How to make money from Clickbank

14 years ago

Originally Posted by g36

Choose product to promote:

Higher gravity or lower gravity?
If you're confident about your skill (i.e, you can make your website number 1 on google for competitive keyword), choose higher gravity. Why? Because higher gravity also means that the product converts beside a lot of competitions. If you can win the competition, you'll get more sales. If you can't win the competition, choose lower gravity. But generally, don't choose product with gravity lower than 50, because product with gravity lower than 50 doesn't convert as well as product with higher gravity.

Sorry, but I just cannot agree with this statement.

Personally, I promote products with gravity between 5 and 25. This flies in the face of 99.9% of all the other advice you will read, but understand that this figure is very often contrived by the vendor and doesn't necessarily mean people are selling lots of the product.

Gravity simply reflects the number of affiliates who have sold at least one copy during the preceding eight weeks, not the number of sales made. Unrealistically high gravity is nearly always associated with IM niches. Why? Because many people in IM are using their own affiliate links to purchase the product for themselves.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4615672].message }}

AnniePot

14 years ago

For anyone who is interested, I did an in-depth post on my blog in June. I'm not promoting anything, just offering (I believe), useful information, based upon more than twelve years of being a Clickbank affiliate.

Here is a link: Become A ClickBank Affiliate--Sell ClickBank Products the Right Way | Internet Marketing and Publishing

I hope it helps a few of you...

[ 3 ] Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4615920].message }}

AnniePot

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Terry Gorry

Hi Annie
I read your post which is instructive.

Do you contact all vendors and request a review copy?

And if they fail to give you one do you move on?

I would have thought that not many will supply one but have never really tried ..
Terry

Hi Terry

I always contact the vendors and ask for a review copy, and mostly, they are always happy to comply. I have a "form email" I edit to personalize and use for most requests. In it, I explain my experience and provide them with a list of my established websites they can check. This immediately establishes my credibility.

This correspondence also serves to illustrate the level of customer service behind the product. It's another benchmark to judge the product against.

If they do not supply me with a review copy, I don't bother promoting their product. Simple as that...

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4620118].message }}

TheKeys

14 years ago

The major downside for me about clickbank is that the refund rates are kind of crazy.

Thanks
3 replies

Signature

Help fund a trip to California
Please donate to help fund my trip to California.
Please share or tweet this
http://goo.gl/VidCzJ

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4615940].message }}

AnniePot

14 years ago

I agree, if you promote IM products. Follow other channels and the refund rates go down dramatically.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4616411].message }}

BillyBee

14 years ago

Originally Posted by AnniePot

I agree, if you promote IM products. Follow other channels and the refund rates go down dramatically.

Is there a way to know what the refund rate is for any particular product on Clickbank?

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4620428].message }}

AnniePot

14 years ago

Originally Posted by BillyBee

Is there a way to know what the refund rate is for any particular product on Clickbank?

I could be wrong, but I don't believe this is published anywhere.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4620459].message }}

BillyBee

14 years ago

Originally Posted by AnniePot

I could be wrong, but I don't believe this is published anywhere.

I was wondering about that, Annie, because in the blog post you refer us to in post #3 one of your pieces of advice is to find out if the refund rate is too high. ???

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4620560].message }}

Psst

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by BillyBee

I was wondering about that, Annie, because in the blog post you refer us to in post #3 one of your pieces of advice is to find out if the refund rate is too high. ???

What about running a minor or test campaign before starting our main campaign? Because there are many occasions when a product happens to have a high rate of refunds after it passes the other qualifications and we start promoting it.

But in most cases, if it passes the other qualifications that are listed on the blog post (plus some others), chances are low that the product will have a high refund rate.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4622095].message }}

celente 14 years ago

Originally Posted by TheKeys

The major downside for me about clickbank is that the refund rates are kind of crazy.

well, there is nothing stopping you from buying the product first, to make sure it lives up to its name.

Refunds are just a part of this game, there is no way to get past it. You cant please everyone!!!! That is a gimmie.:p
- Thanks
Signature
Create a $5000 USD a month Business. 1-on-1 Coaching. By 6 figure marketer! - CLICK HERE
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4617216].message }}
Gary Ning Lo 14 years ago

Originally Posted by TheKeys

The major downside for me about clickbank is that the refund rates are kind of crazy.

It really depends on the niche..

IM/make money online niche as the highest refund rates for me..

For obvious reasons

Cheers,

~Gary
- Thanks
Signature

-------------------------------------------------------------
I Will Send $500 To Your Paypal Account If You Don't Make Money With This. Guaranteed!
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4625424].message }}

Alexa Smith

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by g36

product with gravity lower than 50 doesn’t convert as well as product with higher gravity.

Sorry ... don't want to start an argument about a small point, but this really isn't right at all.

Quite often the exact opposite can be true, in fact.

