Disclaimer - I'm not an affiliate marketer, I'm a programmer. A couple of years ago I built a site geared to Clickbank marketers. There are tools, calculators, and Clickbank stats. The Clickbank datafeed is a nightmare as far as XML goes, so I untangled it and I offer that data in an easily usable form for a small subscription fee. The data gets updated every day, and I have a few subscribers. I'm looking for other ways to monetize the site. You guys are Clickbankers, so I figured I'd ask you what might click (sorry, bad pun). I'm thinking that some people would pay for the ad generator, so I may go to a pay model with that. Any advice would be really appreciated. I'm willing to pay somebody to help promote the site if they can help generate a decent return on it. Thanks in advance. The link to the site is in my signature.
Tip: I run - http://www.nichejunky.com ^ My programmer hasn't touched it for a while and it's outdated/broken here and there BUT we still bank a bit on it by: 1. Every product is linked to with our CBID - we get picked up by SE's fast, so do new products, customers actually come and buy through us more often than I would think. 2. Ad space, you can sell it, you can plug your own programs in there, or popular launches w/hoplink etc. 3. Your datafeed, you can probably monetize it much like above, or with ads beside the data/download etc. 4. The site itself, I know you're after function before branding, but you could use a lil' love on your layout and design (and to create adzones) 5. Sell premium spots to CB vendors to be featured in text links/header/footer/product of the week/etc. 6. Offer premium data for more/subscription based i.e. take a look at cb-analytics.com and cbengine.com for more ideas. Cheers. **Actually maybe you can fix our site too and we can do a cross promo of sorts.. feel free to reach out. N.
Been awhile since I've posted, but I'll let you in on some of the things I've done with my own private version. The most useful thing you could do is match adwords/yahoo/msn ads to specific clickbank products. Although other sites do this I always like to look at the product and see the most successful ads (though it's harder now with the secure links). Add in articles that appear on the first page (EZA,AB etc.) and you've got a killer research tool. NC is right about people buying. I never thought it would happen, but it does happen more than you think. Products should be in a sortable table. I never really liked cb-analytics because I'd have to visit pages etc. to sort data (and display more than 10 per page!). Another thing that may bite you in the future. Make sure to switch over to v2 of the feed. The blog says v1 will be going away soon.
Look to your main competitors - which are cb-analytics.com and cbengine.com - imo cb-analytics is a better example of how to keep things simple, and monetize with ads, but yes, also you could have featured spots. You bet I would pay whatever cb-analytics would charge for a monthly featured vendor spot on his site... but look to those guys and see what data they emphasize and make available and see where you can improve. Definitely get more involved in the clickbank based forums - this one, niche choppers, warrior forum - this will teach you by osmosis what people want and how you can provide it.