For anyone considering selling digital products on the Internet, Clickbank is an excellent place to start. It offers you a way to accept secure payments, as well as a place to find new affiliates. However, if you really want to get the most out of Clickbank, you will need to learn to create a strong foundations for your business.
Your sales page needs to be clean, and believe it or not but we have seen a few sales letters with ads running on them. The page where your sales copy is placed should not include any third party advertising such as text ads/banner ads, Google AdSense or even Clickbank HopAds. Another problem is any affiliate with a clue will never waste their time with your sales letter. The reader must become engaged in the letter and nothing else. That’s how you get people to respond to your offer and make them take action.
Also, you do not want to be too open, at all, with your page for attracting affiliates. The obvious issue with this is people will join your affiliate program and then turn around and buy your product for less. Many vendors place their affiliate join links in the footer, although we are still not too happy about that.
Do not allow yourself to rely on Clickbank to send you traffic or affiliates, you still should promote heavily on your own. You should do all you can to get experienced affiliates to market your product. It’s important to correct any mistakes you may have made quickly or they could destroy all your hard work. There are a sparse few Clickbank vendors who really make it to the top, simply because they pay attention to growing a solid business. So be sure you put in your due diligence before you begin building up your digital empire.