Please Advice: JVZoo Product Launch with Affiliates but No Sales

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Hello Warrior Forum Community,

I launched a product on JVZoo last month and listed it on MunchEye, setting the launch date for a month later. I was fortunate to attract a decent number of big affiliates, some of whom have more than 20,000 sales.

However, I've encountered a problem that I'm hoping some of you might be able to help me with. Despite the number of affiliates who grabbed their affiliate links, my product hasn't made any sales at all. It seems like no one is making any effort to market the service.

At this point, I'm unsure if the problem lies with the product itself or with the affiliates. I'm looking for any advice or insights you might have to offer. Has anyone else experienced this? What steps did you take to resolve the issue?

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    I'm unsure if the problem lies with the product itself or with the affiliates
    It may not be either of those - could be your sales copy is not professional or engaging....your site design may be unappealing. What 'tools' do you offer your affiliates? What ads have you placed...and did the ads generate any interest?



    Did you research the market before creating the product to see if there was a need or demand for such a product? Have you researched the competition - their ads, sites, sales copy, email series, etc - to see if your product is competitive in that niche?


    With a $5 signature - you could put your links in your signature here - but not permitted to link to your sales pages, etc in posts.
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    • Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      It not be either of those - could be your sales copy is not professional or engaging....your site design may be unappealing. What 'tools' do you offer your affiliates? What ads have you placed...and did the ads generate any interest?



      Did you research the market before creating the product to see if there was a need or demand for such a product? Have you researched the competition - their ads, sites, sales copy, email series, etc - to see if your product is competitive in that niche?


      With a $5 signature - you could put your links in your signature here - but not permitted to link to your sales pages, etc in posts.

      Yes, I did research the market and am providing an animated QR code AI generator.
      the sales page is well made, I hope I can show it to use but the admin stop the links.
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      • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
        Originally Posted by Bashar Al Masri View Post

        the sales page is well made,
        Bashar, I found your sales page via MunchEye. I don't know whether it was created using AI, but did you proofread it? Many of the sentences are incomplete or end mid-word. On my desktop, I found it hard to navigate without scrolling past blocks of large images while searching for a concise product description.

        As it stands, I don't think serious affiliates would be comfortable sending traffic there.

        If I were you, I'd have a professional copywriter redesign the page.
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  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    OP, are you getting traffic from the affiliate links?

    Maybe it is your sales page.

    You should consider doing several multi-wave A/B tests to maximize sales.

    Even the biggest affiliate whales will STOP sending you traffic if your page has a SUB-OPTIMAL conversion rate.

    You should also consider hiring a CRO firm that uses actual data-profiled traffic to WHIP your conversion pages into shape
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  • Profile picture of the author Monetize
    Originally Posted by Bashar Al Masri View Post

    Hello Warrior Forum Community,

    I launched a product on JVZoo last month and listed it on MunchEye, setting the launch date for a month later. I was fortunate to attract a decent number of big affiliates, some of whom have more than 20,000 sales.

    However, I've encountered a problem that I'm hoping some of you might be able to help me with. Despite the number of affiliates who grabbed their affiliate links, my product hasn't made any sales at all. It seems like no one is making any effort to market the service.

    At this point, I'm unsure if the problem lies with the product itself or with the affiliates. I'm looking for any advice or insights you might have to offer. Has anyone else experienced this? What steps did you take to resolve the issue?

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    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    I will be blunt, no offense, but I don't sugarcoat things.

    You are making the same mistake that millions of other
    online marketers, especially beginners, make.

    You developed a product, put it up for sale, and nothing
    happened.

    And now you are wondering why, and you will probably
    give up and do something different.

    The fact is that these days, with all of the competition,
    you have to keep going and developing more products.

    You need to have dozens/hundreds of things.

    So take my advice and start working on your next project
    and keep going until you are successful, and even then
    you need to keep going.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    the sales page is well made, I hope I can show it to use but the admin stop the links.
    If you read the forum rules, you'd know you cannot add links to your site in posts here. WF is an internet marketing forum - but not a tech help site.

