Make Money With Click Bank

Before talking about Click Bank a brief explanation for anyone who is completely new to the world of Internet

Marketing

The most common - and simplest -way to make money on the Net is to become an 'affiliate' which means you get paid commission for making sales of other people's products. You leave the whole task of product creation, web sales copy, order processing and customer support, to the vendor: your job is simply to get the word out about the product.

You are given an affiliate link which leads the customer to the sales site and identifies you as the person who gets credit if a sale is made. One of the most popular affiliate programs is ClickBank. They are in fact the world's largest provider of digital products - essentially e-books and software. You can choose from over 30,000 products in many categories and their affiliate program is simple to join. As a guide the average price of a ClickBank product is $41. The average commission rate is 55%, although the top sellers often offer a much higher rate e.g 70% or 75% (the maximum). We can say that success with ClickBankboils down to selecting a suitable product and promoting (getting the word out) about the product.

How to succeed with ClickBank, Valueable Tips

If you are not a ClickBank affiliate sign up now, it's free. You will need to choose an id or 'nickname' and this will appear in your affiliate links so that you will gain

credit for your sales. You can search for a product at theClickBank Marketplace where several thousand vendors display their products in an organized directory.

Is the product worth promoting ?

Look at the product price and commission rates

You should aim for products with a reasonable rate of commission, say 50%, to make your efforts worthwhile.

Be aware that ClickBank deducts transaction fees from a sale: here is a calculator

Is it an in-demand item ?

The Marketplace listings are ranked by popularity, so you can see which are the in-demand items. Popularity

is determined by a number of factors, the main being the amount of sales and the number of affiliates making

sales over the last 8 weeks. Note therefore that a product at the low end may still turn out to be popular

especially if it is new.

How effective is the sales page ?

Visit the sales page of the product to confirm that the sales copy does a good job of selling the product.

Check out the affiliate support

The vendor should provide you with much more than just a link to join the affiliate program. Check for any

useful promotional material (e.g. sample ads, articles, solo mailings, endorsement/reviews, signatures).

Ideally there will be an affiliate mailing list so that the vendor can convey useful news. You want someone

reliable who won't disband a program or make rule changes without telling you.

Tip: Check how responsive the vendor is with a simple enquiry.

Warning - look for sales page "leaks"

As an affiliate you want the visitor to read through the sales page and hit that order button with you getting

credit for the sale. There are a number of reasons why this does not happen.

1. There is an overt link to an affiliate sign up page. Your potential customer could simply become an affiliate

and purchase the product himself.

2. The vendor offers multiple payment options so if ClickBank is not chosen you do not get the commission.

3. Your product is just one of many unrelated products on a page - a put-off for the potential customer. (The

reason for this usually is that all the products belong to one ClickBank account which is restricted to only one

affiliate landing page ).

4. There are many external links which distract the visitor from reaching the order page.

5. The vendor captures your commission. There are offers to join a mailing list or claim a free report: you

should get credited for any sale ensuing from these leads but an unscrupulous vendor may follow up and

make the sale via his own link. Similarly the vendor may use a pop up upon exiting a site to convert a leaving

visitor into a sale for which you do not get the credit.

Promoting the product

Sign up for the affiliate program. Once you are happy that the affiliate program is worth promoting and does not suffer from potential 'leaks' you can collect your affiliate link, known as a hoplink. It has the formathttp://xxxxxxxx.vendor-id.hop.clickbank.net where you substitute xxxxxxxx with your nickname. You should check the validity by clicking on it and following through to the ClickBank order page where you should see[affiliate=yournickname] at the bottom. If not then you may have incorrectly formatted your hoplink or it's possible that the affiliate program has been discontinued.

Link cloaking

The basic hoplink is not 'protected'. A customer can simply substitute his own nickname and get commission

for the purchase. There are techniques and tools which can encrypt (or cloak) your hoplink to prevent link theft.

