LOSING Hops On Clickbank? Well This Is New...

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Haha so I've had the weirdest thing happen to me the past couple of days on clickbank.

First of all, let me say that my traffic for the site/niche in question has remained unchanged, opt-ins are actually rising, and until a few days back I was getting about 50 hops per day.

Then on the 7th I supposedly got nearly 90 hops, again without any changes in traffic.

Then the next day (yesterday) I get five. Now that big of a decrease is weird, but not as weird as checking back later to see that my count for the day has DROPPED to 1.

Today, same thing, I started still much lower than usual (8 or 9 hops) and then this evening it's dropped down to 3, so my tracking is actually saying somehow 5-6 hops have been subtracted from my count for today...

Also, I should note that the side thing that says when last updated has always been up to date, only lagging behind for a few hours, and this information is accurate even though it supposedly was updated just two hours ago.

This is puzzling to me, and I haven't made any sales the past three days (though this by itself is not as strange as I usually sell one of these products every other day or so so gaps of 2-3 days aren't totally uncommon). But with the other stuff... I just don't even know!

I'm a bit baffled lol! Sent a support ticket in and we'll see what they say, but interesting nonetheless.

Any thoughts, warriors?

- Brandon
#clickbank #hops #losing
  • Profile picture of the author patey88
    Clickbank's analytics database is wrong, right now. It has happened before. You wait a few days, and eventually the data seems to get re-loaded and it becomes as right as it's going to get, which isn't necessarily perfect.

    I have been seeing what you've seen, these last few days. First it seemed right but was lagging behind many hours... then it was showing double everything including double sales. Then there were hops, but all the sales were gone. Now, when I look at yesterday, total sales is wrong (meaning it doesn't agree with Transactions, which are generally correct.) And today's hops are wrong, way inconsistent with what Google Analytics is telling me for site hops today.

    I'm just waiting for Clickbank's numbers to be believable again.
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    • Profile picture of the author digichik
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  • Profile picture of the author thekaver
    yes,

    i have expereinced clickbanks data to be way weay out, i usually use my own redirect so i can monitor the true clicks
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    • Profile picture of the author RyanLB
      Originally Posted by thekaver View Post

      yes,

      i have expereinced clickbanks data to be way weay out, i usually use my own redirect so i can monitor the true clicks
      This is true. I have had issues myself. It can be a pain to use your own redirect but it is always going to be worth it because ultimately you are going to be able to track way more data than you would if you used Clickbank links.
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    Do you use statcounter? I have that on all my sites as it is the only one I've found that monitors exit link activity. I don't know how accurate it is, but you should be able to compare what it says with the hop count claimed by CB
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    • Profile picture of the author ShowSpace
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      Do you use statcounter? I have that on all my sites as it is the only one I've found that monitors exit link activity. I don't know how accurate it is, but you should be able to compare what it says with the hop count claimed by CB
      I can recommend StatCounter as well! Have been using it on a couple of sites for a while now and found it extremely useful! They collect a load of stats for you and do it in real-time on top of that!
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  • Profile picture of the author DPM70
    I've had exactly the same happen. Double the usual hops two days ago then next to nothing since.
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  • Profile picture of the author Val Wilson
    Same here - Clickbank analytics can be a bit temperamental, but it is usually sorted out in a few days. The important thing is that sales are still being credited, and there does not seem to be any problem with this.
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  • Yes, same thing with me. Double for one day, then POOF! Down to next to nothing. Had my first zero days for months, but today seems to be OK for sales.

    Have to say it's very unnerving.
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    • Profile picture of the author origin
      Same here, doubled up 3 days ago and now is down to nothing for 3rd day. I hope they are tracking sales... Nothing for 3 days...
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by Branlan17 View Post

    Haha so I've had the weirdest thing happen to me the past couple of days on clickbank.
    Yes indeed ... ClickBank has great problems at the moment.

    They're working on them.

    At least they have acknowledged the situation pretty openly, this time, which is a distinct and notable improvement on their historical attitude/behavior and is strongly to be welcomed, supported and praised. Maybe they're even, finally, learning that if they take responsibility for their screw-ups rather than trying to conceal them, people will actually be supportive toward them about it. I certainly will, and I wish them well.
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  • Profile picture of the author americaupdates
    I dont have any luck on clickbank. I never make a single cent for the past few months.
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