Some ClickBank products with gravities around 4.0 - 10.0 have seriously good conversion-rates and huge numbers of sales made by their small band of superaffiliates-in-the-know. Some products with three-figure gravities (often produced by marketers just buying one copy each through their own links - that all adds to the gravity!) have dreadfully low conversion-rates and very few sales.

Contrary to popular opinion, "gravity" in itself doesn't actually relate to either conversion-rates or numbers of sales. Explained in much more detail in this post.

Edited here to add: sorry, just noticed the link kindly provided above by AnniePot - relevant to the same point - is also excellent.

It's certainly true that some markets/niches ("MMO"/"IM-advice"/"Forex"?) do tend to have higher refund-rates, for some fairly predictable reasons!

[ 5 ] Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4616477].message }}

bjrock

14 years ago

awesome thanks so much for the valuable info. Im a new clickbank member and am a little lost. How do You do a search for the products to promote?

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4616507].message }}

Alexa Smith Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by bjrock

How do You do a search for the products to promote?

There are various parameters by which you can search the Marketplace (click on "Advanced Search" and have a play with it).

If it helps, I have a little 10-point checklist to select suitable products to promote as an affiliate.
- [ 3 ] Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4616522].message }}

Miguelito203

14 years ago

Originally Posted by g36

How to make money from Clickbank (as affiliate, as vendor, that's different story)

The basic of making money with Clickbank is:

Plan everything from the beginning
Pick a niche
Go to Clickbank marketplace and choose product to promote
Make a promotion

The detail:

Plan everything:
First, you need to plan everything from the beginning, like do you want to create website or not, this website, it will be blog or static website. What promotion method do you want to do, etc. Don't do random actions.

Pick a niche:
Generally, the most popular niches are:

Internet marketing
Weight loss
Dating

But when you pick a niche, pick a niche that you like, that you have interest in it. Why? Because if you don't like the niche of the product you're promoting, soon, you'll be bored

Choose product to promote:

Higher gravity or lower gravity?
If you're confident about your skill (i.e, you can make your website number 1 on google for competitive keyword), choose higher gravity. Why? Because higher gravity also means that the product converts beside a lot of competitions. If you can win the competition, you'll get more sales. If you can't win the competition, choose lower gravity. But generally, don't choose product with gravity lower than 50, because product with gravity lower than 50 doesn't convert as well as product with higher gravity.
Choose product with $20 commission or more
The most important, would you buy the product if you were interested?

Make a promotion:
Methods to promote:

PPC
The easiest and the fastest way to make money from Clickbank. Note, PPC is not just Adwords. There are other PPC companies beside Adwords. Because these days, Adwords will reject Clickbank affiliate websites
SEO
Good method, but super boring and tedious
Buy advertising space
You can buy advertising space from other websites with the same niche. The price is vary, some websites only cost you $20/month
Article marketing
Doesn't work anymore since Google Panda update
Forum marketing
Go to forums with the same niche and promote the product there. To find those forums, use Google search. The keyword: your niche + forum, i.e weight loss forum, dating forum
Web 2.0
Create articles in squidoo, hubpages
Video marketing
If you have skill in making video, try video marketing

That's it. If you have anything else to add, feel free to add.

Article marketing does still work. You just have to write unique, quality content that provides value to the reader. Writing one article and spinning it a bunch of times, however, doesn't work.

Joey

[ 1 ] Thanks

Signature

Learn How to Snipe in 2015 and Generate $750+ per Month in Record Time (Product Launches) - Great For Back-to-School, Fall & Holiday Seasons!

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4616554].message }}

blogworker

14 years ago

PPC
The easiest and the fastest way to make money from Clickbank. Note, PPC is not just Adwords. There are other PPC companies beside Adwords. Because these days, Adwords will reject Clickbank affiliate websites
SEO
Good method, but super boring and tedious
Buy advertising space
You can buy advertising space from other websites with the same niche. The price is vary, some websites only cost you $20/month
Article marketing
Doesn’t work anymore since Google Panda update
Forum marketing
Go to forums with the same niche and promote the product there. To find those forums, use Google search. The keyword: your niche + forum, i.e weight loss forum, dating forum
Web 2.0
Create articles in squidoo, hubpages
Video marketing
If you have skill in making video, try video marketing

woo，this is what i'm looking for. thank U very much.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4617189].message }}

celente 14 years ago

Originally Posted by blogworker

woo，this is what i'm looking for. thank U very much.

Also try there

- Joint ventures
- cpa
- yahoo, adcenter for PPC
- free press releases also PRWEB for paid press (works well)
- blog commenting
- Web 2.0
- Making your videos viral, so they spread around quicker
- guest posting on other blogs
- paying admins of high traffic blogs in yoru niche to post about you and your websites.

These tactics work well for us.
- Thanks
Signature
Create a $5000 USD a month Business. 1-on-1 Coaching. By 6 figure marketer! - CLICK HERE
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4617230].message }}

Praveen Kumar

14 years ago

Hey Guys ,

Promoting a high gravity clickbank product is never been easy because higher gravity products are promoting by top dogs i mean super affiliate B.S even though you will never make a penny with the product.

