Confused About Promoting ClickBank products

8 years ago

Ugly pages often convert. Ask the vendor how is his/her page converting. What's the gravity number? Ask the vendor if he/she has other pages you can send traffic to.

Originally Posted by wands

I had to post this thread, sorry if this has been answered before. Search results doesn't give me the answers I'm looking for.

I understand that to promote any kind of affiliate products, the best method is to create a landing page and drive the traffic to it. The page prepares the customer to make the purchase on the vendor's sales page.

Now, if I create a beautiful landing page giving the best content and the best call to action, the "Buy It Now" links the customer to a page showing an ugly looking 1990s type of page. Would this actually even make a conversion? Does it work for anyone here?

I thought about directing the checkout page instead of the vendor's sales page, but it won't work right? I'll be violating clickbank's policy, am I right?

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myob 8 years ago

With few exceptions, nearly every one of the Clickbank products I promote bypass vendor sales pages; mostly because these sales pages are usually imcompatible with my marketing style.

It is against Clickbank's TOS without obtaining explicit vendor permission, although this seldom is a problem provided you have the required disclaimers and are FTC (or non-USA equivalent) compliant.

This method also does not set a cookie, but if you are using an opt-in marketing model it should have negligible effect on sales and copnversions.
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motorkitty

8 years ago

Originally Posted by wands

Now, if I create a beautiful landing page giving the best content and the best call to action, the "Buy It Now" links the customer to a page showing an ugly looking 1990s type of page. Would this actually even make a conversion? Does it work for anyone here?

I'm glad you asked this because as a newbie I had the same thoughts. But, I'm very visually stimulated, and with a background in design I think I just over-think these things.

When I actually take a look back at the very small handful of IM products or WSO's I've purchased that have been phenomenal in content and have really over-delivered in their thoroughness and value, I realize they were presented on very basic, almost all-text sales pages with those hideous "Buy It Now!" buttons.

They DO work, but do some testing. That's really the only way to find out.

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Sean DeSilva

8 years ago

With visual editors available like Thrive content builder, I don't think a newbie should try the ugly style, at least not as their first test. There is certainly a downside risk to your credibility. Go with something clean and simple as your baseline.