As others have stated, CB has boatloads of crap to sift through, but there are some "real" products in there that fullfill a niche and do it well. The problem I have with aStore or anything Amazon in general is the very low payout. As someone who doesn't have 10K visitors per day to sling over for a 4% commission, I find that I make very little money with Amazon links. Sure, I make some and I'm 100% pleased with Amazon as a company (I shop there all the time) but you're not going to get rich with their affiliate program unless you have some massive traffic IMO.
They're not all muck, but I'd say over 99% of them are The program that taught me the information necessary to go from a failure as an internet marketer to now make about $2k+ per month is sold on Clickbank for $197, but I've purchased a few others/looked at a few others that were absolute crap.
Even for those of us that DO have over 10k visitors per day benefit more by promoting Clickbank products over Amazon - amazon pays next to nothing. Even Adsense pays far better than amazon.
I wouldn't say they are ALL scam products, just most of them. I bought from copynprofit.com and theminisiteformula.com and both of those made me money. Not as much money as they claimed, but still, it was a good investment. But yes, unfortunately, most of the products I have bought sucked ass and never made me any money.
I think that what clickbank need to do ,more filter to the "bad rated product.I think they need such a "rate point technology" so that admin click bank can delete some product that it rate badly.so far I use click bank 2 times.buy 2 times from them and collect 2 "junk product from them as well
If you think the product is junk and you do not think it is worth the money you paid, you can just send them a message to request your money back. . They're excellent about issuing no-questions-asked refunds. I agree they should filter out "bad products," but I think they're making too much money off of them.
You can also buy some pretty cool software there in many categories - and there are a lot of good courses and ebooks. The problem is that their tracking sucks and there are huge periods where sales aren't being properly credited to many affiliates. So proceed at your own risk if you feel you must promote them. Paydot.com has some products that could be good alternatives - for downloadable goods anyway. Dan
I'm a start-up and I don't like ClickBank either for the new start-ups. Check out this blog. ezsleepmoney.com/ClickBank/?p=1
Please, of all this talk about "I made money" - "I read hundreds" - "I sold many", all I need to know is if there is any ONE person out there who can tell me HONESTLY: 1. At least three to five titles of the ebooks they purchased and read on Clickbank. And why were they so good that they were compelled to purchase them? What exactly have they learned from them (again, at least three to five concrete points). 2. Show me EXACTLY which products are you making money with on Clickbank and point me to YOUR web pages that promote those products. 3. Be ballsy and brag about what was the biggest amount of money that you made in a week/month, ONLY by selling digital products through Clickbank (or any other such site, for that matter). That is the only way I'm ever going to believe any of that bunk.
Clickbank has it's fair share of useless products, but hardly any are scams. I always check the product a lot before promoting it. Most of the items listed are actually pretty good.
I've personally read about 5 different ClickBank eBooks, one of which was worthless and refunded my purchase when I complained. Generally, if you're smart about it, you can find good products. Just try to use common sense and don't buy sketchy looking products.
you just have to do your research as with a lot of things. There are good products on there that probably help you with your businesses and there is also crap out there too. But I would say to do more that just look around the marketplace for few minutes before coming up with a conclusion . But being an affiliate is not for everybody, to each it own.....