The Great Rocket Language SCAM?? Cancels Out Your Aff Id to "none"

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  1. #1
    I'm currently overhauling my site, starting with using redirects instead of direct cb affiliate links and I discovered that the Rocket Language Courses cancels out your affiliate id.

    I have currently tested the French and American Sign Language Course.

    While from the French course this happened about 50% of the time.

    For the American Sign Language Course, it happened 100% of the time.

    I could be wrong and this could all be a silly mistake on my part (and I hope so) BUT as of know it stinks of scam, of robbing the affiliates of their due by the Rocket Language Publishers.

    So is there any other RL affiliate here??

    P.S.: I'm 100% sure that I have setup the links and the redirects correctly.
    And RL has a strange order process too (very fishy), they ask you to enter your details on their site first instead directly on CB(this is the first time I experienced this)

    UPDATED: READ THE THIRD POST
     
    adking, Oct 5, 2008 IP
  2. veneficuz

    veneficuz Peon

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    #2
    It seems to be working for me.

    I actually started out promoting this site. I thought it converted good, and like most CB affiliates thought some sales weren't' going through. But I still did alright.

    I tried the sign language one, and it worked for me , and I just used the link they provided at their site.
    Its probably on your side, I would check into that.

    Vene
     
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  3. adking

    adking Peon

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    SCAM?? AGAINST CB RULES??

    IF your a Rocket Language Affiliate, you get commission ONLY for digital downloads, i.e. if your potential customer that you've sent to the RL site chooses to download it through the internet.
    BUT if your potential customer chooses to get the hardcopy cd pack, i.e. get the cds physically mailed to him/her the affiliate gets nothing = ZERO DOLLARS. RL automatically cancels out your affiliate id!! WTF??
    P.S.: This has been fully verified. try it out yourself too!
     
    adking, Oct 5, 2008 IP
  4. PoorGuy

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    Wow, I just checked, and you are right! [affiliate=none] if you choose the physical package. WTF?

    Did you ask Clickbank or the vendor about this? What did they say?
     
    PoorGuy, Oct 5, 2008 IP
  5. Ripped

    Ripped Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Well it makes sense, You cannot get paid for the digital products, after all, clickbank is for digital products only.

    However it is the publishers fault that it offers physical orders for which you don't get commission, they should remove it and stick only to digital delivery
     
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  6. adking

    adking Peon

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    I've emailed CB today, but since they only work on weekdays I'll have to wait for their reply. I'll be emailing RL shortly (currently working on bum marketing).

    I think you meant physical.
    It's the publisher's fault and CB's fault, since CB is still processing their orders even for physical products. Thereby robbing the affiliates of their commission.
     
    adking, Oct 5, 2008 IP
  7. WilsonA

    WilsonA Active Member

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    #7
    I have been promoting most of the rocket languages products for a while
    now and I have a made a lot of sales with them.

    I don't think a lot of people take the physical product option and even if
    they did, rocket spanish pays you up to $120 which I believe is for the physical
    version since the download version costs only $99.99

    Rocket languages is just too big to try a trick like that which might
    lose them affiliates
     
    WilsonA, Oct 5, 2008 IP
  8. Madman340

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    #8
    Most customers will just download the cheaper one; digital.
     
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  9. Ripped

    Ripped Well-Known Member

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    #9
    Yes, my bad, I meant physical. They should've have done that, It' not okay. I think that most of the customers are buying the digital products, so you get the commission, but still... for every physical product sale you make them, you don't get paid anything, which isn't right, so they should definitely take the physical product off, maybe sell it separately via another company, because they're basically getting free sales with it
     
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  10. nino2007

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    I sold the Rocket Spanish CD pack and I've got the commission.
     
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  11. PoorGuy

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    #11
    That's strange, a glitch perhaps?
     
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  12. PoorGuy

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    Any updates on this Ace?
     
    PoorGuy, Oct 6, 2008 IP
  13. scubita

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    #13
    I was promoting a product for them, but since they are messing with me (affiliate = none) i'm out since today. Fu#% them.
     
    scubita, Oct 7, 2008 IP
  14. tvmaximum

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    Man this sucks so bad, I was planning on promoting this product too, looks so legit. :(
     
    tvmaximum, Oct 7, 2008 IP
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    #15
    And it is! But since they are selling physical items, you can't get a commission on those because of CB policies.

    ^^ Take a closer read above. :)
     
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  16. tvmaximum

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    Ahh I see it, its annoying they sell them on the same site then because i'm sure we lose alot of sales that we never even know about!
     
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  17. adking

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    UPDATED


    That's not true....
    The publisher who owns the Rocket Language products sells the digital version from one account, and the physical version from another.

    In English: This means the slimy Rocket Language publisher is scamming us, coz he could do the same with only one single account and sell the hardcopy cds as an upgraded order, and we would all get our commissions for both!! But this slimy f#cker is selling it from 2 different CB accounts..

    If you would like to promote both versions, it will be necessary that you promote two hoplinks per product. One for the digital version, and one for the physical version. This is not against ClickBank policy, neither is having the publisher collect the physical address information before the order form.

    The Problem:
    Now the problem is how do we get our potential customers to click 2 hoplinks at once?? So that we don't lose a sale....

    I've been researching this and I think I've found a solution... :cool:
    PM me if you want the hoplinks and want to know how to get your potential customers to click 2 hoplinks at once....
    So that your sure you don't lose a sale.. [Please note: I had to pay to learn this technique so I can't tell you for free]
     
    adking, Oct 7, 2008 IP
  18. PoorGuy

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    But why did some claimed they've gotten commissions from the physical version before?
     
    PoorGuy, Oct 7, 2008 IP
  19. adking

    adking Peon

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    #19
    Maybe their just lying or using some advanced techniques..Which I too have to setup when I get time..
    In other words, the person who said that should know better!
     
    adking, Oct 7, 2008 IP
  20. kinitex

    kinitex Well-Known Member

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    #20

    Charge people to tell them to use a meta refresh with a 3 second delay, and on that page an iframe or image with the 2nd hoplink? :rolleyes:
     
    kinitex, Oct 8, 2008 IP