Clickbank Dumb Mistake Expensive Lesson

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I just spent nearly $100 today on clicks and probably gave a vendor a lot of commission free sales. You can learn from this and not do what I did.

It was a dumb rookie mistake, but I was tired and sleepy last night and didn't test my links. Big mistake.

The Clickbank hoplink went something like this:


http://myid.vendor.hop.clickbank.net


When you click on that you get to a sales page and the URL is:

http://vendorswebsite.com/productname.html?hop=myid


Well instead of inserting the first URL in the ad I inserted the second. If I had tested I would have found out that the order page would have [affiliate = none] at the bottom.

I'm kicking myself bigtime. That was stupid.

The really sad part is I didn't collect any data worth knowing. If I want to test this product I have to do it all again. So frustrating.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Inserting the wrong URL is an understandable mistake. You lost money, but by posting your mistake here it isn't a complete loss. The #1 rule is to check to make sure your links work as they should. Hopefully others will learn from your mistake and not repeat it.
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    Just when you think you've got it all figured out, someone changes the rules.

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  • Profile picture of the author Underground SEO
    ah man, sorry to hear about that, at least it wasn't $1000 or something though and at least you actualy found out! Take it as experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Ames
    Maybe the guy who's product it is will be inspired by the sudden commission free sales, not get depressed and try to commit suicide, and go on to be very successful in marketing.
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    Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill

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  • Profile picture of the author Underground SEO
    thats one way of looking at it! Probably the best way also!
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