Clickbank Products - Worth It, or WorthLess?

ClickBank itself is getting stricter and stricter regarding the sales copy of the products that are sold through the site. When I have listed my products on there recently I've felt like I've been through a thorough medical examination after every sentence has been scrutinized to ensure that it meets FTC guidelines.

Of course this doesn't necessarily result in better products per se, it only means that the claims about the products need justification

Last time I heard, ClickBank had over 12,000 products. In a pool that big, you're going to find some top-notch stuff, some outright scams, a lot of decent products and so on.

Of the non-IM stuff I've purchased, none rose to the level of "scam" (which I define here as a deliberate attempt to cheat people).

On the other hand, many product creators do suffer from delusions of adequacy, and a hyper-inflated view of the value of their products...

I see... I had debated on putting up an ebook I wrote relating to the grocery shopping niche (sorta), but with so many comments I see, or some of the sales pages I've seen on these products that are non-related to IM (let alone the actual IM related ones), I had to step back and think about it for a moment.

I'm sure with some more time, I could probably promote the ebook on a site without using CB, but I wondered if I should throw it into the "cesspool of scam". I think some of the products on there look good and look like they're not scam. I know that Adsense 100k Blueprint gets high praises in here and it's on CB so I know it's not scam at all. I just wondered with the non-IM related ones, as I wanted to also get into creating websites to promote some of these medium gravity products.

However, with various "review sites" that are obviously sites the IM'ers put up to sell their copy, I wondered the validity of claims on some of these products in CB (good example: Vision Without Glasses).

Thanks for the added words John, good to know that most of the IM related stuff you've purchased came across as scam. That's good to know for when I get to buying one or two in hopes of promoting it on a site I'll make to try to get some sales. I wondered also if the long sales page is starting to become an "ad blindness" of its own to more and more people coming across these types of pages.

Thanks again... anyone else with thoughts or comments or experiences, please feel free to post.

I think if you are talking about IM type make money products then yes most are a bit poor (most, not all) and for that reason they have high refund rates. Scam, no they are not really scams so to speak but just a lot of poor rehashed prodects that may have initially worked but then dont anymore so then they are sold.

If you are outside this IM/make money train then I would go for it. There are a lot of people on there making good money, plus the sales normally will stick as long as it is a good product. You just need to get lots of people to market it and give away some bonuses to people, this way it will have a good gravity and attrack even more people to try to sell your product.

Good Luck!!

Just see, check, analyse before you buy!

Never buy any blind product specially IM products for which you are unsure, those all are pure scams!

In short, I'd bet my a** that EVERY product with high gravity & popularity is NOT scam but instead very very high quality. No1 would promote **** as it would get extremely high refund rates. Also, clickbank itself offers a 60-day money back guarantee, not the vendor, so it is not the best place to scam.

The word scam seems to get thrown around quite a bit these days.

I guess it's somewhat down to perception, because some products aren't really scams, they're just not that great - personally I wouldn't call that a scam, but that's just me.

It's also surprising how many people are unhappy with a product, and go round slating it when it's so easy to get a refund.

Although the refund system is abused a lot these days.