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ClickBank Seller question...

by talfighel
9 replies
Hi everyone,

So I am in the process of developing my own product and am thinking of going with Clickbank to sell it.

I have 2 small questions.

1. If I sell with my own link, which would be:

[affiliate: None]

Do I earn that FULL commission or does Clickbank keep all of it? I know it is kind of a silly question but I had to ask it. Am not too sure.

2. Can I promote my own product on clickbank and keep all commissions MINUS the 7.5% plus $1 that Clickbank keeps?

Tal
#clickbank #question #seller
  • Profile picture of the author Brian Cook
    Tal,

    When your product sells on Clickbank, you keep all
    the commission (less Clickbank's cut) provided it
    wasn't an affiliate sale.

    Does that answer your question?

    Brian

    Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

    Hi everyone,

    So I am in the process of developing my own product and am thinking of going with Clickbank to sell it.

    I have 2 small questions.

    1. If I sell with my own link, which would be:

    [affiliate: None]

    Do I earn that FULL commission or does Clickbank keep all of it? I know it is kind of a silly question but I had to ask it. Am not too sure.

    2. Can I promote my own product on clickbank and keep all commissions MINUS the 7.5% plus $1 that Clickbank keeps?

    Tal
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  • Profile picture of the author dsmpublishing
    Hi talfighel

    just been reading your post and as far as the first question is concerned if not using an affiliate you can replace it with 4 x's XXXX and it will come through to you.

    I am sure i am not alone with the second point - i dont trust paypal because they have a reputation for freezing accounts etc. So i now do most of my business through clickbank and yes they just take their charge and the rest is your own. I have several accounts and the transfer went really well. The customer service is so much better too so i feel really good about payment processing now!

    kind regards


    sam
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  • Profile picture of the author DavidO
    I really don't understand your motivations. Why pay the hefty Clickbank commission if you're doing the selling without affiliates?

    Clickbank does no promotion of your site so you will get nothing out of it but a (very expensive) payment processor.

    If you don't like Paypal there are plenty of other alternatives without resorting to something who's real purpose is to link affiliates with vendors.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ronnie Nijmeh
      Originally Posted by DavidO View Post

      I really don't understand your motivations. Why pay the hefty Clickbank commission if you're doing the selling without affiliates?

      Clickbank does no promotion of your site so you will get nothing out of it but a (very expensive) payment processor.

      If you don't like Paypal there are plenty of other alternatives without resorting to something who's real purpose is to link affiliates with vendors.
      Good question David... I once thought the same thing. But there's a real strategy here that's much bigger than an alternate payment system.

      A colleague of mine just revealed to me that he took one of his top selling products (that he sells via Paypal and his own hosted affiliate system), and duplicated it onto a separate site. It's a different sales letter, but the product is identical.

      He then posted the identical product on Clickbank and boosted the commissions from 40% to 75% on Clickbank, then he let it sit. He did absolutely NOTHING with the site or the Clickbank product to promote the affiliate program.

      This was back in June.

      Fast forward to today and he's making sales, he's been getting a slew of inbound links from affiliates who are stoked about making 75%, and now he has a new database of buyers and high-flying affiliates that he never would have gotten if it weren't for Clickbank.

      And I have to stress, this was all automatic with zero work other than creating a new site and posting it on Clickbank.

      It got me all stoked about doing the same with my business!

      Ronnie
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Douglas
    Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

    Hi everyone,

    So I am in the process of developing my own product and am thinking of going with Clickbank to sell it.

    I have 2 small questions.

    1. If I sell with my own link, which would be:

    [affiliate: None]

    Do I earn that FULL commission or does Clickbank keep all of it? I know it is kind of a silly question but I had to ask it. Am not too sure.

    2. Can I promote my own product on clickbank and keep all commissions MINUS the 7.5% plus $1 that Clickbank keeps?

    Tal
    Clickbank never keeps commission. It's either paid to the referring affiliate or the full revenue minus fees goes to the seller.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    I want to have affiliates but I will also sell the product myself.

    Thanks guys and ladies for the responses. Will have this worked out with ClickBank soon so that my product is LIVE.

    Tal
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  • Profile picture of the author iblbuilder
    I looked into Clickbank. Saw the vendor fees, and thought "no way!. paydotcom.com seems a much cheaper option to me and they seem to have a lot of affiliates as well nowadays.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bo Mill
    When you want to sell without affiliates (you will keep all the money), you should simply redirect your visitors to your "normal" landing page (say, www.domain.com).

    The order now button's link should be:
    Code:
    http://1.vendorID.pay.clickbank.net
    "1" is the product number. Being that this is your first product, it will be 1.
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