No More Actors on Clickbank

everyone else too, lol.

Alot of people have moved over to Plimus because of some of the crackdowns that CB did, and because in some niches everyone started to realize they could just refund right away.

But where they can stay on CB as opposed to Plimus, people seem to be doing so. For one thing Plimus tracking sucks! and that's just for starters.

All else being equal for affiliates and vendors I don't know too many people that prefer Plimus over Clickbank.

I'm referring to the testimonial from the woman in their video. Watch it and judge for yourself.

If you have a paid actor on your pitch page, then your going to have to disclose that on the video, in large enough print that it will be seen.

Some type of rules are already supposed to be in place for testimonials.

Basically if you have a "made up story", your going to have to disclose with in the video that this is the case.

I'm not in the IM niche, but I do seven figures per year in the financial markets and many of my top partners and affiliates are big players in the IM space. Several of them talked have been talking about it and trying to get ideas on what to do, figure out what impact it might have, and how they will go about doing business.

So, Clickbank may not yet have said anything in general, but they have put several people on notice who partake in the practice.

The answer probably goes something like this: It's our ball park and we decide the rules for the game. Don't like it, don't play.

That's likely to be the official answer. The real answer is they're getting pressure from government agencies that continue to receive complaints about fraud and other monkey business.

I believe on the late night infomercials they do use microscopic text that discloses those are actors doing the testimonials. The text usually happens to "blend in" with the background color against it.

As for the no more actors on Clickbank, good f'n riddance! About time!

Where's that party hat smiley when you need it?:rolleyes:

I'm really glad to see ClickBank cracking down on these "push button software" sites as really it tarnishes the entire ClickBank brand

I doubt it.

Look, these guys sell "get rich quick bs" because that's what people want, and people prove that's what they want by pulling out the credit card on every single one of these launches.

A lot of these guys are making tens of millions of dollars a year selling get rich quick on CB (Yes, TENS of millions..that's eight figures).

It won't go away because most people want believe that the Four Hour Workweek is real, that's it's not just a clever title for a book.

They want to believe that success happens by accident, because it allows them to be comfortable with the fact that they are not successful.

People want to have the reward and benefit,but when it gets right down to it not 1 in 20 is willing to actually put the real work in, over an extended period of time, that is required to be successful.

So - I'd love to be proven wrong - but I won't be.

Human nature doesn't change, and as long as it doesn't change these types of products are going to continue to come out.

And I also suspect that as the economy continues to get worse, and people grow more desperate, you will only see more of these, and you will see them making more, not less money with them. That will cause more of them to be created.

Eventually it's a bubble, just like the stock market was, just like real estate was, just like Gold is now and like Tulips where in Holland a few hundred years ago. It will come down - but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

How's that for being an "honest marketer"....bet I won't make much money with that pitch