I have generated a whooping of $250+ last month with Banner ads not AdWords because Sometimes AdWords will become the world's worst thing any way i am promoting only medium gravity offers because there will be no more high competition and it will convert well so, i am used BuySellAds.com to Advertise with my offer and i have choose an ad space for $100/Month in a Make Money Online Niche Blog and in return i have earned $250 so that's easy and exactly Auto-pilot .

You can easly promote any offers at low price.

Thanks
2 replies

Signature

Google Redirect Virus

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4617319].message }}

celente

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ipraveen

Hey Guys ,

Promoting a high gravity clickbank product is never been easy because higher gravity products are promoting by top dogs i mean super affiliate B.S even though you will never make a penny with the product.

I have generated a whooping of $250+ last month with Banner ads not AdWords because Sometimes AdWords will become the world's worst thing any way i am promoting only medium gravity offers because there will be no more high competition and it will convert well so, i am used BuySellAds.com to Advertise with my offer and i have choose an ad space for $100/Month in a Make Money Online Niche Blog and in return i have earned $250 so that's easy and exactly Auto-pilot .

You can easly promote any offers at low price.

Well done, not time to upscale your efforts for more money.

Leveraging off high traffic sites in your niche is very very smart.

Cheers

celente.

Thanks

Signature

Create a $5000 USD a month Business. 1-on-1 Coaching. By 6 figure marketer! - CLICK HERE

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4617631].message }}

Rukshan

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ipraveen

Hey Guys ,

Promoting a high gravity clickbank product is never been easy because higher gravity products are promoting by top dogs i mean super affiliate B.S even though you will never make a penny with the product.

I have generated a whooping of $250+ last month with Banner ads not AdWords because Sometimes AdWords will become the world's worst thing any way i am promoting only medium gravity offers because there will be no more high competition and it will convert well so, i am used BuySellAds.com to Advertise with my offer and i have choose an ad space for $100/Month in a Make Money Online Niche Blog and in return i have earned $250 so that's easy and exactly Auto-pilot .

You can easly promote any offers at low price.

Agreed

BuySellAds is the easiest platform to start mediabuy. It's easy to scale

Thanks

Signature

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4618858].message }}

Izzy9

14 years ago

Choose a niche that is not very competitive so that you won't die with cutthroat competition. NPC even suggests that a gravity of 7 and up is good to start with. But yeah, returns can go crazy in clickbank.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4619043].message }}

GeorgR.

14 years ago

Pick a micro-niche with low gravity, make an interesting site around a good, solid product and then rank your site in Google using some link building.

Rinse, Repeat.

Thanks

Signature

*** Affiliate Site Quick --> The Fastest & Easiest Way to Make Affiliate Sites!<--
-> VISIT www.1UP-SEO.com *** <- Internet Marketing, SEO Tips, Reviews & More!! ***
*** HIGH QUALITY CONTENT CREATION +++ Manual Article Spinning (Thread Here) ***
Content Creation, Blogging, Articles, Converting Sales Copy, Reviews, Ebooks, Rewrites

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4619051].message }}

jenbob207

14 years ago

As a newbie this is a great post. I just started with Clickbank on Saturday.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4620492].message }}

Lisa Paule

14 years ago

i prefer products with a lower gravity, because hopefully it means that the competition is not as fierce

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4620538].message }}

ShawnSells

14 years ago

I would not advise using CLKBNKS gravity score to decide what products to promote.
the high gravities are often mobbed with competition, whereas the low ones, if they are good products, can sell well. The IM products in particular, have 'gamed' gravity scores.

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4623311].message }}

Viorica

14 years ago

Thankyou all of you for this information, I am a new person here too , and reading thjis post I got a lot of information that I was looking for.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4623765].message }}

myob 14 years ago

One method I noticed conspiciously missing is email marketing. Email is a very powerful marketing tool. In fact, for me, article marketing along with email promotions have been the most effective methods bar none.

Some otherwise outstanding CB products may just have crappy sales pages as a reason for low gravity, and are ill-advisedly shunned. These respond especially well to email promotions to niche lists along with effective preselling articles.
- Thanks
- 1 reply
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4623975].message }}
- Terry Hatfield 14 years ago
  
  Gravity is really more of a refection of it's popularity on Clickbank. If a lot of Clickbank affiliates try to sell it and make even 1 sale each it will result in a high gravity. That doesn't mean it is a good seller, in fact it may just mean it was popular on Clickbank and a lot of affiliates bought a review copy so the could make a good review website to sell it.
  
  Me personally, I don't look at gravity at all. What I look for is a lot of juicy buyer keywords. If easy targeted traffic is available then who cares about gravity.
  
  Thanks
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[4625009].message }}

How to make money from Clickbank

Trending Topics

Your Opinion Sucks...

Should we create Backlinks for Product page?

Why do I need an SSL Certificate for my site?

When i see a good product to sell,greedy people are already doing it

How to host LinkedIn live events