Affiliate Marketing-Are You Being Conned?

If you are a new affiliate marketer then you will need to be careful as to what affiliate program you sign up for..because if you don’t you will never make any money online. This article looks at one particular type of “sharp practice”.In this article I will set out a vital part of your due diligence that you need to carry out before you decide to promote a particular product.I am referring to products that are available at Clickbank and other online marketplaces for digital downloadable products. I have learned this lesson the hard way, by sending a truckload of traffic to a program that I never stood a chance of making a sale with.How it WorksThe sharp practice to which I refer is simplicity itself. The vendor has an opt in form on his sales page. The visitor is persuaded to put his name and email in the opt in box and a lot of people do this to get the freebie and the traffic you are sending is targeted traffic which means they are warm already. The freebie can be a free report, free downloadable product, mp3 recording or whatever.If the visitor that you have sent signs up then the vendor will send him the usual series of promotional email messages and attempt to snag the sale for himself by getting the prospect to pay by PayPal..the vendor's PayPal account.He does this by perhaps offering a physical version of the product rather than the Clickbank version..and Clickbank do not deal with physical products so at this stage you are out of the equation and the prospect will be credited with the sale by PayPal.The first option is to pay a little extra and get the program by way of a CD or Video or DVD from the vendor. This though is a physical product which does not involve Clickbank and you will be cut out of your commission.Sometimes the vendor will tell the prospect that the physical product is better or give him a better price..which he can do when he does not have to pay you a commission.In summary do your due diligence before you sign up with a vendor and if you must sign up with a vendor who has an opt in form..test it. Sign up, follow the subsequent link through to order and see who is being credited with the sale.
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