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Affiliate Vs Product Vendor

by socomplete
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I've heard that being a product vendor is better then being an affiliate. Do you the warriors agree? Or is it a toss up?
#affiliate #product #vendor
  • Profile picture of the author scrofford
    I would agree, although doing both is probably the best way to go. If you can create your own products and also promote others then you have the best of both worlds.
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    • Profile picture of the author socomplete
      Doing both is smart but can you make a living off of just promoting other peoples products?
      Originally Posted by scrofford View Post

      I would agree, although doing both is probably the best way to go. If you can create your own products and also promote others then you have the best of both worlds.
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  • Profile picture of the author Philok
    Absolutely vendors make more just see they get sales from affiliate and build buyers list.

    Thanks,

    Philok
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  • Profile picture of the author tldnetworks
    What do you mean by "product vendor"? Being a reseller/retailer or working with a company that will drop ship for you? What kind of "products" - digital ebooks, software, physical products?
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    • Profile picture of the author socomplete
      Originally Posted by tldnetworks View Post

      What do you mean by "product vendor"? Being a reseller/retailer or working with a company that will drop ship for you? What kind of "products" - digital ebooks, software, physical products?
      I'm referring to selling clickbank products and cpa products and being the owner not the affiliate.
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  • Profile picture of the author InternetM39482
    Both of them have worked pretty well for me, so can't single anything out. There are pros and cons to both the models.

    You might consider taking a look at this thread, since you're a War Room Member: Product Creator Vs Affiliate Marketing.

    Excellent insights.
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    • Profile picture of the author socomplete
      Originally Posted by Swastik View Post

      Both of them have worked pretty well for me, so can't single anything out. There are pros and cons to both the models.

      You might consider taking a look at this thread, since you're a War Room Member: Product Creator Vs Affiliate Marketing.

      Excellent insights.
      Great link thanks for the insight.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gama Seva
    I would still prefer being as a product owner.

    I have several products on CB and I've noticed
    that only 30% of sales are generated from affiliates
    links, 70% of buyers are buying directly from my
    websites.

    Also, if you have your own products you can just
    easily promote somebody else's products by adding
    your products as bonuses.

    Gama
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  • Profile picture of the author mostphere
    I agree with all who said that become a vendor is much better than affiliates. You know, affiliate basically work for vendor, and while these affiliates working hard, vendor rip the fruit.

    Not to mention if someday vendors decide to close affiliate program, affiliate will out of business too, but vendor is not. That's the worst scenario. However, vendor is much better than affiliates.

    And the fact is, most vendors started as affiliate first, so as affiliates, they know that become vendor is much more profitable.
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