Should You be Worried?
So there’s been quite a buzz today around various marketing forums and blogs regarding Clickbank’s new vendor guidelines. (you can read them yourself here. )
It’s no secret I’ve had my fair share of success using Clickbank and I’ve had a few questions about these new rules so I thought I’d weigh in with my thoughts.
In short, these new regulations tell us nothing we shouldn’t have known already!
I will most likely not be making a single change to my sites because of these guidelines since they are already compliant. (although I will take a closer look at all the changes to be sure) Believe it or not, there are plenty of vendors out there who make a good and even great living on Clickbank WITHOUT using false scarcity, fake testimonials or other deceitful tactics.
Unfortunately, there are always a few “bad apples” that ruin things for the rest of us. It’s no secret that some of the crappiest “make money online” products have been pushed through Clickbank throughout the years. Clickbank was pretty much the only way some of this stuff could have been sold, as some bad offers would likely have resulted in the vendor’s merchant account getting closed down. Clickbank is an amazing service for astute marketers, but it has also been a cesspool for many products that couldn’t find a home anywhere else online. [...]
August 23, 2011
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