What reasons to not use Clickbank?

There are several reasons. Just a few would be:

-Not wanting to be assumed to be a scam product.
-Not wanting to deal with scammy affiliates.
-Not being automatically flagged by all the major ad networks.
-Not liking Clickbank policies.

I can go on. There are also positives to Clickbank, but that's not what you asked.

One big negative for a lot of folks is the too easy refund policy.

Also, you need to be clear - the 50K part (or however much they are making) has absolutely ZERO to do with Clickbank in and of itself. They could have a PayPal button or an Authorize.net account or 2CO account and do just as well, in my opinion.

It's not where they are selling it's how they are selling - the marketing.

Mark

The refund rate and the fact that i have limited control on the item could be discouraging. Anything can happen.

Anyday, anytime $50k/day is far better than 10k/day but is that realistic?
I guess not.

It's better you own your cab than borrow a friend's own.

No, they are running a real business with email lists and unique products made by them, that's what big time money earners are doing, not Clickbank. Having a sales funnel or even with the licensing model will make better results.

You can make money with that but that's not where the real money is unless you are extremely good at it.

I found there are too much scam products, I can not persuade myself to buy them, how can I persuade others to try? but as mark said, the click bank 60 days refund policies is very good for
the buyers.

not all products on clickbank r genuine, your hard work will make money

WOW! What has this forum come to?

Steve

How about you go to Clickbank and find me Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and others where $50-$100K a day would get the marketing manager fired.

And of the products you mentioned, how many can trace their success to being on Clickbank, and how many to their email lists, thousands or millions of ad impressions and hours of infomercials?

Clickbank obviously has its place, but that place is not at the top of the food chain.

I have started affiliate marketing only just a week ago.. I have been in the process of making my own website but in the off time I have been constantly reviewing click bank and I honestly have a hard time believing I could make money from any of their products. I'm registered with them but I don't believe that is the path I myself will take with my new business venture.

Well you must be right. But I have seen great bloggers like johnchow who are making good money with different network i.e mobe

Are Clickbank and Warrior competitors?

I just wanna say that all products are not genuine there. So just don't trust blindly.
But yeah we can earn lots from clickbank if you are getting enough traffic on your blog.
Thanks

There are some absolute dross products on Clickbank with some of the sleaziest and overhyped sales pitches ever created. But people buy those products so..........

which products does very well in CB ?

Apart from the affiliate promotion or network provided by Clickbank there are different benefits for different sellers.

If you run memberships or recurring type products the admin burden is reduced by using a processor like click bank.

Probably the biggest downside are fees and if you are an affiliate and not a seller then you may never reach their levels set where you receive payment for your referrals.

If you have an inactive account or "slow" account then your funds can get eaten up in admin fees.

If you are established then this is not such as issue and much like as I said if you are running some membership sites with people coming and going the admin of rebilling and cancellations is very well managed by CB

You don't have to list your product in the marketplace, you can just use their services.

Best regards,

Ozi

I've only been with clickbank for a week now. I even launched a website just for CB products but I removed everything because their products are not reliable even if they have more than 100% gravity. There are better options out there. Linkshare is better, and amazon way better.

Because those Paleo diet books are so shady...???

Has anyone who posted negative comments about Clickbank even made money from it or bought a product from it? I feel like everyone is jumping into this "Clickbank Scam Marketplace" bandwagon without really knowing how to make money with Clickbank.

Hello I am Harold Nartey! All items are not honest to goodness there. So simply don't trust blindly.But no doubt we can gain parts from clickbank on the off chance that you are getting enough movement on your web journal.

Much obliged
Harold Nartey

they make things very easy for us vendors... we don't have to worry about fraud (this is huge), paying affiliates each week/month... needing a merchant account or worrying about getting shut down for refunds... and if you have an offer thats broad, they have tons of affiliates who are actively looking for stuff to promote. People are more apt to promote it because they know CB hasn't missed any payments and you don't have to hunt the vendor down to get paid (not like this ever happens in IM LOL). Only downside IMO is the refunds.... I hate them.

btw some of these comments are comical... and such garbage... make sure you're listening to people who are doing it and are educated on the stuff, not people who are posting nonsense. :-)

The OP mentioned a bunch of diet and fitness related products and implied that these were the biggest in the field. I pointed out several diet and fitness related products that would never consider using Clickbank as a reseller.

It seems like the top of the food chain to you (and, to be fair, many others) because you are only looking at a small corner of the world.

First off, Clickbank is not a true "digital affiliate network". They are, and always have been, a reseller of digital products. Their roots are in providing a payment gateway to vendors who couldn't otherwise get a merchant account of their own. Technically, Clickbank buys the products from the vendors, sells them to end users, and pays the affiliate as agreed.

So, you are not really an affiliate for P90X or Truth About Abs. You are a rep for Clickbank. That's one reason that you, as an affiliate, don't receive any buyer information other than a sale, rebill or refund has been made.

Yes, they have thousands of tiny vendors, most of whom don't make a penny. And maybe millions of affiliates, most of whom also don't make a penny. Like any large collection, there are a handful of outliers like the ones mentioned by the OP, but their status as outliers has less to do with being on Clickbank and more to do with their own marketing - both on and offline.