You've got me blushing, Rob! LOL

Seems we're walking on thin ice when we mention PayPal and multi-tier payment structures ... and I would never want to put a merchant partner in the potentially disastrous situation that may occur if we tried to sneak it by (I've been a loyal PP member for nearly 8 years, and would like to keep it that way).

What I have been doing ... seeing there is no existing solution that automates multi-tier in ClickBank, I've honed it down to the following.

Ingredients:

AWeber, GetResponse, Email Aces, etc. Autoresponder (an autoresponder that allows lead capture forms with multiple fields).

A Google account (to share Google Docs).

A unique ClickBank account (that I can have access to).

We set up a unique to me JV page that asks for registration in order to participate.

The email form asks for full name, email, and ClickBank ID.

A simple search will generate a report of all the partners I've referred, including the CB ID. The report can be uploaded to the shared Google Docs account at an agreed upon time interval (usually daily).

Once the product launches, we'll have a list of partners and IDs that we can both compare to the CB sales stats.

We'll both have access and can keep an eye on who is and who isn't participating from looking at both reports, making it easier to follow up.

I realize this is far from accurate ... but until someone comes up with something better, it works well enough.

Payment can be tallied and paid separate from other commissions, taking the fear out of operating a true, automated 2 tier system ... and the potential of having your PayPal account messed with.

Best,

Mike