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Better to Have Separate Website Just for Clickbank Because...

by junkofdavid2
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Hi, I have quite a successful ebook set sold on my site to my own fans/followers in the finance niche (not IM).

I want to start selling it on clickbank too, through affiliates.

Questions:
1) Should I rebrand this successful set and use a different domain name? If I use the same website name *but use a special page for Clickbank customers*, I'm concerned the affiliate customers may try to buy from my main salespage directly, and this will result in unhappy affiliates.

However, I want to keep the same brand/name because it's really a good name/title for the ebook set and I'm sure it will sell best as is.

2) If I do decide to keep the same name, how do I make sure that affiliates earn their commission even if the visitor comes back and tries to buy from my main salespage instead of the page specified by Clickbank? (Note: it's not the IM niche, so these visitors aren't well-informed about affiliate systems)

Cheers!

David
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  • Profile picture of the author searchnology
    Not sure if I completely understand....is there a reason you can't use your ClickBank purchase link on your current homepage?

    Originally Posted by junkofdavid2 View Post

    Hi, I have quite a successful ebook set sold on my site to my own fans/followers in the finance niche (not IM).

    I want to start selling it on clickbank too, through affiliates.

    Questions:
    1) Should I rebrand this successful set and use a different domain name? If I use the same website name but use a special I'm concerned the affiliate customers may try to buy from my main salespage directly, and this will result in unhappy affiliates.

    However, I want to keep the same brand/name because it's really a good name/title for the ebook set and I'm sure it will sell best as is.

    2) If I do decide to keep the same name, how do I make sure that affiliates earn their commission even if the visitor comes back and tries to by from my main salespage instead of the page specified by Clickbank? (Note: it's not the IM niche, so these visitors aren't well-informed about affiliate systems)

    Cheers!

    David
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  • Profile picture of the author Romeo90
    I know what you are saying here.

    I like my own sales to go through my own cart, so use the domain with my own cart (DPD) and Paypal button.

    For Clickbank, I just use mysite.com/cb, for JVzoo, i use mysite.com/zoo.

    Easy to do, and if your salepage is using WP, just install 'duplicate post' to duplicate your sales page, and then edit in the CB buy button.
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    The first thing I do when I search for something to sell on clickbank is go to the website, if I see anyway they can contact the customer through popups or leave this page ect, i move on. So just make sure you have none of that on there if your going to use the same page you have been using. I am moving away from clickbank though and doing primarily jvzoo. Much better platform.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by junkofdavid2 View Post

    Should I rebrand this successful set and use a different domain name?
    Probably, yes.

    Few (if any) serious, pro-affiliates at ClickBank are going to be willing to promote a product that also has another sales page elsewhere, where their ClickBank cookie doesn't work (whether it's on the vendor's site or not).

    For all the reasons that were rightly concerning you when you asked.

    Originally Posted by junkofdavid2 View Post

    If I do decide to keep the same name, how do I make sure that affiliates earn their commission even if the visitor comes back and tries to by from my main salespage instead of the page specified by Clickbank?
    I don't know a way of doing that, that will work well enough for serious, pro-affiliates (just the ones you want to attract?) even to be willing to look, really.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
    Just an idea and I don't know if it would be worth the cost to you. What if you made the order page of your main site the CB order page? The affiliate would get paid for anyone who comes there by an affiliate link.

    If there is no affiliate link involved, the vendor gets the affiliate commission. It would still be costing you the CB fees for each transaction, but at least there would be no leakage for the affiliates. No other page or site offering the product.
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  • Profile picture of the author junkofdavid2
    Hi guys, that all sound very interesting. (Btw I fixed the typos on my OP, in case it was unclear, sorry about that).

    So if my main delivery platform even on my own site is Clickbank:

    1) If a customer tried to buy directly through my own Clickbank link (with my own affiliate link for myself); *instead of* buying through the original affiliate's link *from which he came*, it would still be credited to the affiliate?

    2) Right now I'm using e-junkie as my delivery platform coz I need their PDF stamping service to protect my copyright. If I use Clickbank, can it still be "originally delivered" from "e-junkie via Clickbank" so that the ebook will be stamped on every page (with the buyer's transaction #) ?
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    • Profile picture of the author Harvey Segal
      Originally Posted by junkofdavid2 View Post

      So if my main delivery platform even on my own site is Clickbank:

      1) If a customer tried to buy directly through my own Clickbank link (with my own affiliate link for myself); *instead of* buying through the original affiliate's link *from which he came*, it would still be credited to the affiliate?
      Your main sales page will not contain your affiliate link so this situation will not arise. You don't really need an affiliate link to your own product unless you want to track conversions and sales from specific promotions.

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