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Lots of visitors but very few clicks and (of course) no conversions!

by paververisgroup
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Hi All,

I am new to affiliate marketing and I need some help. I have two different affiliate stores. One of them flat out sucks. The other one I am getting at least 70-100 visitors each day. I am so frustrated every time I go into my Amazon Associates account to see that I have minimal clicks and (OF COURSE) no conversions. Same with eBay Partner Network. What the H am I doing wrong?

I am using prosociate for Amazon and eBay.

Is there something I am missing, or forgetting to do?

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
#clicks #conversions #lots #visitors
  • Profile picture of the author shaunybb
    Originally Posted by paververisgroup View Post


    and (OF COURSE) no conversions. .

    hey there


    I am not sure of your level of experience of whatever but personally and no offence your failing from the get go do you know why? Because your mindset is not in the right place. "and of course no conversions" You were thinking of this before you set it up?


    Failure my friend is growth to wealth and success, but start with a positive mindset and when you do fail, your learn how to overcome it!
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  • Profile picture of the author JC Web
    Originally Posted by paververisgroup View Post

    Hi All,

    I am new to affiliate marketing and I need some help. I have two different affiliate stores. One of them flat out sucks. The other one I am getting at least 70-100 visitors each day. I am so frustrated every time I go into my Amazon Associates account to see that I have minimal clicks and (OF COURSE) no conversions. Same with eBay Partner Network. What the H am I doing wrong?

    I am using prosociate for Amazon and eBay.

    Is there something I am missing, or forgetting to do?

    Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
    70-100 visitors a day isn't a lot. Plus, unless you have filtered them out of that statistic already, most of those are likely not even human visitors. Where is your traffic coming from? Also, is your site just an automated setup with that plugin that pulls in info from amazon/ebay or have you actually written useful unique content for your products? If you just have the same info they can find on amazon/ebay then you're not going to get a lot of clicks and the clicks you do get are likely going to go to someone else's site first before buying.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joan Altz
    A lot of people have Amazon accounts and one-click purchase set up. They may do their product investigations on different sites other than Amazon, but when it comes time to purchase, many of them will just skip clicking some affiliate button or link, and go straight to Amazon and buy it.

    Brian Clark of Copyblogger noted how affiliates lose sales this way to Amazon, even if they provide great reviews sometimes. If you have a lot of traffic, you can still make some good sales - but like JC Web mentioned, 70-100 per day isn't a lot, and your site is likely not the only one people are visiting about the product(s) anyway, especially if you aren't providing any good reviews.

    Automated Amazon sites are really no different than autoblogs. You can't expect to succeed going that route.
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  • Profile picture of the author erob
    The truth is my friend that it can take 6 to 9 months for a new website to see any real progress, If you are getting visitors maybe you should add a lead capture of some type to collect emails from these visit. And you can follow up with them by email. Most people don't buy the first time. And once they leave the site they are gone forever unless you got the email to follow up.
    Look at it this way when I go to amazon and look at products and don't buy, I may get an email a few days later with the same type of products that I was looking at on the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author paververisgroup
    Hi everyone,

    Thank you all for your input. I think I need a mentor. This is just not working for me to do this on my own. I think the plugin has some value, but perhaps I am relying on it too much to do most of the work for me.

    What are some other routes I can take?
    How/where do I get a mentor?
    Are there any other tools I can implement that will help me build a more successful affiliate website?
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    • Profile picture of the author kilgore
      Originally Posted by paververisgroup View Post

      I think the plugin has some value, but perhaps I am relying on it too much to do most of the work for me.

      ...

      Are there any other tools I can implement that will help me build a more successful affiliate website?
      If you're relying on a plugin to do most of the work for you, then you're definitely approaching business in the wrong way. Software, a system and even a mentor are only tools to get to a destination. But you have to know what the destination is for any of those things to work.

      What I mean by "destination" is simply the product or service that people want that you can provide. Do people want a site like yours? What is your site providing that a user can't already get on Amazon.com, other e-commerce sites, or the thousands of other affiliate websites that are already out there?

      Using a plugin to pull lots of data from Amazon's API isn't necessarily a bad thing. Up-to-date pricing information can be helpful. You might also find Amazon's product descriptions and images useful. And you certainly don't have to (and I'd argue you shouldn't) follow the "review site" model, spending lots of time writing reviews that are no better than the reviews people can already get on Amazon itself.

      But all that begs the question: if users can already get up-to-date pricing, helpful descriptions, and well-written reviews on Amazon.com, what exactly are you providing?

      This isn't a rhetorical question -- it goes right to the heart of online (and offline) business. Maybe you curate the products in a way that nobody else does (see ThisIsWhyImBroke.com :: The Internet's Mall). Maybe you develop a community around the products you offer (see for instance: Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia). Maybe it's something completely different. That's up to you.

      Providing value to your customers isn't just something offline businesses do. And like it or not, once you put up your website, you're not just running a website, you're not just "implementing tools", you're not just following a system, you're not just implementing a method: you're running a business. Don't just rely on tools or plugins or mentors or even the things you read on the WF. Use all of those where they fit into your plans and don't use them where they don't. Think about your business like the entrepreneur that you are.
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  • Profile picture of the author gjabiz
    What was your reason for going in this direction? It sounds like you got started on the wrong foot, so to speak. Care to share the Why?

    gjabiz


    Originally Posted by paververisgroup View Post

    Hi All,

    I am new to affiliate marketing and I need some help. I have two different affiliate stores. One of them flat out sucks. The other one I am getting at least 70-100 visitors each day. I am so frustrated every time I go into my Amazon Associates account to see that I have minimal clicks and (OF COURSE) no conversions. Same with eBay Partner Network. What the H am I doing wrong?

    I am using prosociate for Amazon and eBay.

    Is there something I am missing, or forgetting to do?

    Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
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    • Profile picture of the author paververisgroup
      Originally Posted by gjabiz View Post

      What was your reason for going in this direction? It sounds like you got started on the wrong foot, so to speak. Care to share the Why?

      gjabiz
      I am going to be honest. I don't know what the H I am doing. I am trying to get a business going that has multiple streams of income. This is just one stream I am working on at this time. I want it to become a stream for income, but if I can't do it right, what's the point?

      I own the two domains now, and I at least want to put them to good use and make some money off of them.

      This is a learning experience. I just need to get some ideas of what I should do so that I can at least start heading in the right direction. I need to add more elements to the websites, set an email funnel, and find ways to get people coming back.

      The WHAT is the big question? What can I do to make my site worthwhile and valuable to visitors?
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