Man, I HATE Clickbank.

Gee... Thanks for the uplifting post. What's the point of posting something like this anyway?

Yup. I agree.

I wouldn't consider that "targeted traffic" anyway. Sounds like a very general list.

What the heck does "business opportunities" mean anyway? Could mean many, many things. Not very targeted, at all.

The OP makes me wonder just how "reputable" a company is that will send a MMO email to 2Million people, on behalf of someone that they don't know (you, the public).

Sure, maybe they did send out that many emails- but I'd rather send out 2000 than 2 million when it comes to list quality metrics.

2,000,000 crap emails is not targeted traffic. Not trying to be rude, but yes, you are definitely doing it wrong. Get some actual targeted traffic and you will see a difference.

I'm afraid this is, in fact, the case.

However you look at it, selling ClickBank products is really all about three main things ...

(i) You have to select the products wisely: obviously enough, without getting this part right, it doesn't much matter what else you do!

(ii) You have to pre-sell effectively to well-targeted traffic (so you have to at least one reliable way of attracting well-targeted traffic, and to understand clearly the difference between selling and pre-selling).

(iii) You have to build lists yourself and form and nurture relationships with the people on them, so that they'll eventually buy on the strength of your recommendation. Without doing this, your conversion-rate will typically be somewhere between "very low indeed" and "non-existent": ClickBank products are generally successfully sold only on "trust", i.e. how much your customers trust your recommendation. Your income will be directly proportional to the degree of trust you establish by list-building and list-communications: it's simple, but it isn't easy.

These three things just aren't optional: you simply have to do all three of them adequately, to sell ClickBank products.

I think actually your attempt may have fallen down on all three parts; sorry to be so blunt about it ...

For the record ... unless you're the vendor, or the vendor's accountant or brother-in-law or whatever, you have no way of knowing that, because conversion-rates are not disclosed by ClickBank. I'm going to take a completely wild and indefensible guess that you're talking about a "high gravity" product, imagining that that means it's selling well (whereas very often it means exactly the opposite, in fact). Now, how did I know that ... :confused:

Clickbank does not suck by the way, I make my living from it. It more than pays the bills.

Also you say reputable company? What the? Is that because they said they were.

Do not trust rented lists....they are spammed and you need to create your own list and get them to know you, like you and trust you. Then money can be made morning noon and night and to your liking.

Do not just look for fast quick and cheap alternatives. Do things the proper way, and you will reap the rewards.

Spread the love man. Spread the love...... put great content out there and good things and the money will follow you like a bad smell

How on earth is it any fault of Clickbanks that your untargeted list is full of unresponsive tyre kickers?

I have to agree. I stopped promoting Clickbank a long time ago. But not because I wasn't making sales. It was the refund rates.

90% of Clickbank products in the IM niche are hyped up pieces of junk or reworked PLR softwares or reports.

I'd much rather promote WSO's or RapBank and make instant spendable cash to my account.

This way, I don't have to worry about any of Clickbank's ridiculous little fees or the 2 week wait for my money.

I just recently started with clickbank and have been pleasantly pleased so far. I only promote a couple products but the conversions seem pretty good. I'll report back in a few months and see if I feel the same way

Where does Clickbank play a factor in people not buying a product from a rented list?

Also if the company is willing to mail for you then they are likely to be mailing for A LOT of other marketers as well. Also you must already know yourself that the list is no good if you claim that they likely get "all kinds of spam".

I just love how people get so defensive, you guys make me chuckle.

Am I not allowed to rant? Why can't I have an opinion? (btw, I'm not the only one who hates CB).

At any rate, I was not looking for answers, far from that. I just wanted to share my results and figure out if this is common.

And yes, they are reputable. Are all e-mail companies automatically bad? I've had great results in the past with them for other projects.

I do not think the problem is with Clickbank, because it's just a tool. It does not guarantee sales.

If you send people to the wrong offer even 1,000,000 impression count would result in 0 sales. Why? Because if the traffic is NOT targeted and it does not want what you are offering, it won't work. It's not about the quantity of the traffic, but the quality of the traffic.

Also, if the traffic has a high quality, but if they do not trust you, know you, and like you... they won't buy.

See, the problem is not with Clickbank. It can be your marketing or the clickbank offer's marketing.

There are many factors involved when it comes to the conversion rate.

That's a great point webcore.

I've only done a little with CB, but it seemed like if people are clicking through to the sales page, the conversion should be a lot better than what I was getting. Which had me thinking something fishy was up, but could just be a stats problem.