Rapbank Instant Commissions Or Clickbank Your Choice?

just fyi - RAP Bank since launch has allowed you to customize your urls, either using they're automatic one-click url creator... which takes the product title and hyphenates it (for seo) and places it on the backend of your referring url - like this:

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I apologize in advance for the promo link... but using as illustrative purposes only as it's an actual product on RAP Bank that you can confirm and check for yourselves if you have an account there.
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Product Title:
SecureDL 2 Go

Product Description:
Secures s3 and non-s3 download links, blah - blah - blah
(this isn't a promo on WP but an example you can visually see and apply)

Assuming the following:

product id: 455

affiliate id for links: 4 (mine... for illustration purposes only)
(not a username... cuz this is obvious in most cases for hijacking links... ie. clickbank's biggest issue right now...)

Affiliate Links become:

[standard generic affiliate link]
[advanced] - adding *anything beyond the [standard]+"/"

(RAP Bank automatically suggests extensions based on title, and keyword/tags)

(or you can create your own...)

editted.. didn't want the hyperlinks to appear.

Hey Lloyd,

Payspree doesn't have that many products at this time, but they do have some.

Payspree is more like RAP and CB had a baby...You create links from a central marketplace like CB, but all the products pay instant RAP/$7 secrets style instant payment. Payspree also has reoccuring subscriptions.

I like it because it's 3rd party so it should be fair to both sides.

Clickbank is my number 1 but I have yet to dig into Rapbank, and Payspree on that level to compare. But the lower priced items are selling a lot better I noticed especially in todays turbulent economy.

Previous question above in Rapbank you just search for products to promote by niche. Same basic philosophy as Clickbank.

Lately I would have to say Rapbank. Lower prices for the most part and not 1 return which is a big bonus.

I like Rapbank better than Payspree as of now but down the road who knows. One thing I noticed about Payspree is they do not have any marketing materials banners, swipes, etc... Where Rapbank does.

OK guys,
what methods of promotion have you had the best luck with in promoting the RAPBank products?

Yes...That's why I like it.

But I have to add that I haven't actually tried it and don't know if it "works", but the setup and features are great, and they do offer the ability to set up subscriptions and use the Paypal IPN.

It depends who got paid for that sale. The vendor refunds if that sale was credited to the vendor, the affiliate if the affiliate got the money for it.

Then RAP takes that into account when it credits the next sale. It doesn't count that as a sale. I think that part of the system is really nice.

Thanks Kurt. Their fees are more competitive than Paydotcom. That's for sure. It all adds up.

And sure beats using messpay.

The only challenge now is if they allow a fixed $ payout as opposed to %.

Would you spend loads of money with such vague money back guarantees as with RAP.

Loads of refund issues. Doesn't matter so much when products are cheap, but.....

The more marketers use RAP, the more refund issues, the more people only will buy high priced items through Clickbank.

You put in your terms that the affiliate is responsible for the refund. If they refuse to refund (or neglect to do so after so many days), you can permanently ban their paypal account from future promotions.

You need to make that perfectly clear right from the get go that they are responsible for refunds and by refusing to do so, they will be banned from promoting.

Rob

Thats what I usually look for the 100% front end products. And the refunds it seems are a lot less than Clickbank even though I still love Clickbank

It seems everyone and their mom knows about Clickbanks 60 day refund policy and they use it too often taking advantage of the system. With Rapbank you cannot order through your own affiliate link because you will be logging into your own account the sellers account or you the affiliate.

This cuts down on affiliates ordering through their own link if its through Paypal.

Now that is very annoying

I can't think of anything faster than the instant affiliate commissions paid out through Payspree and Rapbank, so if you're looking for quick payouts, these two should be on your shortlist.

Andrew, RAPbank is starting to gain popularity, and there are some products that are already selling well there, but obviously you won't see really huge product launches on there just yet as they're still relatively new in the marketplace. I wouldn't be surprised if RAPbank starts selling a lot more products this year as more and more affiliates start learning about it.

Paul

Thanks for the post, Im going to check rapbank out

I like the fact that Rapbank is diversifying and has been getting lots of new products recently (and they're fleshing out their marketplace so that it's much more than IM products, just like Clickbank). I haven't bought any Rapbank products myself, but the overall quality of the sales pages and offers (from quickly glancing at them) seems to be improving by a lot recently.