Sell Multiple Products Through a Single ClickBank Account – Merchant Account
Sell Multiple Products Through a Single ClickBank Account
Tim Coulter
A ClickBank merchant account allows you to define and sell up to 50 separate products. If you have more than one product in your range, it makes sense to sell them from a shared ClickBank account. Here are three good reasons why:
Every active ClickBank account incurs a setup fee of $49.95. Why pay this more than once
Managing multiple ClickBank accounts adds unnecessarily to your administrative effort
The combined sales of multiple products through one account will significantly boost your Marketplace ranking
Unfortunately, the architecture of the ClickBank system has, historically, not been well suited to selling multiple products from a single account, especially for merchants who use affiliates to promote their products. The problem is that, although you can define 50 products within ClickBanks account control panel, you can only specify a single landing page URL - the destination page that your affiliates will refer their prospects to.
The result is that all referrals must arrive at your site via a common page. This forces you either to present all your products on a shared sales page or to create an intermediate page, from which your visitors must click through to see the product of their choice. Neither option is ideal as they both create obstacles that will distract your prospects and seriously reduce your conversion rate.
For optimum sales effectiveness, affiliate referrals should go directly to the sales page for the product of interest. This is known as deep linking and is widely acknowledged as the best way to convert affiliate referrals into buyers. But ClickBanks lack of support for this technique is a major barrier that inhibits effective use of its growing affiliate network.
To tackle this problem, a number of pioneering merchants have developed their own techniques to work around ClickBanks shortcomings. Some of these innovations have even evolved into successful commercial software products. Most implementations rely on intercepting the inbound referral and automatically redirecting it to the relevant product page, as indicated in URL parameters passed by the referring affiliate. There are several variations on this theme, but they share a common gambit - using scripts, installed on the merchants web server, to intercept and redirect requests.
However, the need for smoke and mirrors to fix ClickBanks limitations may soon be a relic of the past. In October 2003, ClickBank announced plans for major improvements to its hoplink system - improvements that will all but eliminate the need for workarounds or enhancement products.
The new architecture - known as the enhanced hoplink system - employs a more flexible referral URL format, in which affiliates are able to specify the numeric code of the product they are referring their prospects to. Using this code, ClickBanks server will look up the corresponding sales page URL and send referrals directly to it, handling cookie-tracking and other admin chores in the normal manner.
The main attraction of the enhanced hoplink system is its simplicity of implementation and maintenance. Whereas add-on products require at least a moderate understanding of script installation and configuration, the hoplink system is maintained entirely via the ClickBank account control panel. This means that a merchant selling multiple products even across multiple web domains can expose them for affiliate deep linking, simply by configuring the relevant sales page URLs in his account.
At the time of writing, ClickBank has published the format of the enhanced hoplink URL, but has not completed the database and control panel changes that will allow the configuration of multiple landing pages. So, although we can visualize the new architecture and dream of the benefits it will deliver, we remain in eager anticipation of its release.
About The Author
Copyright © Tim Coulter. All rights reserved.
Tim Coulter is a consultant and software developer who helps netpreneurs to harness marketing technologies.
He is also the author of "ClickBank - The Definitive Guide" The Ultimate ClickBank Tutorial & Reference Manual.
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Multiple Streams Of Internet Income – Affiliate Programs
Multiple Streams Of Internet Income
Simon Longhurst
Make your website pay…in millions
Although opportunities were rare and far in between during the pre cyber era, Internet has transformed the entire scenario of making money. All you need is inclination, just like thousands of other smart people across the world.
Hey, wait! You think this is another sales gimmick It’s alright. Most of those who made their billions on the Internet began with the same mindset. But now they are coming forth with their statements…of how they made it big using this simple medium. You just have to surf through the net and you will simply wonder at their entrepreneurial skills and their brave decision to take the first step. Brave because the initial step often takes a lot of courage. Especially when the mindset is attuned to be wary of any offer…no matter how simplistic the concept is or however sure shot its success is.
However, there is not one but innumerable opportunity for those involved in e-commerce to make money on the web. Some of these are listed below:
Affiliate programs
Affiliate programs or MLM is just a way for businesses to distribute their products. Rather than using the customary distribution process that moves from manufacturer to wholesaler and then onto a retailer and finally to the end customer, MLM companies use a network of independent marketers to move the products directly from the manufacturer to the end customer. You can use this prevalent concept to promote your own product or service on the net. Trust me, this chain can really make a difference.