    How did you decide the sales page is 'well made'??? Have you looked at sites of competitor's products and compared those sites with yours? Do you have a compelling sales letter on your site? Have you run paid ads?

    Some experienced marketers have asked questions and offered advice for testing. When you post 'yes, I researched' and 'the site is well made' - you are not answering those questions.
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  • Profile picture of the author Devilfish168
    beware " fake " affiliates come JVZoo. I used to sell one product there. JVZoo Do caution about affiliates ' playing cheat come sales " so must be careful to approve. There is one time I keep getting sales. I was WOW. So happy to see my earnings keep increase. Literally every min got sales. I was so happy to see just one day I earned 2k++ later lots of refunds flow in...later than i found out from others experts claim beware " fake affiliate they use stolen credit card etc to buy " their aim of course is to earn commission easily...
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  • Profile picture of the author TobiMDD
    Well I could write a big answer here now but I make it short, if you're getting targeted traffic but nobody is buying your product, then your product/the sales page is the problem..
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  • Profile picture of the author eComble
    An interesting read - as I too have just done my first (JVZoo) launch - 19th January 2024 - and having a difficult time. Although technically, I did my very first launch 29 years ago, through a platform called Regsoft - long since gone.

    20 hours after launch, just 3 FE sales, and minimal traffic.

    I have many years full-stack, graphic design and code development - and I'd like to think my sales pages look good. And I also have a background in technical sales - so I'm believe the sales copy is good too - but I appreciate, that there's always room for improvement.

    However (so far) I'm getting minimal traffic - despite a few big-list affiliates appearing to be onboard. In fact I'm now worried that my offer might have offended others (also launching / promoting products) as mine may over-deliver a bit too much, and make their products appear comparatively inferior.

    Having made many purchases to test and analyze other peoples products over the last 3 years - I've noticed that the majority are disappointingly low-quality. They appear to have been created just for a short-term sales period only. They have extensive, and often impressive long-form sales pages - which in most cases have probably been created by a 3rd party, at some great expense - maybe even more than the cost of producing the product itself. Most are sadly deceptive at the best - and some (by major vendors) grossly exaggerate or simply full of lies.

    Many of the products are poorly supported - and tend to disappear completely after a few months. Many are a re-hash of something outdated, with a new title and graphics - and so many are claiming to be 'AI...' - when in fact they aren't. In fact I sometimes wonder if half the vendors actually understand what they are peddling.

    So I thought I would do really well by providing a product, that included just about everything that is currently being sold by others - plus lots more. The FE - provides access to around 65 products, plus tutorial and training. The 2nd OTO - 365+ products, with tutorials, training and bonuses.

    I really thought I was on to a winner with this - but I'm now wondering if I've wasted my time. Maybe I'm being paranoid - but I'm wondering if other vendors are concerned that I'm possibly offering something, that is too much for the $25 FE price - in effect undercutting everyone else.

    In fact, only a few hours after launch - a cyber attack ensued on the sales site. Luckily I have a mirror at the same data center, which I have just been able to switch to, whilst I did a fix, and increased protection. I also have another mirror at another data center - just in case, but a switch would bring about some delays, mainly through the global CDN and NS updates. So I'm hoping I wont need that.

    Again - maybe I'm just being paranoid.

    Ideally, I would have had a big list of my own, to have promoted from - or paid campaigns. But unfortunately, I currently don't have the funds - on account of having had to take some time out to care for both my parents - who sadly both had dementia's. That was a few very difficult years - and I have the greatest respect for anyone who takes on (unpaid) intensive family caring roles. Incidentally, the current lack of funds was my inspiration for the product - to fulfill the needs of others with a small budget.

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    I have made a clone (at another domain) of my entire product and sales pages, and I'm thinking of putting the product on Clickbank - with the obvious functional and compliance tweaks. As the product is an 'evergreen', maybe it will gain some traction, and do better there with time. What do you think?

