Marketing Platforms - Clickbank/JVZoo/DigiResults/etc.

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I was thinking the other day, is it possible to market your products on all of these platforms? For instance, I create a different landing page all connected the same domain (http://myproduct/clickbank/, http://myproduct/JVZoo). I would obviously have the affiliate for each platform send their traffic to each landing page since I can't have the purchase now button redirect a JVZoo affiliate to a clickbank purchase screen. Maybe I have this all wrong or there is a different method to this, anyone care to elaborate?

Thanks,
- Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author rotbuzz
    Hi,

    I was thinking the same. Not just connecting platforms (clickbank, JVZoo, etc), but also market niches. I know that it isn't usual, but I was thinking in giving a try and see the results.
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  • Profile picture of the author Coby
    Yep, I do it

    You can also do some bridging at DigiResults and use the same salespage/buy button for Digi and CB (and some others I think). At one time Zoo would bridge with Digi also, but I don't know if it still does.

    Cheers,
    Coby
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  • Sure it's possible, you just need a quick PHP instruction on your sales page.

    STEP 1:
    Set the destination page in each platform to add a "from" variable.

    - So, you'd point your clickbank configuration to: YourDomain.com/index.php?from=clickbank
    - Point your JVzoo configuration to: YourDomain.com/index.php?from=jvzoo
    - Point your Digi configuration to: YourDomain.com/index.php?from=digi
    - etc.

    STEP #2:
    Help your sales page to recognize what network each visitor is coming from.

    Paste this at the very top of your index.php page:

    <?php
    $from = $_GET["from"];
    if($from == "clickbank") {$link = "put your clickbank payment link here";}
    elseif($from == "jvzoo") {$link = "put your jvzoo payment link here";}
    elseif($from == "digi") {$link = "put your digi payment link here";}
    else {$link = "put your default payment link here";}
    ?>

    STEP #3:
    Add the dynamic link to your Buy Now button

    Paste this where you want to Buy Button to appear. The link will dynamically change depending on which network sent the referral:

    <a href="<? echo $link; ?>"><img src="http://www.YourDomain.com/images/button.jpg" /></a>

    With this quick setup, you can have affiliates from multiple affiliate networks sending traffic to your sales page and the Add To Cart button link will be dynamically changed accordingly for each visitor.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason Mack
      Absolutely awesome reply Anonymous Affiliate, Highly appreciated. Just signed up for your DealGuardian as well, Looks interesting!

      Kind Regards,
      Benjamin
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  • Profile picture of the author davidkings
    Originally Posted by benjamin779 View Post

    I was thinking the other day, is it possible to market your products on all of these platforms? For instance, I create a different landing page all connected the same domain (http://myproduct/clickbank/, http://myproduct/JVZoo). I would obviously have the affiliate for each platform send their traffic to each landing page since I can't have the purchase now button redirect a JVZoo affiliate to a clickbank purchase screen. Maybe I have this all wrong or there is a different method to this, anyone care to elaborate?

    Thanks,
    - Ben
    Wouldnt this method distract affiliates?

    as they know the the sales page is available in other affiliate platforms ?

    other threads say that it can put super affiliates off ?
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason Mack
      Thanks for the reply David, I think what Anonymous Affiliate posted would work perfect without any distractions since it appears to be a normal sales page for every visitor.

      - Benjamin. L
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by davidkings View Post

      Wouldnt this method distract affiliates?
      It would do a little more than just "distract" them. At ClickBank, for example, almost no serious, pro-affiliate would be willing to promote a product which also has other sales pages/payment methods elsewhere. As you mention, it's discussed in many threads here. Here's one. Here's another. There are many more, in which many affiliates explain why they wouldn't consider promoting such a product, but I can't find them at the moment. :rolleyes:

      Anyway, the "main problem" with this is fairly apparent, I think.

      Originally Posted by benjamin779 View Post

      I really feel like allowing multiple affiliate marketplaces will really help drive more affiliates to my products?
      It may. More affiliates, perhaps, but probably far fewer sales, because the affiliates you'd lose by doing this would mostly be the pro-affiliates, the ones who make almost all the sales. This is an example of a wider point, perhaps, for vendors: trying simply to attract "as many affiliates as possible" isn't an optimal plan - it matters much more which ones they are!
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  • Profile picture of the author dronehawk
    I think it's better to have the product in one market place as it will be easy to manage. Jvzoo doing being nowadays especially with instant commission offer to affiliates
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Mack
    Hi Dronehawk, I really feel like allowing multiple affiliate marketplaces will really help drive more affiliates to my products? Maybe I'm wrong though.

    - Benjamin. L
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisDouthit
    I know a few of our vendors have two different versions of their site. An affiliate link from PayGear will take you to one version and an affiliate link from another like ClickBank will take you to version. The customer cannot cross over so all affiliate sales are protected in their platform.

    This can help you, but it can also hurt you. If you are in two platforms you will have two listings yes, but you will also be dividing sales between the two so your ranking in each will be lower. A lower ranking means less people are going to find you. You would likely get more affiliates by having a higher ranking in one platform verses two lower rankings.
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  • Profile picture of the author jbsmith
    While you get more flexibility and coverage from multiple affiliate programs, you get a "watered-down" effect in terms of results. When you start out, you have to go out and recruit affiliates (for the most part), where you pick up affiliates from the various marketplaces is through getting results (sales, conversions and reasonable to low returns) - if you spread 100 sales across 3 different platforms your overall momentum is not reflected in any one system so "momentum-jumping" affiliates may pass.

    That would be the main reason I would stick with one platform and then build momentum around that platform (at least per product family)

    The other consideration is getting approved which today requires a fair number of rules including often a manual approval...will your manual approver (at CB for example) be directed to the correct landing page? If so, then this won't be an issue, but if not, it could look a little silly and slow down/prevent your approval.

    Jeff
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  • Profile picture of the author John Ayling
    You might want to consider using this method to have a sales page that works for affiliate sales as well as for non-affiliate sales.

    So in this way you can send your own traffic and have say a paypal button show, but when affiliates send traffic the buy button for say JVZoo shows.

    One problem I see with the code though is that the buy button from the affiliate network will need to be used to make sure the cookie is dropped correctly for the affiliate to get credit.

    You could use your own buy button, but make sure that the affiliate network buy button is also somewhere on the page - maybe in a hidden div.
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