2 Clickbank Sales (But I didn't promote the product?) Can I see the site from which the sales came?

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hey warriors,

I Don't recall promoting the product they say I made 2 sales from?

They are the 1st 2 sales I've made with CB, so I'm happy about that, but really confused about the origin of the sale?(I really think it's a mistake or an error on CB's part)

I remember looking at the products "sales page" a few days back, but don't believe I actually made a link for the product on my sites?

is there a way that within CB I can see where the sale originated? from what site the clicks came from?

I didn't see it going through their analytics? thought maybe I just don't know where to look?

thank you!

Dano~
#clickbank #product #promote #sales #site
  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    not that i know of ;/
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  • Profile picture of the author Raindance
    Sorry, if I sound stupid, but why do you care? Just enjoy the moolah
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    • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
      hey raindance,

      I know I probably should take the posture of "why do I care"
      But I wanted to know what promotion was working from what site...

      and I am rather new to getting traffic to any of my sites
      I really don't even have but a few dozen clicks at this point
      so it does strike me as odd?

      I just got off the link with CB, and they see one of the sales
      last tracked to an "email" I don't even do email marketing at this
      point, so it certainly is strange... we thought maybe an affiliate
      incorrectly spelled his ID and accidentally put mine instead with a mild
      mispell....

      it is odd to say the least!

      Dano~

      Originally Posted by Raindance View Post

      Sorry, if I sound stupid, but why do you care? Just enjoy the moolah
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    • Profile picture of the author hotlinkz
      Originally Posted by Raindance View Post

      Sorry, if I sound stupid, but why do you care? Just enjoy the moolah
      He should care. If he can track his results, he can focus on driving even more sales from that source or method. Knowing where to spend your marketing money is one of the primary objectives of good marketing and promotion practices.

      Questions are how we learn. Better to ask than not.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
        thankz linkz,

        by deduction by now I realize someone is handing me the sales, because I never promoted the product. It truely is motivating albeit not by the method of preference, which in this case is the "hand me free sales" method!

        I "think" actually up to 4 sales so far, only 3 are counted(2 when I started this thread). The guy at CB showed me to pay attention to the "time updated" hence I may show "4 orders" but in this case only 3 have been withing the "update period" so I think I'm really at 4 sales !!! (gawwd who knew!)

        But yes you are absolutely correct, which is why earlier today I really wanted to know what I did that started making sales "hand over fist" in a sense.....then I realized "I wasn't doing anything at all!"

        I'd certainly want to know "what I was doing right" if in fact I was "getting the sales myself"

        Dano~

        Originally Posted by hotlinkz View Post

        He should care. If he can track his results, he can focus on driving even more sales from that source or method. Knowing where to spend your marketing money is one of the primary objectives of good marketing and promotion practices.

        Questions are how we learn. Better to ask than not.
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    • Profile picture of the author schttrj
      Originally Posted by Raindance View Post

      Sorry, if I sound stupid, but why do you care? Just enjoy the moolah
      Back-tracking is the SECRET to success!
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  • Profile picture of the author ToniMaltano
    I heard about product owners that were buying there own stuff with other peoples
    affiliate name to increase their gravitiy and attract more affiliates.

    That might be it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
      wow!

      but you'd think they would pick someone who has made sales I wonder, I doubt, well anyway certainly is odd to say the least

      I somehow feel that's not it... and I have so few links on my sites I just checked and I don't see it?

      anyway certainly is very very odd

      Dano~

      Originally Posted by Toni Maltano View Post

      I heard about product owners that were buying there own stuff with other peoples
      affiliate name to increase their gravitiy and attract more affiliates.

      That might be it.
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    • Profile picture of the author webpromotions
      Originally Posted by Toni Maltano View Post

      I heard about product owners that were buying there own stuff with other peoples
      affiliate name to increase their gravitiy and attract more affiliates.

      That might be it.
      I had the same thing happen recently...definitely never promoted this product, and it was brand new, AND it was a product that has had sooooo many complaints.

