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Is it worth password protecting your Clickbank e-book?

by troy23
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Does anyone password protect their Clickbank products?
Does it cut down on theft?
Or is it not worth it.
I wondered how the password is delivered automatically to the buyer.
#clickbank #ebook #password #protecting #worth
  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    Whats the point?

    You have to give the buyers the password in the end anyway..

    If someone wanted to share it, they would just share the password to unzip it too..

    Tip: Don't waste your time focusing on ways to prevent a few scammers from accessing your product.

    There is NO way to prevent piracy 100%. NONE.

    Look at the billion dollar corporations like Disney, MGM, etc..

    They have unlimited resources, and they STILL can't stop people from pirating their movies.

    So instead, focus on providing value to the ones who are actually paying for your product.

    EDIT - Oh yeah!! I just remembered something.

    One thing you could try that might discourage people from leaking your product is this -

    Theres a plugin that will stamp the buyers information on each page of the PDF (I assume your ebook is a PDF)

    People will probably be less likely to share something, when their own personal information is stamped into each page.

    I'm not sure what the name of the plugin is, but it shouldn't be too hard to find

    Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      • Profile picture of the author luckybusinessman
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        For a ClickBank product, an alternative idea to "password protection" would be to use e-Junkie in conjunction with ClickBank (as many vendors do) simply to be able to take advantage of the stamping device which puts the purchaser's transaction details on each page of the PDF prior to the download.
        It's by no means 100% secure, of course, but it's a huge deterrent to illicit file-sharing, uploading to torrent/chapeau-noir sites, and so on.
        No, indeed. This is absolutely true. But if you can prevent about 95% of it with minimal effort and expense, it would perhaps be unwise not to?
        "e-Junkie in conjunction with ClickBank" very good idea!

        Can you elaborate a little on this method?
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    Yeah, I'm not saying he should completely ignore protecting his product. Obviously you want to have some form of protection.

    But simply password-protecting the zip file isn't gonna do any good, since the buyers must be able to access the product - meaning they must receive the password as well..

    From there, they could just share the password.. lol see the dilemma?

    I was just saying he shouldn't spend TOO much time on that aspect, since if somebody wants to get or share a product illegally, they will find a way - no matter what.

    But yea - I do think a plugin that will stamp each buyer's information into the pages would deter 99% of scammers.
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  • Profile picture of the author galmiar
    It is always worth having a strong password on anything, especially if it is something you make earnings from. You'd be surprised what kind of things people like to hack and break into and i'm sure there is a lay about out there that would take a peek at your product and cause you some problems is they had the chance.

    There's no harm in having a password connected, only potential benefits so you might as well.
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