58 Clicks, 0 Buys?

Discussion in 'ClickBank' started by J_Dog, Feb 10, 2009.

  1. #1
    I have a blog I setup ages ago that gets a fair few hits.

    I put some links to some Clickbank eBooks on it and so far in the last 10 days they have been clicked on 58 times according to Google Analyitcs (GA) Top Content report.

    I don't know how many people this is (can GA tell you this?) but none of them have bought an eBook.

    The links are just text links in the side bar with the title of the eBook for the link text.

    People are clicking on them but not buying the ebooks.

    Does anyone here sell for Clickbank? Is zero out of 58 to be expected?

    Do people actually buy eBooks - those landing pages look pretty awful?

    If people are clicking on the links should I change them to something that converts a bit better or are these types of links a lost cause?

    Any feedback much appreciated.

    Thanks.
     
    J_Dog, Feb 10, 2009 IP
  2. extesy

    extesy Member

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    50 impressions is not enough to tell anything. Wait until 500 impressions before drawing conclusions.
     
    extesy, Feb 10, 2009 IP
  3. Mik is here

    Mik is here Peon

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    give it more time. it wasnt til i hit 200 hops(clicks) that i finally got a sale and now im at 280 with 5 sales :)
     
    Mik is here, Feb 10, 2009 IP
  4. HarryLee

    HarryLee Member

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    58 clicks is not even nearly enough to test if a product converts. I have had days with 500 hops and 0 sales and on the other days I have had 3 sales in 100 hops. I believe it's pretty much random. But I guess around 500 hops should be normally enough to test the conversion of a product.
     
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  5. J_Dog

    J_Dog Member

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    Ok, thanks guys. I get about 300 hits for the blog per day but only about 58 clicks for the eBooks.
     
    J_Dog, Feb 11, 2009 IP
  6. shand0

    shand0 Well-Known Member

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    Try to add a banner to attract more users, and also try other products. Test, test, and retest...
     
    shand0, Feb 11, 2009 IP
  7. Mr. Mojorisin

    Mr. Mojorisin Peon

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    Are you kidding me? 58 clicks? You have to be more patient! I have had days with 250 clicks and no sales!
     
    Mr. Mojorisin, Feb 11, 2009 IP
  8. bhsu21

    bhsu21 Peon

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    I just started promoting three products on a review site and the top product got over 300 hops with no sales. So I moved another offer up to see how it does. It's hard to be patient but that seems to be the general consensus.
     
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  9. cyclopia

    cyclopia Peon

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    I'll echo that patience is the key. 58 clicks can seem maddening with no sales if it's new. Just keep promoting your site, drive traffic to it, and if after a few hundred clicks no sales - switch your offer.

    as for the landing pages: yes, some are terrible. If it's bad, I mean reallllly bad, why are you promoting that one?
     
    cyclopia, Feb 21, 2009 IP
  10. vinogradov

    vinogradov Active Member

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    I think it might be your product, but wait till 500 like extesy said.
     
    vinogradov, Feb 21, 2009 IP
  11. Jason Ng

    Jason Ng Greenhorn

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    No doubt, you should wait till you have more clicks and impression to judge the result.
     
    Jason Ng, Feb 22, 2009 IP
  12. varun7991

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    Here's a little advice.

    Promote the products you yourself have bought. Write and publish your own unbiased opinion, as a customer and as user, about that product. I am sure people reading your blog will appreciate that you have published an unbiased review of it clearly telling its pros and cons and if they like it they will surely buy.

    It is not very good to refer people to buying something that you actually don't even know about.

    Hope it helps.
     
    varun7991, Feb 22, 2009 IP
  13. CBGCash

    CBGCash Banned

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    Try other different techniques generating hops. If one doesn't work, try something else. Hope that helps.
     
    CBGCash, Feb 22, 2009 IP
  14. danogo

    danogo Peon

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    #14
    The very best clickbank products convert at 1%

    That means one sale for 100 clicks. Seems like you wait forever, but then comes pay day. Just be patient.
     
    danogo, Feb 22, 2009 IP
  15. TheCrusader

    TheCrusader Peon

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    50 hops do not mean anything. When you get a few hundred hops, that will give you a good gauge of how well the product converts. Be patient and send more traffic to your pages.
     
    TheCrusader, Feb 23, 2009 IP
  16. J_Dog

    J_Dog Member

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    I'm up to about 90 clicks now.

    How do you guys drive so much traffic to your sites to make money?
     
    J_Dog, Feb 24, 2009 IP
  17. muralikumar2005

    muralikumar2005 Peon

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    Really ? I don't think so. I'm getting a 10% converstion rate on a clickbank product through PPC.
     
    muralikumar2005, Feb 24, 2009 IP
  18. juliusreid

    juliusreid Peon

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    58 clicks..At least someone is clicking.. look at the bright side.. i much more than that and yet i havent got a single sales.. getting tired selling ebooks.. LOL... but not giving up yet.. :p
     
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  19. finweek

    finweek Well-Known Member

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    Actually on some websites I'm making more than 200-300 clicks with no sales and no registrations
    This is normal
     
    finweek, Feb 24, 2009 IP
  20. danogo

    danogo Peon

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    Ok, clarification, I'm just giving what I have read over and over as the industry standard. I get 10% on some too, but that's a pretty high expectation and we don't even know what product he is promoting. Whats your product that converts at 10%??
     
    danogo, Feb 24, 2009 IP