      I'd love to say the name, because about 5 thousand people here would say "yah! exactly!", but of course, its not allowed.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
        You know the funny thing is I did look at the product yesterday
        and signed up giving my email as an affiliate to get info on the product

        (actually forgot I even did that much! I looked in my email from yesterday and apparently I did, to get more info about the product)

        maybe you're right about giving affiliates sales to make his #'s look better

        But I see in today's email they already have a leaderboard (checked to see if I was on it! lol!)


        I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING

        maybe it's like when I was an affiliate for dating sites Some date site advertisers would give you a sale here or there that you didn't actually sign up yourself, but they were general sales, and they wanted affiliates to get credit, their affiliate managers would explain this...so maybe it's a similar type of thing? I mean it does make a little sense, YES?

        Dano~



        Originally Posted by Doug English View Post

        I had the same thing happen recently...definitely never promoted this product, and it was brand new, AND it was a product that has had sooooo many complaints.

        I'd love to say the name, because about 5 thousand people here would say "yah! exactly!", but of course, its not allowed.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    Please correct me if I am wrong but I thought if you go into your Clickbank and click on 'Reporting' and then 'Transactions' it will show up the information you are looking for. One of the columns there is called 'Vendor'.

    Once you know the vendor you can just search Google for "vendor.hop.clickbank.net" and you will quickly see what product all those links are leading to.

    You can also then search Google for "AFFILIATE.VENDOR.hop.clickbank.net" using your affiliate id in place of the word 'affiliate' and see if your link comes up at all. Chances are if they are doing this with a lot of affiliates then they are not encoding the links as this is a manual process. The links would be created dynamically so you might be able to find where your link has been posted.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
      no my link didn't show anywhere, actually felt a little strange doing that....

      but now that they gave me 2 free sales, I feel obligated to promote their product. I mean I am selecting a few products to write articles about anyway, certainly by doing what he did you have built an instant "loyalty" with a prospective affiliate

      No, the sale will not show the definite point of origin, like for example the site the sale was made from. The rep from CB also stated that, although he was able to tell one originated from email, and I don't do email marketing at this point...

      Dano~

      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      Please correct me if I am wrong but I thought if you go into your Clickbank and click on 'Reporting' and then 'Transactions' it will show up the information you are looking for. One of the columns there is called 'Vendor'.

      Once you know the vendor you can just search Google for "vendor.hop.clickbank.net" and you will quickly see what product all those links are leading to.

      You can also then search Google for "AFFILIATE.VENDOR.hop.clickbank.net" using your affiliate id in place of the word 'affiliate' and see if your link comes up at all. Chances are if they are doing this with a lot of affiliates then they are not encoding the links as this is a manual process. The links would be created dynamically so you might be able to find where your link has been posted.
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      • Profile picture of the author WillR
        Originally Posted by Dano1981 View Post

        But now that they gave me 2 free sales, I feel obligated to promote their product...
        So their tactic has been successful.
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        • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
          Will,

          I'm almost embarrassed to say that as of 6:30 pm PST
          I'm now up to 3 sales! so far!

          maybe I shouldn't say anything, I could make a living off of this ! (I'm being a bit silly with that statement!)

          it literally feels wrong almost......
          but since I was right on the "crest" of promoting CB
          products, I will say in a strange way, it is certainly a motivator

          Dano~

          Originally Posted by WillR View Post

          So their tactic has been successful.
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          • Profile picture of the author WillR
            Originally Posted by Dano1981 View Post

            Will,

            I'm almost embarrassed to say that as of 6:30 pm PST
            I'm now up to 3 sales! so far!

            maybe I shouldn't say anything, I could make a living off of this ! (I'm being a bit silly with that statement!)

            it literally feels wrong almost......
            but since I was right on the "crest" of promoting CB
            products, I will say in a strange way, it is certainly a motivator

            Dano~
            Just don't go spending the money yet. If they are playing silly games they could just as easily plan on getting refunds for all those sales once they have achieved what they set out to achieve. Remember they have 60 days to do this.
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            • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
              thanks will,

              if it's one thing I've learned about CB (with all my reading on about them) is that refunds are part of the game, especially depending upon the advertising and if it was "over promised" so I hear you on that

              Dano~

              Originally Posted by WillR View Post

              Just don't go spending the money yet. If they are playing silly games they could just as easily plan on getting refunds for all those sales once they have achieved what they set out to achieve. Remember they have 60 days to do this.
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          • Profile picture of the author nashvillegurl
            I know this is an older post, but if you never solved the mystery...

