Looking for enlightenment from Clickbank and Paydotcom affiliates. All experience levels. Won't you share?

Question

Are you an affiliate with Clickbank or Paydotcom? Have you ever promoted an ebook?

If so, I'd like to know what your initial criteria is for selecting an ebook. Do you look to be familiar with the subject? Do you look at the commission only? Do you look for a professional looking vendor website first, or it does it matter at all? Are there subjects you don't promote?

These are general knowledge questions so you get the idea of what I'm after. I'm looking for the "current state of the art" of ebook promotion. I'm not really looking for freebie methods, or list gathering techniques, or things like that. I'm looking for the information that helps affiliates decide whether they would or would not choose to push a specific genre of ebook (regardless of what that genre is).

If you have some experiences and specific web pages that are still up and active for show-and-tell (I know this is a fickle market and websites sometimes don't last), please share them here.

Answer 1

I don't really care if I know the topic because I do direct linking with PPC first. If this proves to be a winner, I will then spend the time and resources to build websites.



Here are some of criteria that are important to me:



1) I look for relatively high gravity. Not the ones that are ranked the highest as there will be far too many competition.



2) Commissions more than $20 to make the promotion efforts worthwhile.



3) Check if there is high refund rates. You can search online for Clickbank refund calculator.



4) Look at the sales page, do they convert well? Strong headlines? Depending on the market, long sales letter usually fare better. Do they have social proofs and testimonials? Are the graphics professional?



5) Is this a good niche to go in? Are there many similar ebooks producted in the same niche? If yes, that means money can be made.



6) Are there advertisers who are willing to pay money to advertise for this niche? Check google for sponsored link ads. If yes, that means money can be made.

Answer 2

I focus on ClickBank so I look primarily at the gravity, commission paid and then try to figure out the return rate.



1. Gravity: I usually only promote if the gravity is 100 or more. Which means that at least 100 different affiliates have made a sale for the vendor. This means that the product sells quite well.



2. Commission paid: I look at the commissions paid and choose products that usually pay more than $30. If its recurring then I can go for a lower commission.



3. Return rate: I go to the clickbank marketplace and figure out the return rate. If its higher than 20% I do not promote this product.



Many a times I buy the product before promoting.

Answer 3

I am an affiliate of both. Right now I have stopped advertising too. Just temporarily because I am promoting something else.



As far as an ebook promotion....Yes, I first do look at the commission I also review the author. Is this person reptuable? Do people know this author? Also look at the market you are going to target, will this book sell to them...

Answer 4

You've asked a great question and I hope it invokes some revealing answers. Here are my thoughts. What makes God a God? Was it the fact that He was the first self aware being to think a thought? The Bible says that God knew us in Heaven before forming us in our mother's womb. So when God makes our "Spirit" or consciousness what is He making it out of? Himself? Nothingness? Exactly who was God talking to when He said "Let Us make man...."? Did God become God by "thinking Himself into existence?" Would that not make him an "imaginary being" since He imagined Himself into existence. And, would that not make us the creation of an imaginary being? It is said that God has no beginning and no end. Can a thing that has never been created even exist? God "seeing" the light would imply that He has eyes. God "perceiving" the light implies that He has consciousness yet as far as we know that requires a brain. What brain could exist without a body and how big would it have to be in order to contain all the knowledge there is?