Getting traffic

You now want to get targeted visitors clicking on your hoplink and making a purchase. A good affiliate program may provide useful promotional material. The whole topic of getting traffic and advertising is beyond the scope of this guide

Tip: If you own and use the product it's highly recommended that you provide a review showing exactly how

The problem - why most ClickBank affiliates fail

So you've made your first sale. Happy ? Motivated ? Of course. Now for the bad news. Getting a sale does not mean you get paid. The first reason (easily solved) is that you need to meet a payment threshold before you get paid. By default ClickBank sets this at $100. So what you can do is lower it if you wish, you can go as low as $10 but be

aware that $2.50 is deducted for each check payment to you. Note also that payment is only sent at pay period end time which is every 2 weeks. You need to have

received 3 pay checks before you can opt for direct deposit and receive payment every week.

But it's the second reason that is the BIG one.

In my experience it's one of the most common complaints at my forum and others. Before getting paid you need to need to meet the Customer Distribution Requirement.

You can read the full detail in ClickBank's Accounting Policybut here is the essential bit In compliance with US law, ClickBank will withhold payment of any account balance until the following criteria is met:

* Sales made with 5 or more different credit card numbers and * Sales made with two different payment methods (either Visa, MasterCard, or PayPal). Note: PayPal

purchases do not count toward the minimum 5 different credit card numbers.What this means is - at the very best - you are going to NEED FIVE SALES BEFORE YOU GET PAID.

Feeling frustrated ?

Well it get's worse. Let me tell you about 'dormant' accounts. Accounts with a positive balance but no earnings for an extended period of time are considered dormant.

Dormant accounts are subject to a charge of $1 per pay period after 90 days of inactivity, $5 per pay period

after 180 days of inactivity, and $15 per pay period after 365 days of inactivity.So you could hit lucky on your first day as an affiliate, earn a big commission ( the maximum possible is $100) then wait and wait for at least 4 more sales before you can get hold of your earnings. Meanwhile after 3 months of no sales deductions begin chipping away at your account. Are you then surprised why newbies struggling to make sales become disillusioned and start to quit ? Over 90% of ClickBank affiliates are INACTIVE.

But here's how we are going to solve this problem.

The solution!

Obviously if you could make some quick easy sales of something, anything - which need not even be your

selected product niche - then you will be able to meet the Customer Distribution Requirement, become

eligible to receive your first check and soon get the 3 checks allowing you to move to direct debit - which then

means weekly payment and no more waiting for the postman to deliver your check.

So our problem would be solved if you could offer customers an affiliate product which is so highly desirable

and attractive that it will be a no-brainer for them to purchase.

Well there is such a product.

- It's a product aimed at ClickBank newbies

- It solves their biggest problem

- It's incredibly cheap

- It's a package which costs just 3 (THREE) dollars ! That is the minimum sale price for a ClickBank product.

Let me show you something

Go to the order form and look at the bottom of the page.

You should see [affiliate=xxxxxxxx]

where xxxxxxxx represents an affiliate id.

This means that when you do purchase then the affiliate whose link you followed to download this book is

going to receive commission on this sale.

His commission is trivial, it's 51% of $3 which works out after deductions at $0.90 but that's not the point. He

has just made another easy ClickBank sale which is rapidly enabling him to meet the Customer Distribution

Requirement, maybe allowing the release of funds from other sales waiting in his ClickBank account, and

providing the springboard to a successful ClickBank career.

So how would you like to do the same ?

How would you like an affiliate link which inserts your ClickBank id in this book (a process known as

rebranding) and gets you quick and easy commissions.

Well that is just part of the package I am offering.

When you purchase it for $3 you will receive a 'Rebrander' link that will makes this happen. All you do is give

out that link. (The good news: you WON'T have to copy, rebrand and upload the book to a website as other

rebranders require you to).

Now - how to promote it ? (you must be asking).

Well I did say earlier that a good affiliate program should provide useful promotional material.

And that's why I am including in the package as part of your $3 purchase a special Promotion Guide.

It's a huge resource of tips, advice and ideas for promoting this book.

What's more, you are welcome to use and adapt the information for any other of your affiliate programs.

So tell me.

Do you think someone who clicks on your rebrander link, such as a newbie ClickBank affiliate or a beginner

wanting to know how to make money online, will resist turning this down ?

Especially when they are being besieged non-stop by hyped up promises of earning quick fortunes on the

Net if they purchase say a $499 course.

Somehow I think not.

And that means another commission payment for you.

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