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Becoming a Clickbank Vendor

by Core Freedom
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Hi everyone,

I need a bit help, if I may. Just went through the grueling process of signing up with Clickbank listing my first eBook. I'm still not all the way set up as I can't make the links work right. I do have a question. Do you as Clickbank vendors have two ways of purchasing products from your site, one with a paypal 'buy now' button and another page for those coming from Clickbank?

My site was all set up for the product to be paid with through Paypal and then redirect the client to a password protected page where they can unlock the ebook. Now with the Clickbank set up it seems like I had to create a second page just for those who want to be an affiliate and buy the product through Clickbank. It doesn't seem to make sense to have it set up this way.:confused:

Is there an easier way?

Thanks all,
Cha~zay
#clickbank #vendor
  • Profile picture of the author dadhere
    I've bought products through my own link lots of times but never encountered that before. Try Yahoo Answers and Google for others who may have had the same issue.
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  • Profile picture of the author RogueOne
    Originally Posted by Blueprint4Love View Post

    Is there an easier way?
    Yes. JVZoo, DigiResults, etc. and they're free.
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    • Profile picture of the author smallbusinesstoolkit
      yes JVzoo is much more simple , you can download product on their server and customers download the product from jvzoo

      the significant advantage clickbank has is just the amount of traffic and affiliates
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    • Profile picture of the author Core Freedom
      Originally Posted by RogueOne View Post

      Yes. JVZoo, DigiResults, etc. and they're free.
      I am resarching these and it seems like DigiResults allows for Clickbank to be integrateable also. Not sure yet about JVZoo.

      Anyone else use these and have great experiences with them?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by Blueprint4Love View Post

    Do you as Clickbank vendors have two ways of purchasing products from your site, one with a paypal 'buy now' button and another page for those coming from Clickbank?
    You can have that set-up if you want (and very occasionally people do), but you won't get affiliates promoting your product on that basis, because if a customer chooses to pay the vendor directly by PayPal (as some will, if they're given a choice), the affiliate doesn't get paid.

    The idea is that you host the sales page and ClickBank hosts their order page on which customers can pay ClickBank in any of various ways (including PayPal). That way, the affiliates earn their commissions.

    So, yes: customers can pay by PayPal, but they're paying ClickBank by PayPal, not paying the vendor directly by PayPal. That's the normal way to do it. If, from your sales page, you give customers a choice of going to ClickBank to pay, or going to PayPal to pay, ClickBank will accept that, but affiliates won't. Understandably.

    There's nothing to stop you, as a vendor, from having your own separate sales-page/payment-page set-up, if you want to, not for affiliate use at all (though, again, many professional affiliates - exactly the ones you want - won't tolerate even that and won't promote a product that's also for sale somewhere other than ClickBank).

    Originally Posted by smallbusinesstoolkit View Post

    the significant advantage clickbank has is just the amount of traffic
    This part isn't right: ClickBank's "amount of traffic" has nothing to do with it at all. The sales pages is on the vendor's own site, not on ClickBank's site. The amount of traffic you and your affiliates generate to the sales page is the amount of traffic you and your affiliates generate to the sales page, whether the payment page is on ClickBank or on any other affiliate network. It's true that you may find affiliates more easily by being listed at ClickBank, but "ClickBank's traffic" won't help you in the slightest. That's the same sort of "logic" as imagining that Blogspot is a good place to host a blog "because Blogspot has a lot of traffic": it has nothing to do with your pages at all.
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    • Profile picture of the author smallbusinesstoolkit
      [/QUOTE]This part isn't right: ClickBank's "amount of traffic" has nothing to do with it at all. The sales pages is on the vendor's own site, not on ClickBank's site. The amount of traffic you and your affiliates generate to the sales page is the amount of traffic you and your affiliates generate to the sales page, whether the payment page is on ClickBank or on any other affiliate network. It's true that you may find affiliates more easily by being listed at ClickBank, but "ClickBank's traffic" won't help you in the slightest. That's the same sort of "logic" as imagining that Blogspot is a good place to host a blog "because Blogspot has a lot of traffic": it has nothing to do with your pages at all.[/QUOTE]

      Do not agree - affiliate program and marketplace is a powerful marketing machine, just think about offers of the day , bestsellers list, affiliate contest , forums, free ebook samples with affilliate links - all that attracts affiliates and customers
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  • Profile picture of the author Core Freedom
    Alexa, this made sense. I didn't realize that if people choose to pay through paypal that the affiliate didn't get paid, but obviously makes total sense. So in reality I shouldn't have both options, only the Clickbank option, then everyone has to buy it through Clickbank, even though that don't want to be an affiliate. Did I get this right?

    So then I have a similar question. I have a forum, which will have a monthly fee. The same thing applies if I go through Clickbank only, everyone has a chance to make $$ from the monthly fees, but everyone has to pay through Clickbank and never directly through Paypal, correct?

