Clickbanks refund policy hasn't changed....its been like that for years. However what they are now implementing is tiered structure penalizing accounts with excessive refunds etc.

If you are going to promote in the IM niche make sure its a product that does not have a high refund rate. Yes there are a number of serial refunds and the IM niche is notorious for it, but there are a small number of very high quality products that do not have ridiculously high refund rates.

If you are looking at the IM niche perhaps Warriorplus and JVzoo might be a better source of reliable products for you...

Regards,

Chris

If you have a decent product then you shouldnt worry about wicked high refunds on clickbank!

Their are people who refund even though they like your product and those people wont ever make and real money online.. So its whatever.

But clickbank is great for other niches too other than the internet marketing niche.

If you want to go into the IM niche then JVzoo is perfect. If you want to get in with the warrior forum then I suggest W+.

If you're going to go the affiliate route... you should probably stick with a non-IM niche. Even though you like writing about it, doesn't mean you have a strong marketing plan behind it. The bottom line is that whatever you choose to sell, make sure your marketing is on point.

Yes, people do say that sometimes. That doesn't necessarily make it sensible, though.

Some (and they tend to be the more experienced, more successful people here) put it a little more strongly than that, and say that it's probably the single commonest mistake that beginning marketers can make, and the single commonest reason for people failing.

That's a healthy attitude, anyway.

From my perspective, it has little to do with the new refund policy (which isn't even in play yet, though it will be in January).

The primary reason for not promoting IM/MMO products on ClickBank is that you don't get paid for many of the sales you make, because a significant proportion of those products' potential customers are themselves already ClickBank affiliates, and they're hardly going to buy it through your affiliate link when they can perfectly lawfully buy it through their own, are they? :confused:

This is the very first point on my own list of criteria for product selection: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post2161932

I tried, anyway. I wish you good luck either way, but if what I've pointed out above doesn't stop you, I don't know what will. :p

Honestly, unless you REALLY love IM there are way easier niches to tackle.

Simple direct response marketing in most other niches is so much easier, but if you love IM then become an expert in a subniche and provide a ton of value!

My best suggestion is to avoid ClickBank if you are going into the IM niche. Not only do most IMers know about how ClickBank refunds work, but many just sign up and buy through their own affiliate link. If you're going for the IM niche, look into another affiliate platform. There are some great products on JVZoo. I'd suggest starting there.

good to know it re gravity weighting, Alexa, thanks -- your posts are great as always. I never sold via clickbank before, though i might do a low cost info product just for lead gen eventually... interesting to read everyone's take on it.