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Can I direct link to a clickbank salespage from ezine?

by bloomingrose
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That is if I purchase a domain name and redirect it to my clickbank salespage?
#clickbank #direct #ezine #link #salespage
  • Profile picture of the author scott33
    according to my recent experience.. no

    you can buy a domain and redirect that to the clickbank page

    assuming it would be profitable for you to do that
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  • Profile picture of the author Slade556
    If it is your webpage you can link directly but you cannot insert affiliate links into your articles. Therefore if you are trying to use an affiliate link you need to use a domain with a redirect.
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    • Profile picture of the author leclaims
      Ezine will definitely decline the article with a CB link in it, but you will probably be OK with the redirect. I'm not 100% on this though.
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      • Profile picture of the author Chris Busa
        Yes you can, but I suggest to link to a review page first. You can use blogger or any web 2.0 site to do this, plus this will pre warm the traffic for the clickbank offer and you will not have to spend money on a domain name.

        Or better yet depending on your niche you can just setup a squeeze page so you can capture leads.
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  • Profile picture of the author MrDay
    Even if you redirect to a CB salespage with your own domain, Ezine's usually will not accept it. You can try it, but from my experience and others I know who've tried this, the articles are usually declined.

    It's best to make your own landing page. If you don't have your own hosting, then just make a free site like with, wordpress.com, tumblr, blogger etc.. and have the link in your Ezine article going to your own landing page. There's a much better chance they will accept the articles.

    A landing page will also increase your chances for a conversion anyways.
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  • Profile picture of the author 2d0k
    Originally Posted by bloomingrose View Post

    That is if I purchase a domain name and redirect it to my clickbank salespage?
    Yes, you can do a redirect to the clickbank salespage from your domain..

    Read their guidelines (TOS) regarding this on No. 3..
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by bloomingrose View Post

      Do you think it is actually true that you increase sales if you add a landing page?
      I know it is.

      Not only is it true, but it's been very understated here.

      It is possible to make some sales by "direct-linking" in the way you're thinking about it (ok, strictly speaking it's not direct-linking because you're forwarding your hoplink through a TLD, but to all intents and purposes it's "direct" in that you're not using a landing-page). But very few, for most people, most of the time.

      The reasons for this are really fundamental.

      The two most important requirements to do well by selling Clickbank products are (i) the ability to build a list (I can make only about 15% of my expected total sales without a list, and I think that's fairly typical), and (ii) the abililty to pre-sell effectively (and it's terribly difficult to do that without a landing-page, especially in the case of EZA who, thankfully, won't accept "salesy" articles).

      I understand your point and completely "know where you're coming from" when you say there's a lot to take in and a lot to get right, and that building websites is something you can live without at the moment, but that doesn't change the facts - and they really are facts - that (a) it's where most of the money is; (b) it's easier to do than you think (a 1-page review on some sort of bloggy site will do it, together with an incentivized opt-in, of course) and (c) if you think that's difficult, try making a living selling Clickbank products without having landing-pages: now that's what I call difficult!).

      Good luck!

      Originally Posted by petevamp View Post

      I wait for the article to be approved with a link I will change later to the actual sales page of the clickbank product.
      So you're not content just with deceiving EZA - you also want to advise other Warriors to do the same thing, too?! I have disappointing news for you: Chris Knight is an active member of this forum and may take note of such comments. :rolleyes: :p
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    • Profile picture of the author TechGuy1
      No its not possible for you to direct link to a clickbank salespage from ezine for this you have to redirect the link to your website.
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      • Profile picture of the author willcosys
        You can use a top level domain redirect, but you will eventually be costing yourself sales. Build a review page and use ezine as a traffic and link source while ranking your domain for organic search traffic. By doing this you are actually building an asset that can make you money for years.
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  • Profile picture of the author bloomingrose
    Thanks for all the people who took time to reply to my query. I think I will try to write some articles and then direct link them to clickbank through a redirect; because although building my own site is in the long run more valuable I have to 1. Make some quicker money 2. I am overwhelmed, and having to write articles and build sites both has been a stumbling block. But I realize that eventually you want to be sending traffic to your own sites which are valuable real estate in their own way rather than just renting from Ezine or Clickbank.
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  • Profile picture of the author bloomingrose
    On the other hand, I am interested in what Mr. Day said about having his articles rejected if he just links to Clickbank, and in how he increases conversions if he adds a landing page.

    Do you think it is actually true that you increase sales if you add a landing page? If the merchant wrote a decent sales page to begin with, maybe adding a salespage would be just one more click away from the sale. I may open a thread with this question, I think it deserves its own conversation.
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    • Profile picture of the author Chris Busa
      Originally Posted by bloomingrose View Post

      On the other hand, I am interested in what Mr. Day said about having his articles rejected if he just links to Clickbank, and in how he increases conversions if he adds a landing page.

      Do you think it is actually true that you increase sales if you add a landing page? If the merchant wrote a decent sales page to begin with, maybe adding a salespage would be just one more click away from the sale. I may open a thread with this question, I think it deserves its own conversation.
      Yes that is 100% true... A landing page can without a doubt increase your conversions and sometimes as much as 75%

      A landing page will pre warm your traffic, so when they click off too the actual sales page they know what to expect. Now it does depend on the niche, but 9 times out of 10 a landing page will win hands down.
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      • Profile picture of the author bloomingrose
        If it is true that a landing page will warm up the audience to the salespage - what needs to be the focus of the landing page? What are some of the features of a winning landing page?
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  • Profile picture of the author TaceThompson
    Ezinearticles editorial guidelines do not permit affiliate links, therefore you have to link to a site/ blog, which carries the affiliate link.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nicola Lane
    The Editorial Guidelines say:

    EzineArticles.com Editorial Guidelines: (AFFILIATE PROGRAMS):

    Affiliate links will be allowed if the link is a domain name you own which forward/redirects to the affiliate link from the top-level of the domain name. For example, it is permissible to forward to an affiliate link from:

    http : //your-company-name.com/

    ...but it would not be permissible to forward to an affiliate link from:

    http : //your-company-name.com/page.html
    http : //your-company-name.com/subdirectory/
    http : //your-company-name.com/subdirectory/page.html
    http : //sub-domain.your-company-name.com/

    Any article with an affiliate link that does not adhere to this guideline will cause the article to be rejected.


    So what I suggest is that you buy a cheap .info domain (you can get them for $0.99 when using coupons). Get started using a simple re-direct.

    When you have the time you can build a landing page an build a list - I suggest using getresponse because they have a plan that will give you a free list until it reaches 500 subscribers, by then you should be earning enough to afford the monthly fee.

    Hope this helps
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    Hope this helps.
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