    One thing that has confused me somewhat, with my JVZoo stats (20 hours after launch) is that the majority of visits to the FE so far, are recorded as 'No Affiliate'. The FE page is 'search denied' through htaccess, and can only be reached directly. I can only think someone has posted the raw URL - which seems rather strange. Is this something that's typical? I'm currently delving deep into the server stats - to see if I can glean more info.
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  • Profile picture of the author anymore
    take time to look at other courses that have sold on wso or jvz. look at their landing pages, refund rate. this will give you a good idea what is selling and what is not. some courses maybe selling well because the vendor has a great buyers email list. jvzoo will not show you course on their network until you make 10 sells. just because a major affiliate joins your teams does not mean they will promote your offer
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  • It could be a combination of things. Are your affiliates promoting the products via their list or simply as a link somewhere on their blog or social media page? Also, if your sales page design and wording isn't up to par, that will turn alot of people off from buying also. What steps have you taken to test the page out in terms of sales? Have you sent paid traffic to it, or sent prospects through an email funnel?
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  • Profile picture of the author eComble
    Thank you both for your responses.

    Yes I agree, some or someone may have been accidentally promoting directly to the FE sales page, without using their affiliate link.

    With regards to the page and product quality - I initially did a small test which converted well. (I also own a beta testing company). In my opinion (and that of the testers) the products content is currently unmatched.

    For example, if you was to look at a snapshot of what is currently being marketed on JVZoo and W+, say over the last 4 weeks - then 99% of those products are all actually included as part of my product - and the quality in most cases is very much more superior - which maybe freaking a few people out.

    I'm quickly coming to the conclusion, that the real secret to successful marketing on the 2 platforms aforementioned - is a combination of gross exaggeration, and/or complete deception - hidden behind the gloss of a ridiculously long-form sales page - the development of which has most likely cost the vendor more that the creation of the inferior product itself.

    Casing point - there's an 'AI powered' product currently being marketed, as being able to exploit the algorithm behind X's (formerly Twitter) recommendations - putting your post in front of over 500,000 other users, on a daily basis.

    This is one hell of a claim - and if true, would have truly been an amazing product. However, after further investigation - it was simply a pack of lies! No real surprise there - as that seems to be the trend.

    The product actually just uses AI to generate X posts content to the maximum character length, and assist with ideas for hash-tags. There's also the possibility to generate graphic and (not that impressive) video content to accompany the text.

    And that is all! So no actual exploiting or manipulation. And definitely no guarantee of appearing as an X selected recommended post - especially to 500,000 daily.

    However, because of the extensive marketing - and impressive long-form sales page - many sales are being made. And once again - people are being conned, lied to, ripped off.

    I have over 30 years online experience. My first product launch was 29 years ago - which I coded using CGI (I'm also a trained and experienced graphic designer). It did exactly what it was claimed to do. It sold well.

    I know thousands of genuine products are launched worldwide each week. But sadly it would appear that the two platforms (JVZoo and W+) only harbor a culture of 'hypnotize - deceive - make money - and move on to the next'.

    So it would appear that if I want to succeed on either of these platforms - the only way, is to move over to the dark side - and provide over-hyped, over-exaggerated, or even completely untrue, super sales pages, promoting low quality products.

    Of course I would love to be proved wrong - anybody?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mabu Map
    Did you ever try to sell it yourself yet?

    Sell it yourself first bro, to see if everything is working fine

    Are you purely depends on the affiliate? Good luck
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    • Profile picture of the author eComble
      Originally Posted by Mabu Map View Post

      Did you ever try to sell it yourself yet?

      Sell it yourself first bro, to see if everything is working fine

      Are you purely depends on the affiliate? Good luck
      Thank you - and a good idea. Just put that in to action, and made some sales - and also got some great feedback from the first person who purchased all the OTO's.
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