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CLICK BANK PRODUCT DILEMMA =(

by the6thplayer
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Hi Warriors,
I am planning to setup a blog that reviews some popular CB products in an effort to make some money out of it. I have couple of questions, if you please comment on them!

1. Definitely, higher the price, higher will be the commission but is it always a good idea to promote big tickets?

2. What are the HOT products in "Make money online ", "Blogging" and "Computers" niches that are in high demand? These are my areas of interest!

3. MOST IMPORTANT:
If I haven't tried the product myself, at first place, then is it ethical to write a review about it? Suppose I am not pushing the reader to buy it!

Your help is highly appreciated!!! =)
#bank #click #dilemma #product
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

    1. Definitely, higher the price, higher will be the commission
    Not so, at all. 75% of $47 pays more than 25% of $97.

    Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

    but is it always a good idea to promote big tickets?
    It depends on the demographics of the traffic you're attracting and the lists you're building.

    In other words, it varies from person to person. For me, more expensive products typically work out much better.

    Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

    2. What are the HOT products in "Make money online ", "Blogging" and "Computers" niches that are in high demand? These are my areas of interest!
    Sorry - can't help you there.

    For myself, "make money online" and "blogging" products don't qualify for consideration at all. Some of the potential customers in these niches are already Clickbank affiliates themselves, and unlikely indeed to buy one of those products through my hoplink rather than through their own. Leading a qualified customer to the sales page is one thing. Getting paid a commission on the resulting sale is another matter altogether.

    Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

    If I haven't tried the product myself, at first place, then is it ethical to write a review about it?
    Not if you imply that you have used it yourself, no. That would just be plain dishonest, wouldn't it?

    If they help/interest you at all, my own criteria for product-selection (10-point checklist) are set out in this post.
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  • Profile picture of the author Presto Smith
    Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

    If I haven't tried the product myself, at first place, then is it ethical to write a review about it? Suppose I am not pushing the reader to buy it!
    If you have not tried a product out, how can you review it? I guess you could reference other people's reviews of the product...

    It is always best to try the product before you write a review in my opinion. This way you will be able to know your product line much better and give useful feedback to potential customers.
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  • Profile picture of the author the6thplayer
    Thanks Alexa for your kind advice....

    One more thing, if not IM and blogging products then what else is good to write about?
    I am a student of software engineering and also an article writer so that gives you an idea what possibly I should be reviewing......
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    • Profile picture of the author O0o0O
      Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

      Thanks Alexa for your kind advice....

      One more thing, if not IM and blogging products then what else is good to write about?
      I am a student of software engineering and also an article writer so that gives you an idea what possibly I should be reviewing......
      You could probably review the products in the Clickbank software section - like the registry cleaners and other popular stuff like that.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      I totally agree with Bruce, just above.

      Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

      One more thing, if not IM and blogging products then what else is good to write about?
      You might perhaps find a blogging product (maybe a "real beginners' one"?) for which you feel confident the potential customers definitely won't already be Clickbank affiliates? Because I don't look through these products, myself, I can't promise you that that'll necessarily be a problem with all of them ...

      (But apart from that, perhaps, I really do think you'd be very well advised to stay away from the "IM niche", though).

      Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

      I am a student of software engineering
      Ooh, well ... there's plenty of software for sale on Clickbank, I think? They're not all e-books? (Some of the software products I've seen there do tend to have "leaky" sales pages, though, I've noticed).

      Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

      and also an article writer
      You can write about anything, then!

      Personally, I go for less competitive products in less competitive niches. It needs a lot of research (just going through Clickbank's Marketplace) but there are some real low-gravity gems hidden away there, with non-leaky sales pages, in obscure niches that are pretty easy to write about, and some of them have surprisingly well-written, non-hypey sales pages and can convert really well for their small number of pro-affiliates. There are many products with gravities around 5 - 10 regularly outselling products with gravities in three figures: these aren't "rare exceptions" at all.

      Product selection is a time-consuming business, though: there's no doubt about that. I do try to spend 20 minutes per day researching the Marketplace.
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      • Profile picture of the author the6thplayer
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        have "leaky" sales pages
        What exactly do you mean by "LEAKY"?





        some real low-gravity gems hidden away there
        I am on a look for them now..... they can't stay hidden anymore
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

          What exactly do you mean by "LEAKY"?
          A sales page "leak" is anything that potentially gives the vendor the email address of the prospective customer before a purchase has been made.

          They typically include "opt-in on the sales page" (common - and to be avoided at all cost), "free trial" (rarer, but possible with software), "super-prominent contact form for questions" (very rare) and so on.

          This long but very interesting thread, well worth reading all the way through, will tell you all you need to know about the subject. (It's also covered, at about 0.3% of the length, in the "product selection" post to which I gave the link in post #2 above).
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  • Profile picture of the author Bruce NewMedia
    Originally Posted by the6thplayer View Post

    2. What are the HOT products in "Make money online ", "Blogging" and "Computers" niches that are in high demand? These are my areas of interest! your help is highly appreciated!!! =)
    That is the kind of question that often steers newer marketers in the wrong direction.

    Everybody who looks for the "HOT PRODUCTS" is going to be directed to the same stuff, and meet all the other more experienced marketers when they get there.

    You would benefit from looking for GOOD products first, and then good sales pages. If you identify those factors, then its up to you to send presold traffic.. which is really what you'll be working on most.
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    • Profile picture of the author the6thplayer
      Originally Posted by brucerby View Post

      and meet all the other more experienced marketers when they get there.

      You would benefit from looking for GOOD products first, and then good sales pages. If you identify those factors, then its up to you to send presold traffic.. which is really what you'll be working on most.
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      Thanks for saving me from wasting my time digging for nothing .....
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