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Can I sell a single product through clickbank AND another processor?

by Ashley Gable
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Hi, was wondering if anyone knows whether or not clickbank will allow products to be listed and sold within their site that are also being sold on the same site through a different processor (ie fastspring)?

I want to sell my product through my current processor, but also would like to get some affiliates as well through clickbank. So one particular page would be my salespage with my processor, and then one for my affiliates to send their customers to.

Anyone see a problem with this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Shannon Herod
    from my experience that is not possible. But, you can do it this way...

    Just clone your existing sales page and make the order link to ClickBank.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Hill
      Originally Posted by Shannon Herod View Post

      from my experience that is not possible. But, you can do it this way...

      Just clone your existing sales page and make the order link to ClickBank.
      Yes it is... He stated that he would be making another page. But I highly discourage this because there is an out that affiliates will not like. (An "out" meaning there is an alternate way to get the product and bypass the affiliate - not a good idea)
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by AshleyAA View Post

    Hi, was wondering if anyone knows whether or not clickbank will allow products to be listed and sold within their site that are also being sold on the same site through a different processor
    They will and they do.

    There are, in fact, many such products sold on Clickbank, in exactly the way you describe.

    How many affiliate-referred sales they make is another matter.

    Originally Posted by AshleyAA View Post

    I want to sell my product through my current processor, but also would like to get some affiliates as well through clickbank.
    As the saying goes, "Good luck with that!"

    No serious Clickbank affiliate I know would be willing to promote a product which also has an alternative sales page elsewhere.

    Look at it from my perspective as a potential affiliate: why would I want to do that, when sometimes I'll use my skills, expertise, resources and effort to generate a customer for you, but if that customer doesn't buy at their first visit to your Clickbank sales-page via my hoplink (as many don't, of course) but buys it a little while later, perhaps after looking for it again via Google (as many do, of course), they can buy it elsewhere, where my affiliate cookie on their computer won't earn me a penny?!

    Nothing personal, Ashley, obviously, but there are over 12,000 products on Clickbank for me to choose from, in deciding what to promote, so I'm hardly likely to pick one that gives me that problem, am I?

    You will get some affiliates, I should think. But they'll be the ones who haven't quite thought it through and/or aren't quite aware of the problem. With no disrespect to anyone at all, I can't help wondering whether they might perhaps, collectively, not be the most astute affiliates one could wish for as a vendor ... I'd even venture to suggest that they may be among the 90% of affiliates who, collectively, typically produce 10% of the affiliate-referred sales. (I think it's the other 10% you'd want to attract, really?)
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  • Profile picture of the author adionline
    You can always create two similar products in the same niche and brand them differently. Your backend product could be the same but your design, name of the product and salespage would be different then you can go ahead and place them on multiple networks without having issues with duplication and other policies.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kevin AKA Hubcap
      Originally Posted by adionline View Post

      You can always create two similar products in the same niche and brand them differently. Your backend product could be the same but your design, name of the product and salespage would be different then you can go ahead and place them on multiple networks without having issues with duplication and other policies.
      The above is a good idea not only for this situation but for others where you want to capture a part of the market that is not responding to your product.

      For instance, lets say you're doing well in the middle of the market but want a piece of the "high end" action. You can use the same product ( maybe add a bit more content) and change the positioning to reflect its new found status.

      You can do the same to capture the lower end of the market.

      This is not a new strategy. It's been proven by countless retailers to the tune of billions in sales. It works for them on a large scale and can work for you (albeit on a smaller one).
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      • Profile picture of the author Ashley Gable
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        They will and they do.

        There are, in fact, many such products sold on Clickbank, in exactly the way you describe.

        How many affiliate-referred sales they make is another matter.



        As the saying goes, "Good luck with that!"

        No serious Clickbank affiliate I know would be willing to promote a product which also has an alternative sales page elsewhere.

        Look at it from my perspective as a potential affiliate: why would I want to do that, when sometimes I'll use my skills, expertise, resources and effort to generate a customer for you, but if that customer doesn't buy at their first visit to your Clickbank sales-page via my hoplink (as many don't, of course) but buys it a little while later, perhaps after looking for it again via Google (as many do, of course), they can buy it elsewhere, where my affiliate cookie on their computer won't earn me a penny?!

        Nothing personal, Ashley, obviously, but there are over 12,000 products on Clickbank for me to choose from, in deciding what to promote, so I'm hardly likely to pick one that gives me that problem, am I?

        You will get some affiliates, I should think. But they'll be the ones who haven't quite thought it through and/or aren't quite aware of the problem. With no disrespect to anyone at all, I can't help wondering whether they might perhaps, collectively, not be the most astute affiliates one could wish for as a vendor ... I'd even venture to suggest that they may be among the 90% of affiliates who, collectively, typically produce 10% of the affiliate-referred sales. (I think it's the other 10% you'd want to attract, really?)
        I see what you mean, never thought of that, I dont do any affiliate marketing, except for a short while but found out I didnt like it much, so I never thought of it from that point of view.

        You know I am going to have to take back what I said to you (dont think you have read it yet) in another post - where I found it a bit strange how almost all your posts have a whiff of negativity in them

        I probably jumped the gun on that one.

        Originally Posted by adionline View Post

        You can always create two similar products in the same niche and brand them differently. Your backend product could be the same but your design, name of the product and salespage would be different then you can go ahead and place them on multiple networks without having issues with duplication and other policies.
        Originally Posted by Kevin AKA Hubcap View Post

        The above is a good idea not only for this situation but for others where you want to capture a part of the market that is not responding to your product.

        For instance, lets say you're doing well in the middle of the market but want a piece of the "high end" action. You can use the same product ( maybe add a bit more content) and change the positioning to reflect its new found status.

        You can do the same to capture the lower end of the market.

        This is not a new strategy. It's been proven by countless retailers to the tune of billions in sales. It works for them on a large scale and can work for you (albeit on a smaller one).
        both great ideas. I asked a while back about this, selling the "same" product to different audiences within a niche, decided against it. But I may revisit the idea.

        I have actual affiliates lined up actually, and can use the splitpay feature within fastspring to do the affiliate part, but thought that clickbank would be a good option, although after Alexa's subtle - but now obviously true - suggestion that I may not get many good affiliates, and considering it is quite a small niche, I am guessing clickbank is probably not the way to go!

        Thanks for all the replies!
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by AshleyAA View Post

          You know I am going to have to take back what I said to you (dont think you have read it yet) in another post - where I found it a bit strange how almost all your posts have a whiff of negativity in them

          I probably jumped the gun on that one.
          Don't worry about it ... I haven't seen it yet, but probably you're just underlining the fact that I'm a bit of a skepchick, to which I plead guilty anyway.

          Good luck with your product!
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