    Thanks for all your help!
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Blueprint4Love View Post

      in reality I shouldn't have both options, only the Clickbank option, then everyone has to buy it through Clickbank
      Yes indeed ... and PayPal is one of ClickBank's payment options anyway. Your customers will still be able to pay ClickBank by PayPal if they want/need to (and many do, usually).

      Originally Posted by Blueprint4Love View Post

      I have a forum, which will have a monthly fee. The same thing applies if I go through Clickbank only, everyone has a chance to make $$ from the monthly fees, but everyone has to pay through Clickbank and never directly through Paypal, correct?
      Yes, you can use ClickBank to collect forum memberships in exactly the same way (it's a "continuing/subscription service", effectively). If you don't mind paying their higher-than-elsewhere transaction-charges. (But that's perhaps worth it, if using ClickBank brings you affiliates?)
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      • Profile picture of the author Core Freedom
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        Yes, you can use ClickBank to collect forum memberships in exactly the same way (it's a "continuing/subscription service", effectively). If you don't mind paying their higher-than-elsewhere transaction-charges. (But that's perhaps worth it, if using ClickBank brings you affiliates?)
        What is the best way then to attract affiliates if not through Clickbank?
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        • Profile picture of the author smallbusinesstoolkit
          Good question - I would like to know that
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          • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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            This isn't a bad place to do that, actually. It's certainly frequented by plenty of ClickBank affiliates.

            You can have a link in your signature-file to a page which is effectively "Why you should become an affiliate for this high-converting ClickBank product which pays 75% commission" or whatever (as some Warriors do - look around), and can then link to that same page in any other forums you go to. You can advertise (on ClickBank and/or in other places), and so on.

            If you were selling a "hydroponic gardening" product (whether as a vendor or as an affiliate) you'd want to get something (a sig-link/an advertisement/an article/whatever) in front of people interested in hydroponic gardening, wouldn't you? In exactly the same way, when you're promoting "be an affiliate for my product" you need to get yourself/your information in places where ClickBank affiliates go. There are 10 or 12 forums to which that applies. There's ClickBank itself (make sure you have both an affiliate page and a "Vendor Spotlight" page to sell your "opportunity" to the affiliates like me who scour the Marketplace regularly). And maybe other places? Social networking contacts and so on, perhaps? I don't know about those.

            Also, there are 100+ threads here with titles like "How Do I Promote My Product To ClickBank Affiliates?" which will make plenty of suggestions. (Try a search for threads with the word "Affiliates" in the title?).

            But you really do have to "promote it to affiliates". I suspect there aren't many like me who look only in ClickBank's Marketplace and spend about 2 - 3 hours per week, every week, doing so, and will see it anyway just because you've listed it there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Core Freedom
    Thank you, Alexa! Am trying to set up JVZoo right now, not quite as easy as I thought it would be. Having a bit of a challenge with the flow of pages. Really want this to be a great win-win for the affiliates and want it to be perfect. :-) Then I'll browse for affiliates to promote. Such an exciting time. Woohoo. :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Core Freedom
    Well, JVzoo is useless. Their customer service truly sucks. None of the links get people to where they need to go and the aWeber form that I entered on their page gets them some place completely different. The Paypal test order completed but I got 2 messages at the end, one saying the order was cancelled and I never get my product, and separate emails from Paypal confirming my charges and order. Now JVzo is 'blaming' it on Paypal and they are not addressing any of the wrong link redirects. So JVzoo is out.

    Tried back with Clickbank but their hoplink only works when I cut and paste it manually into a browser, hyperlinking to any of my text or 'buy now' buttons won't get the buyer anywhere. And I haven't figured out if aWeber can be linked to the purchase, which they must since the password to unlock the book will be emailed from aWeber.

    Wow, not as easy as I thought it would be...
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Blueprint4Love View Post

      Tried back with Clickbank but their hoplink only works when I cut and paste it manually into a browser, hyperlinking to any of my text or 'buy now' buttons won't get the buyer anywhere.
      They have two different sorts of hoplinks. The text part is the same, but one kind is clickable and the other isn't. I think you just need the one with the "<a href" stuff or whatever it is, for it to be clickable as a hyperlink? But you're a vendor anyway, not an affiliate, aren't you?

      Originally Posted by Blueprint4Love View Post

      And I haven't figured out if aWeber can be linked to the purchase, which they must since the password to unlock the book will be emailed from aWeber.
      Yes, you can do that. (I don't know how ).

      Originally Posted by Blueprint4Love View Post

      Wow, not as easy as I thought it would be...
      No. This is what people say. Frustrating. But it can all be done. You just need help from someone who's done it many times. (That's not me! ).
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  • Profile picture of the author Core Freedom
    Thanks Alexa, you've been great!

    Yes, I tried that other hoplink, it doesn't work either. Can't seem to find more info on their pages, help files, videos, etc., about adding aWeber. Their site is not very user friendly for newbies. lol

    Will browse this forum for extra help. :-)
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