ClickBank is just about the biggest website on the internet today as far as affiliates are concerned. If you want to make money online but you don’t have a product of your own to promote, what better solution could there be than to promote someone else’s in exchange for a slice of the profits?
ClickBank is a no brainer if you want to get started on no cash at all, and you have your choice of products to promote as well. It’s also a great chance to experiment a little and get to know what niches are profitable and which ones have the best products that you make the most sales on.
As far as an introduction to affiliate marketing goes, the best place to head to is definitely ClickBank…
Affiliate accounts are free at ClickBank, and once you have got yours you will need to take a look at the huge number of opportunities you have to promote products – mostly e-books – to your chosen audience.
Now you might be wondering how you can do this without having a website of your own or a blog you are hosting yourself, but all you need to do is get a free web page (or in fact as many as you like) from Squidoo. Check out the separate blog entry on that very subject to see how you can combine the two for maximum benefits.
If you do have a site of your own you can easily promote ClickBank products to your existing audience by searching for items that are likely to appeal to them. Use the search facility on ClickBank to help narrow down the number of products to sort through, and pick an appropriate category as well, to make sure you find the most suitable items.
You will get a dedicated link (called a hoplink) that will ensure you get a portion of the proceeds if someone clicks through to buy a product you have recommended. You can cloak this if you wish for extra security on your part by visiting one of the many free shortened URL sites online today.
The best way to profit from ClickBank is to focus on providing more than just an affiliate link for your customer to click on. The idea is to almost pre-sell the product before they even reach the sales page. You really need to be able to recommend it to them by stirring up some enthusiasm first.
A lot of affiliates get to the stage where they build a free web page (on Squidoo) or even a whole website on a specific subject, and write (or have someone else write) material that the visitors will find useful and interesting. In this way you are building a relationship with your visitors and projecting an image of someone that can be trusted and who knows a bit about what they are saying. It’s ironic really, but if you come across as an affiliate people will assume you are just out to make money and won’t even take a second look at the sales page you are trying to send them to – even if that product is really worth looking at.
Less is more when you are an affiliate trying to make money from ClickBank, and the more you remember that the more sales you are likely to make over time.
The good thing is that no matter how many different products you can promote, all your earnings will go straight into the same account, ready to be paid to you once you hit your payment threshold.
The best way to start with ClickBank is to find your way around the site and get to know how it works. Once you have done that start researching a few choice niches and develop things from there. Slowly but surely you will start to see results.
But before you head on over to ClickBank to sign up for your free account, make sure you leave a comment for us below! We always love to hear from you.
If you are serious about learning how to make money online, be it for a little extra cash, or to replace your income, the best place to start is with Steve Peirce’s Income Elite program.
Steve and his team of experts will take you by the hand and show you every step you need to take to get a website up and running and making money. Plus you can check out the whole program for as little as $4.95 on a 5 day Risk Free Trial to make sure it lives up to what it promises. Click here to read more about the Income Elite Program.
eJunkie is also good, and an alternative to the other big 3 – Clickbank, Paydotcom and Dealdotcom – don’t they all have rules of exclusivity? Also, their advantage could be promoting – something hard once you write several eBooks and no one buys, even after marketing them.
[Reply]
Great article indeed, but still need to know how other countries can register with clickbank eg. NIGERIA e.t.c.
[Reply]
I don’t think so that is a good idea!
[Reply]
This is the first time I hear about ClickBank. I will definitely be looking into it. Thanks for the article.
[Reply]
i never have any luck selling clickbank products anyone got any more info on the best ways to promote and what is abig niche
[Reply]
A lot of this information is included in The Affiliate Code along with some killer free traffic methods.
[Reply]
great ideas for people starting an online business as affiliate… thank you
[Reply]
very nice info, just started to use clickbank
[Reply]
hey, thank you for all the good ideas,
[Reply]
hey this place rely have good ideas , thnk you.
[Reply]
Thank you for the information. I’m not sure I understood it all, but I will check it out.
Thanks
[Reply]
informative, will check it out.
[Reply]
Great Article. It gives you good information on how to make money online. Thanks a lot.
[Reply]
i tried Clickbank for a couply of months but my website does not have enough US and UK traffic so i did not earn that much.
^
[Reply]
i need a whole information of how the clickbank works the principals
of operation of such a system and how it works
i need to know if it,s a scam program i need facts so i can refrence to it
thanks
[Reply]
Thank you for this idea!
[Reply]
your idea is something different and very useful to others.
[Reply]
I like this idea of making money, after reading this i was willing to join in this to earn money.Thanks to clickbank.
[Reply]
This article is very informative and gives a new way to earn money. Clickbank can be used by anyone to increase their earnings money online. Great tip for every online worker.
[Reply]
Nice post for newbies who want to make money as an affiliate selling e-books from Clickbank.
Clickbank is a good source of income and it is true that they never fail to deliver your cheque to you on time.
Thanks.
[Reply]
Nice information to all provided here. This is a smart way to make money online with little effort.
[Reply]
Thank you very much for the idea. This article has given me good thought about how to make money. I would tell my friends who are in deed of money.
Thank you…
[Reply]
@ Diana
USFreeaAds is great, I have never tried to sell CB products there but I heard some people where making sales by paying for premium ads.
Great post, very informational.
[Reply]
Great article… Money is important thing in the modern world. but from this click bank i came to know about the money value. and also i can understood how to make money with online. It is very helpful to all people, and especially the business fields. It’s giving more ideas and more benefits to everyone. Really i like this advice and great idea.
[Reply]
Nice article!!!!
[Reply]
I really like all the ideas you give out in this site really opens my eyes to so much things out there! thanks alot!
[Reply]
Another way to advertise a ClickBank item (besides what you’ve already mentioned) is through usfreeads.com where you can post ads for the ClickBank item that you’re promoting. That site ranks high on the Alexa scale and I’ve been able to get lots of traffic by posting ads there.
I think your article was very informative, especially to those just starting out and needing a place to begin. There’s no sense in trying to think up your own product, when there are thousands of them, all ready created, that you can start to promote,right away. Affiliate programs are definately the way to go.
I’m glad I stumbled upon your site, because there seems to be a lot of great information here. I’ll have to set aside some time to read all of your articles. Great advice!
[Reply]
Mika Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Yep, I have heard usfreeads.com mentioned a few times, I will have to check them out.
[Reply]
frankie Reply:
January 9th, 2010 at 3:51 am
great artical thx
[Reply]