            Maybe your affiliate link is very similar to another affiliate's (like maybe one letter off or something), and they made a typo on their link. To me, this makes more sense than the vendor buying multiple copies of his own product from your link.

            His gravity would be boosted more by making each purchase from a different affiliate, as gravity is a weighted figure based on the number of AFFILIATES promoting a product rather than the number of PRODUCTS being sold.
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  • Profile picture of the author hotlinkz
    Originally Posted by Dano1981 View Post

    hey warriors,

    I Don't recall promoting the product they say I made 2 sales from?

    is there a way that within CB I can see where the sale originated? from what site the clicks came from?

    I didn't see it going through their analytics? thought maybe I just don't know where to look?
    It will be pretty tough to do unless you added a tracking code to the CB referral link. Best thing to do is stop wondering and start promoting the product. This time you can track your marketing and promotion efforts.
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  • Profile picture of the author JTzor
    Keep us posted Dano
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  • Profile picture of the author Simu :P
    Hi

    I am not quite sure if you can know where the sale came from(site), but you can find out which country guy bought it.

    I know it wouldnt be helpful, but it can be!
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  • Profile picture of the author browse15
    Damn lucky man! Good luck! Yes, it helps to find the source of traffic so that you can increase the sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ofthemix
    lol Sounds like a product I need to promote. Everyone loves free money. Though unfortunately, as was already mentioned, they will probably all refund if this is just some sort of gimmick that the seller is using.
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  • Profile picture of the author GaryBurke
    If your link is on a website or redirect you should be able to track the traffic through your hosting account can you not
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  • Profile picture of the author xxxJamesxxx
    Be interesting to see how this pans out

    ...Just hope you're not swiping my sales that's all!

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author Giani
    I think that someone else is promoting that product and his clickbank id may be similar to yours and so there is a spelling mistake.

    Enjoy till you can.
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  • Profile picture of the author xxxJamesxxx
    Back-tracking is the SECRET to success!
    And promoting the right product the right way.
    And making sure you put the RIGHT username in your affiliate link ;-)

    James
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    • Profile picture of the author Dano1981
      you know today I'm up to 5 sales! lol

      4 are actually counted, and one is "lying in wait" apparently
      CB's update delays, or perhaps it may never be counted (it might be the same one from yesterday)

      The most embarrassing part? is that I actually made their leaderboard!
      is this the lazy man's way to riches or what!!! lol!

      you know I laugh about this situation but it really is oddly motivating
      I am dead serious....

      at this point still don't definitively know what to attribute it too
      I still have money on the idea that it's not an error, but that he is simply channeling money to an affiliate(me) or to "affiliates" either way he wins because it shows as a sale to him and boats his leaderboard, kicks up his gravity...this is just my guess, or they are his "general sales" and therefore he doesn't lose much by "dooling them out" and it's ultimately a "win win" for him

      I just happen to be one of the lucky ones

      dano~ (I ain't complaining!)
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  • Profile picture of the author tonio79
    Ha ha
    Brill. 2 sales without any work...now that is passive income...working on autopilot....set and forget...and any of the other phrases the gurus are using.

    Now if you could get that into a WSO you could make a few more sales.

    Good luck

    Tonio
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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      It may not have helped identify this source in the case of the OP. But you should always include a tracking ID in your affiliate links. Use a different ID as an extension for each landing page for example. These are easily added when generating your affiliate link from the CB website. This has happened to me on occasion from web pages I haven't promoted in years, but have no idea where they came from.
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