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Made my first sale on Clickbank but I'm concerned..

by mcostanzo
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So I made my first sale on Clickbank the other day and made $130 in commission! Wohoo!

The affiliate link was from my website directly to the sales video. I am now working on optimizing my site, auto responder and finding other clickbank offers.

Some vendors clearly want traffic sent to their free optins like a quiz or an ebook. I signed up for the optin myself after going through MY affiliate link, then I click the email and go to checkout to see if I would get commission and I don't.

How do I as an affiliate get commission from leads I sent to their free optin? Am I missing something?
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  • Profile picture of the author David McGimpsey
    When you send a visitor through your affiliate link they are cookied for about 60 days.

    When you went to the checkout did it show an affiliate at the bottom of the page or nothing?

    A few things could have happened:

    If there is a different affiliate id to yours on the checkout page: You've been pushed through another hoplink.

    If there is no affiliate id on the checkout page: Check how long your browser stores cookies and confirm you haven't cleared your cookies in between the original hop and your second visit.

    It is tempting to at first assume the vendor has done something unscrupulous, and it is possible, but long-term it is not going to work in the vendor's favor.
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    • Profile picture of the author Nick Sammut
      This is so true. Most Vendors are too smart to rip people off, because if people start talking bad about them, their business will no longer be able to attract affiliates.

      And Clickbank doesn't want to scare off affiliates, so they make it fair for them and ensure they get paid also, if they refer someone.

      Originally Posted by David McGimpsey View Post

      When you send a visitor through your affiliate link they are cookied for about 60 days.

      When you went to the checkout did it show an affiliate at the bottom of the page or nothing?

      A few things could have happened:

      If there is a different affiliate id to yours on the checkout page: You've been pushed through another hoplink.

      If there is no affiliate id on the checkout page: Check how long your browser stores cookies and confirm you haven't cleared your cookies in between the original hop and your second visit.

      It is tempting to at first assume the vendor has done something unscrupulous, and it is possible, but long-term it is not going to work in the vendor's favor.
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  • Profile picture of the author alamest
    First of all congras for your first sale, as David already explained you exactly what you have follow, if you not happy with them then you can move to other affiliate product.

    Congras again
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  • Profile picture of the author nwik
    Good to know that you had your first sale.

    As for your question, all the things that you want to know has been said by David.

    Goodluck to your sales. God bless.
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  • Profile picture of the author jorgesil
    Originally Posted by mcostanzo View Post

    How do I as an affiliate get commission from leads I sent to their free optin?
    You don't get commissions.

    At least this is what I've seen from many vendors that have an optin form in the sales page.
    If the traffic you send to the sales page don't buy, the vendor try to get them to optin to their list
    this way they can still promoting to them, but doing it directly without your referral.

    That's the reason I don't promote any product with a sales page leak.

    Jorge
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    • Profile picture of the author wordwizard
      I think the workaround for you would be to provide the freebie yourself, preferably in the form
      of a presell report so YOU get the leads, and then send them off to Clickbank (preferably a
      page without an opt-in form).

      And, of course, you can then continue to promote that same Clickbank product as well as
      many others (plus products from other places, like JVZoo etc.).

      It's the way to grow your own affiliate business!
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  • Profile picture of the author agmccall
    contact the vendor and check their affiliate page Quite a few clickbank vendors will provide sales pages without the optins. You sould also look for downsells, you should avoid pages like that as well.

    More and more people are opting to create their own sales pages and send potential customers directly to the checkout. Again, you will have to work with the vendors on this

    al
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    • Profile picture of the author Eagle07
      Congratulations to your first sale! That is one of the happiest moments in our lives as affiliate marketers. Keep funneling more sales!

      As for the opt in page, I simply don't promote products that have squeeze page in the sàlespage. Vendors should learn to do their lead gen through a blog and not on sàlespage or they will loss affiliates
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  • Profile picture of the author bluemotion
    I agree with Eagle07. If a sales page has an optin form, the vendor is more likely to capture the sale.

    Pick products that don't have optin forms in the sales page.
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  • Profile picture of the author ydsimple
    If you want to earn for sing ups thats when CPA marketing is coming in, you need to join CPA network and promote lead offers.
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  • Profile picture of the author maxsi
    Congratulations about your first sale
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  • Profile picture of the author ruthl3ss
    iframe the vendor's salespage to your website and prevent the vendor's free product exit pop up from appearing. i believe there is a wordpress plug in that does that
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  • Profile picture of the author Whintaked40
    Congratulations on your first sale at clickbank. Follow the things agmccall described in his reply.
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