access the download location and indexing it for the world wide web. This is a very important protective measure because nothing can be as harmful as a download page coming up in a Google search leaving you wide open to product theft.
There is also the danger of your download location being distributed in forums, chatrooms, and newsgroups by someone who passes the download URL around the web. This might not result in a quick avalanche of illicit downloads, but there is a risk of the information being indexed eventually by a search engine, providing an indirect route through which accessing the download location becomes possible. To circumvent this weakness, many web security experts recommend listing "Thank You" pages in the robots text file on the web server. The robots text file tells search engines which of your pages that must not be included in the indexing process.
There is no doubt, that with the help of this solution, indexing of download pages can be prevented. However, there is still the experienced hacker to deal with. The robots text file makes it easy for hackers to get access to the exact location and names of all your hidden files simply by reading the robots text file.
It's also possible that your download page can be discovered by search engines via certain indirect routes. This can be prevented by using a specific Meta tag in each "Thank You" page element, so that the page location is ignored. Another way to prevent theft is to ensure that your products are protected with access codes and unique identifiers for every customer.
There are many more ways to protect yourself that are beyond the scope of this short article. These are only a few of many security weaknesses through which determined thieves can steal your money. Search the web for more information about how to protect yourself.
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