Just signed up with ClickBank

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-29-2007, 12:25 AM

Has anyone used clickbank.com ?
I have a spare domain that I want to test some things out on and I had thought about using an affiliate program like clickbank. I'd like to hear if you know anything about it ?

Thanks

**Big Dan** · 07-29-2007, 02:02 AM

Never used click bank but I did have a bunch of domains parked with Sedo, what a waste of time it wasn't even worth me setting up the name servers.

Is click bank similar to Sedo?

Thanks,
Dan

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-29-2007, 09:39 AM

no, I think click bank is like commission junction ? Or sorta like the auction ads, I still have to check it out further.

I haven't had much luck with sedo, altho I did sell a domain for 200 with them.

**Big Dan** · 07-29-2007, 01:29 PM

Ahh cool I just signed up for CJ the other day and am getting started up with them. I'll have to check out Click Bank.

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-29-2007, 01:47 PM

cj has done well for me

The first month I made 23$
this month I've made 317$

**lisaj** · 07-29-2007, 03:47 PM

I have sedo domains..a whole bunch of them. I think I should just develop them-- as a sites with content have more worth and can be a portal to my main domain. What do you think about that?

Gee, congrats on the CJ profit brandon. I have been with them for years and maybe I should look back into it. I think I have the audience now to make something out of it.

Keep us posted on how clickbank works..too lazy to sign up for it today.

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-29-2007, 04:04 PM

Will do

It'll be a while still b4 I'm able to develop these domains with clickbank. I'm still doing research.

**Big Dan** · 07-29-2007, 06:14 PM

I'm waiting for vB to approve me as an affliate through CJ -- I signed up for GoDaddy today and placed a link on Almost Geek.

Hey I got a ?:

If I'm buying domains from GoDaddy, can I click my link and get a piece of the profit back? Or is that against TOS?

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-29-2007, 08:11 PM

I seen a thread with a similar question.
You're allowed to buy with your affiliate link, but if your doing 1,000$ of dollars in transactions a month, they might not care for it.

**James** · 07-31-2007, 10:20 AM

I have used Clikbank in the past and did pretty well with them. I got busy and forgot to renew a couple of domains, but I am planing on using them some more in the next couple of months.

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-31-2007, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

I have used Clikbank in the past and did pretty well with them. I got busy and forgot to renew a couple of domains, but I am planing on using them some more in the next couple of months.

Oh ya ? Did you use some script or just like a basic page with ad's inserted.

Thanks

**James** · 07-31-2007, 10:46 AM

Yep, just some basic html pages with some adsense and a link to the e-books.

I purchased some articles, like 10 - 15 of them for each site and just created a page for each of the articles.

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-31-2007, 10:59 AM

Where did you get the articles from ? Where they unique

**James** · 07-31-2007, 06:04 PM

Yes, Just start a thread over at DP asking for like 5 unique articles on the topic and get a couple people to write them, that way you know they won't be "copied".

I have used Constant Content - Article Search Purchase Articles and I have also used a couple PLR articles.

**Brandon Sheley** · 08-05-2007, 07:26 PM

I don't really understand clickbank, do I click "hoplink" to make an ad ? I'm not sure if I signed up on the correct side. It seems that are wanting me to provide a product.

08-06-2007, 07:46 PM

I'll have to give these guys a shot and see what I think.

And Brandon, i felt that way about Linkworth, they don't give you much direction, but I eventually figured it out and you had to sign up for other crap on top of what was already there. Needless to say I didn't keep them long.

**Brandon Sheley** · 08-06-2007, 08:34 PM

I've been using linksworth for a few blog links. I make 20$ a month from 2 links on my wifes site.

I've yet to get a paycheck, but it should be any day now

**James** · 08-07-2007, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon

I don't really understand clickbank, do I click "hoplink" to make an ad ? I'm not sure if I signed up on the correct side. It seems that are wanting me to provide a product.

Yes, it will give you a html code and then you can go from there. I usually take the code and I take the title of the ebook and make that the clickable bold link, then I take the first line of the description and add that below.

I can send you an example if needed.

Edit: I thought the same thing when I signed up, just go to the marketplace and find what you need/like.

**Brandon Sheley** · 08-07-2007, 09:08 PM

okay, so I was in the right direction

**Brandon Sheley** · 05-02-2009, 02:08 PM

I just saw that you can make ads with clickbank like google has
I have some on the right top of Twitter Question & Answer | Find Answers Faster | Twitter Search right now

When I get some time, I'll see how I can integrate a set in my affiliate blog (Affiliate Marketing Blog HeadQuarters) and if that goes well, I may replace one of the boxes here on vBSetup

This is great news IMO!!

**glennybee** · 05-04-2009, 03:02 PM

Hey Brandon, that is great news!

I assume you can select which products you want to promote?

Will need to check that out!

Cheers

**Brandon Sheley** · 05-04-2009, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glennybee

Hey Brandon, that is great news!

I assume you can select which products you want to promote?

Will need to check that out!

Cheers

yup, you can multiple keywords
I've added the other option for the new ads in our vB Blog
2009 Link Building Guide - vBulletin Setup

**Your Brand** · 06-02-2009, 09:28 AM

I use clickbank primarily because of my recurring subscription option - clickbank is the best I found to support this with ease for me and my affiliates.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon Sheley

I don't really understand clickbank, do I click "hoplink" to make an ad ? I'm not sure if I signed up on the correct side. It seems that are wanting me to provide a product.

Here is my affiliate info page which may help you with the difference.

**Brandon Sheley** · 06-02-2009, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Your Brand

I use clickbank primarily because of my recurring subscription option - clickbank is the best I found to support this with ease for me and my affiliates.

Here is my affiliate info page which may help you with the difference.

Nice job, how has that been going for you? I see the post was earlier this year so it looks relativity new.

btw, I setup your account here, you now have full access to the forums

**Your Brand** · 06-02-2009, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon Sheley

Nice job, how has that been going for you? I see the post was earlier this year so it looks relativity new.

btw, I setup your account here, you now have full access to the forums

Thanks! It is relatively new. My sales are about the same so far this year (I had PayPal as well as link to userCP paid subscriptions for my registered users prior to clickbank.) I have affiliates using one or both of my products and working on getting that affiliate number up. I admit doing very little to draw attention to my affiliate program. It is amazing I get the affiliates I do - therefore, I feel optimistic.

Thanks for full access!

**hendricius** · 06-10-2009, 02:49 PM

Clickbank is pretty good for niche sites.

The problem is that most forums aren't niche, originally they are just about let's say the Audi A1 but than they expand and soon cover every single car. The less the relevancy of the ad the lower the conversions are, thus ad programs with low relevancy also have low CPC (as they advertisers don't earn anything).

If you are a niche forum, yes, clickbank is excellent with their high-payout ebooks. If you aren't then you would either have to add multiple clickbank-products varying per forum to make sure that they are relevant, or you'd need to use a content relevant advertising program such as AdSense.

**SticKer** · 07-01-2009, 08:54 AM

I don't know but I find clickbank confusing.. I'm just giving it another shot. Hope it works this time.

SticKer