Making ClickBank Bank
So unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re heard of ClickBank, one of the easiest to use affiliate networks around. Yes, there are other affiliate networks that you can make money with, some of them much more than Clickbank, but for the beginner, ClickBank is money.Now let’s put things into perspective though: You probably will not become a millionaire with ClickBank alone.
Why?
Because, at the time of this writing, Clickbank maxes out at $100/sale per affiliate. Now hypothetically if you could sell all $100 commission items 100 times per week, I admit that you could make $10k each week and probably buy a pretty little sportscar and impress your mom.
But that’s not real money, and it’s also not really likely.
Take into account that those $100 items are also among the most popular. That means that as a beginner, you would be going heads-up against some of the biggest, most savvy, internet marketers around. And if you add to that the inexperience of the beginner in keyword research and marketing strategies, that all equals almost imminent failure.
Now I’m not bashing ClickBank. I’ve made plenty of money with them, and I expect to make plenty more, but don’t snooze. You can lose big with ClickBank if you’re not careful. Not because clickbank will take your money (as an affiliate they will not) , but because most strategies for using ClickBank involve blowing tons of money on PPC marketing to make peanuts.
Here’s the key to making ClickBank bank:
Find and market very obscure items, that still pay moderately well. For example you could market a great book on how to stop hair-pulling (Trichotillomania) which, although a very niche market without a lot of competition, still pays over $30/sale. Now you won’t get rich on one ad like that, but if you actually work at it (yes Internet Marketing, done properly, takes work like anything else) and duplicate that strategy over 50 products, then you may very well be on the way to making a decent living at Affiliate Marketing.
Just remember, don’t put up more than you can afford to lose!