Check out the sites below to see how smart companies are making their network work. www.referralware.com
http://www.worldprofit.com/homebusiness/multiple.cfm
http://multiple-income-streams.biz/
Selling Info Products
Your company’s core competency could be of real help to select people across the globe. You can transform this into an information product in the form of e-book or ezine, which will guide others in a step-by-step manner. Either you can charge for your information or better still, create a database using information about those who wish to download your product for free. This database can fetch you a decent amount.
Selling services
The best part of Internet is the ability to reach out to millions across the world. If you are a service provider, it could be possible for you to provide this service to someone in the different time zone. For instance, a copywriting studio or a designing studio can work online. There are various sites, which offer such opportunities. Check out elance.com or freelance.com for details.
Selling advertising space
There are various ways to attract traffic. Free downloads, free e-zines or free newsletters will ensue that people will throng to your website. Once you have a decent amount of traffic on your site, you can sell banner space, pop-ups or pop-unders to advertisers. This can become a lucrative income source once you know how to generate and maintain traffic on your site.
Try bannerexchange.com or linkexchange.com if you need more info on this.
Micro Sites
Scores of web businesses sell products on their websites that are directly or indirectly linked with their primary business. You too can identify such products and strike a deal with the manufacturers for selling them on your web store. Even a little percentage in commission can go a long way when the product finds enough buyers.
Masters in e-commerce recommend the above tools since users have honed them over the years, to the best of their advantage. Use them and make your website pay.
To your success!
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The Many Ways To Profit From O.P.P.s Multiple Cash Streams – Real Estate
The Many Ways To Profit From O.P.P.s Multiple Cash Streams
Sue and Chuck DeFiore
In a previous article we introduced you to the concept of O.P.P., or Other Peoples Property.
In that article we asked you what you would do if you found a business that:
could generate multiple streams of income
would work in any area of the country
could be worked both locally and nationally
could be worked both on and off the web
would allow you to build your long term net worth
and, can be started either in your spare time or part time
What we are talking about is a wonderful business that allows you to generate immediate cash flow and also build your long term net worth.
So, what is this wonderful business. Lease Purchasing.
Lease Purchasing is a specialized niche in the field of Creative Real Estate, which allows you to control property without the trouble of ownership; and profit from this. Lease Purchasing affords wonderful benefits and opportunities to sellers, buyers, investors and those who would like to operate a home-based business. Lease Purchasing allows you to control property without ownership and this has benefits for all.
Lease Purchasing provides you with a variety of ways to make money. Some of them are:
You make money with the assignment fee. The assignment fee is the money you receive from selling a contract you have on a property. This will vary depending on the strategy you use.
You can also make money on cash flow. Cash flow is the difference between what the tenant/buyer pays you and the obligation you have on a property. You can also negotiate with the seller for a percentage of the positive cash flow, even if you are using one of the strategies in which you do not remain in the deal.
You can receive money at closing. When the tenant/buyer exercises the option to purchase the property, and if the deal is structured in this way, you can receive money at the closing.
You can create your own, high quality notes, which will give you a very nice monthly income.
You can flip a contract or sell a pure option to another investor and receive money in this manner.
You can consult with buyers and sellers. Sometimes the seller just doesnt want you in the deal or a buyer wants to do it themselves. In these cases you can consult with buyers and sellers and show them how to do it. You charge a consulting fee to help buyers and sellers with the lease purchasing their property.
Every year, thousands of people get started building their fortunes in Real Estate. It is well documented that Real Estate is the worlds greatest wealth builder.
The niche of Lease Purchasing grants you the ability to reach your financial freedom, with O.P.P., Other Peoples Property. All it takes is the desire to succeed, some time investment on your part and some specialized knowledge.
As you can see, Lease Purchasing comes very close to being the Perfect Home-Based Business. A realistic first year income is $50,000 to $75,000 for someone working full time. You can add $20,000 to $30,000 to your present income on a part time basis.
Dont you think you owe it to yourself to explore the potential of O.P.P.
What are you waiting for
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About The Author
Interested in having your own successful, home based creative real estate investing business Chuck and Sue have been helping folks start successful home based businesses for over 19 years, and we can help you too! To see how, visit http://www.homebusinesssolutions.com for the latest FREE tips and tricks, educational products and coaching in creative real estate investing and home based businesses. No time to visit the site Subscribe to our "how to" Home Business Solutions Digest, its like having your own personal coach: mailto:subscribeHBS@homebusinesssolutions.com
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