What's ClickBank?
ClickBank is an online marketplace where people sell digital products (ebooks, services, memberships, etc). It's probably one of the most popular affiliate networks and the best choice for a beginner.
It's easy to understand the way it works. The website has a large inventory of products from which a registered affiliate can choose to promote. Once you sign up, you can earn between 50 to 70% commission (sometimes even more) for every referred visitor who buys a vendor's product through your link. According to their published stats, they make a sale every three seconds, serve over 200 countries, and their clients have made over 1 billion dollars! You're probably now wondering where to click to get a piece of that pie, aren't you?
Update: ClickBank has re-designed their website, which means the screenshots below may not be the exactly the same when you sign up.
How To Sign Up
It's easy, fast, and free. I will guide you through the process. Go to the ClickBank homepage and click on “Sign up” at the top of the page. The form that appears should look like this.
After you're done filling out all the required boxes, read the client contract and check the box next to “I have read and agree to the terms and conditions” if you wish to continue. Then click "Submit". A confirmation link and a password will be emailed to you. So log in to your email account and complete the process. Remember that you will use the provided password to access your ClickBank account, so make sure not to loose it or let anybody else know it.
Now log in to your account. Your page should look like this.
How to Find Products
Update: The ClickBank marketplace has also been re-designed. However, the principles for finding good products is still the same.
The next thing you need to do is to find some products to promote. Click “Marketplace” at the top. You should see this:
You can browse through 9 categories (Business to Business, Marketing & Ads, etc). The interface also enables you to search with keywords. But here I would like to show you how to get the best products. For every category, sort by “High Gravity.” The products that will show up are the top promoted or best sellers. You can even narrow your search by using specific keywords.
You have to find things that are related to site or that you are familiar with. Once you see the ones you want to promote, you can visit the seller's site. If you're interested, click “create hopLink.” A page will pop up where you can enter your nickname and your tracking ID if you have one.
Click “create” below the two boxes and the next page will give you a code that you're supposed to copy and paste wherever you wish in order to send customers to the vendor's site.
It's very important to know what you will be advertising. In some cases you will have to buy the product yourself and write a critical review (negative and positive). There is a lot of good stuff at ClickBank, but there is also a lot of junk. So be careful what you recommend to people. You might loose your credibility for convincing your readers to buy something that is not worth the price.
How to Promote Clickbank Products With Youtube
You can promote ClickBank products with video sharing sites (such as Youtube) using simple, but effective video marketing techniques. Not taking advantage of the traffic popular video sharing sites get everyday would be a waste. You have to consider those viewers as potential prospects. If you make a real good review video on a product, they will probably buy it and you will be paid a commission. All you have to do is to upload a video that promotes an item and put your hoplink (your affiliate link) in the description area. Soon enough people will start visiting your pages if they are interested.
I hope this helped you. Post a comment if you want share anything (As long as it's relevant)
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