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Clickbank affiliates: I need your advice...

by DavidO
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What sort of commission would attract you for digital media? Is 60% on a product with okay conversion and a low refund rate attractive enough?

Even more important, what sort of commission do you look for on shippable media?

Prices are $47 digital and $67 physical.

It has to be lower than the digital commission because of production costs. I think affiliate commissions are figured on the product price but not shipping, right? (although the Clickbank commission is on the total price including shipping)

Thanks for your opinions!
#advice #affiliates #clickbank
  • Profile picture of the author bretski
    As long as it converts and there isn't a whole lot of bs on the page like optins or links to other pages where there is an alternative affiliate link.

    If it's in my niche (and is a decent product) I'd promote it lightly and if it catches on I would promote it heavily
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by DavidO View Post

    What sort of commission would attract you for digital media? Is 60% on a product with okay conversion and a low refund rate attractive enough?

    Even more important, what sort of commission do you look for on shippable media?
    Hi David, I believe that most serious, professional affiliates (i.e. the ones you most want to attract!) don't work/select from the basis of the commission percentage but the eps (earnings per sale), so this will always depend on the price.

    Originally Posted by DavidO View Post

    Prices are $47 digital and $67 physical.
    I (and perhaps others?) would "select" according to the assumption that the majority of the sales will be digital (just in case they are) and calculate accordingly.

    A $47 price pays the affiliate a percentage of $42.47 after Clickbank's two deductions.

    To attract affiliates with a $25 per sale cut-off, the commission percentage would therefore need to be 59%. In which case I'd suggest that you might just as well make it 60% just to include the few affiliates who perhaps search/examine only the "60%+ products".

    I have apparently arrived at Hamida's 60% figure, but by a different route!

    If paying a different commission percentage on the shippable product, this would need somehow to be done using a different vendor account, as I believe vendors are allowed only one commission rate (as well as one marketplace listing) per account, not per product?

    Others' opinions may differ.
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