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  • The Porn Nerd
    Living The Dream
    • Jun 2009
    • 19784
    #46
    Originally posted by bigluv
    EDIT: Please anyone else not engaged in selling ebooks please feel free to weigh in on if you feel there are any clickbank products that you would feel OK with recommending to a family member to purchase.
    When i first began doing anything online I signed up for a clickbank account (and a couple others, too, whch I no longer recall). I was writing a sexy non-porn blog at the time (about relationships more than sex) and I wanted something to promote in my sidebar. So I tried a few ebooks and, back then, some motivational tapes and some vitamins. Other than that everything else I saw on clickbank I wouldn't even try to sell. Yuck!

    Sold a couple books, sold a couple bottles of vitamins but nothing great. LOL

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      • signupdamnit
        Confirmed User
        • Aug 2007
        • 6697
        #47
        I am just entering mainstream more again recently but to be honest this is mostly what I see as the top moneymakers when people brag about being in mainstream:

        1. Gambling
        2. Payday loans
        3. Weight loss (shady scam like stuff not things which work)
        4. Teeth whitening
        5. other Health related scams

        It's mostly canned scams that you see typical mainstream IM doing. That shit isn't for me and I won't do it.

        But otoh "mainstream" is huge and could mean anything. It can also mean drop shipping a physical product like a craft or specially made T-shirts with custom designs. It can mean things like repairing dead ipads or iphones for people. It can mean buying products for cheap from China and reselling them domestically for more. I have a step-brother for instance who is an affiliate for a cruise line. There is no limit to what is out there.
        Last edited by signupdamnit; 07-05-2013, 01:13 PM.

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          • The Porn Nerd
            Living The Dream
            • Jun 2009
            • 19784
            #48
            Originally posted by signupdamnit
            I am just entering mainstream more again recently but to be honest this is mostly what I see as the top moneymakers when people brag about being in mainstream:

            1. Gambling
            2. Payday loans
            3. Weight loss (shady scam like stuff not things which work)
            4. Teeth whitening
            5. other Health related scams

            It's mostly canned scams that you see typical mainstream IM doing. That shit isn't for me and I won't do it.

            But otoh "mainstream" is huge and could mean anything. It can also mean drop shipping a physical product like a craft or specially made T-shirts with custom designs. It can mean things like repairing dead ipads or iphones for people. It can mean buying products for cheap from China and reselling them domestically for more. I have a step-brother for instance who is an affiliate for a cruise line. There is no limit to what is out there.
            Very true - "mainstream" is (seemingly) limitless. LOL It's a shame tho that 'scams' (or really, shitty deals) seem to be the biggest moneymakers.

            (This shouldn't surprise me, of course.)
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              • bigluv
                Confirmed User
                • Jul 2008
                • 850
                #49
                Originally posted by MisterPeabody
                Very true - "mainstream" is (seemingly) limitless. LOL It's a shame tho that 'scams' (or really, shitty deals) seem to be the biggest moneymakers.

                (This shouldn't surprise me, of course.)
                The quality products that are accessible as affiliates that I've tried to represent (as a 'nobody' in mainstream) much like Robbie's experience, is that they rejected me.
                Even when it was a personal favorite product that I believed in, used myself, etcetera, and would've loved to build a whole site around.

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                  • brassmonkey
                    Pay It Forward
                    • Sep 2005
                    • 77396
                    #50
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                      • AmeliaG
                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 10662
                        #51
                        Originally posted by mineistaken
                        You can not compare that with adult because you would not get 24 sales from few hundred clicks in adult. Maybe 1 sale?

                        That being said if you sent 400 clicks and got 8$ its 2cents/click. Adsense would probably pay more.

                        My point is that conversions are good, but the % is too low to bother sending significant traffic to.

                        It is much easier to send adult clicks than "mainstream" ones. I actually think a 1:31 ratio is not great for people who clicked on a link to buy a specific book they just read about.

                        I agree on the AdSense, as I know for a stone cold fact that AdSense would pay more, which is why I mentioned I use that above affiliate programs to monetize in that space.
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                          • Va2k
                            I’m still alive barley.
                            • Oct 2001
                            • 10060
                            #52
                            Originally posted by Webmaster Advertising
                            Really?

                            http://www.buildingachickencoop.com

                            There are plenty of ebook products like that, you just have to search for them...
                            With spelling and grammar mistakes like this It's designed it for the total beginner people still buy????

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                              • Webmaster Advertising
                                So Fucking Banned
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 1360
                                #53
                                Originally posted by Fungus
                                With spelling and grammar mistakes like this It's designed it for the total beginner people still buy????
                                No clue, it fulfilled a need, we purchased it and were happy with the results

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                                  • JosephFM
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Feb 2010
                                    • 1190
                                    #54
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                                      • Bman
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Aug 2003
                                        • 1679
                                        #55
                                        I know a couple big success stories... mostly making stuff for either photography or sports.

                                        One was/is a device for photography. Guy invented it and promoted himself,sold it only through his site. Made a mint.

                                        Another are guys that would take a piece of sports equipment that cost a ton in America and euro and would import the same piece from China and rebrand it.

                                        Make it Americanized and then sell for a discounted rate over the competitors and only do it online. Promote it through the sport specific forums and boards. They were smart cause they knew what would sell and it did. Kinda like the guys who knew what would sell in porn aka brazzers and bang bros.

                                        I know of some other that have targeted specific sports and made t-shirts for them too. works very well!

                                        If your just reselling shit that is available everywhere that aint gonna work. You either have to do something cheaper or rebrand it or something completely unique.

                                        But just being an affiliate selling stuff that everybody is? I think your up against forces that are smarter and better capitalized then most.
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                                          • The Porn Nerd
                                            Living The Dream
                                            • Jun 2009
                                            • 19784
                                            #56
                                            Originally posted by Bman
                                            I know a couple big success stories... mostly making stuff for either photography or sports.

                                            One was/is a device for photography. Guy invented it and promoted himself,sold it only through his site. Made a mint.

                                            Another are guys that would take a piece of sports equipment that cost a ton in America and euro and would import the same piece from China and rebrand it.

                                            Make it Americanized and then sell for a discounted rate over the competitors and only do it online. Promote it through the sport specific forums and boards. They were smart cause they knew what would sell and it did. Kinda like the guys who knew what would sell in porn aka brazzers and bang bros.

                                            I know of some other that have targeted specific sports and made t-shirts for them too. works very well!

                                            If your just reselling shit that is available everywhere that aint gonna work. You either have to do something cheaper or rebrand it or something completely unique.

                                            But just being an affiliate selling stuff that everybody is? I think your up against forces that are smarter and better capitalized then most.
                                            THIS is telling like it IS, or so I believe. As I said, I have limited experience with "mainstream" but some of the stories and advice in this thread is fantastic.

                                            So basically there are Pros and Cons (or Pros and Amateurs, heh) in the big, wide world of "mainstream". Cool. Bring it on!
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                                              • Pronstar
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Feb 2013
                                                • 218
                                                #57
                                                How about advertising for non adult on adult sites? Is there any money there?
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                                                  • crockett
                                                    in a van by the river
                                                    • May 2003
                                                    • 76818
                                                    #58
                                                    Anytime I've ever sold in mainstream stuff online or even offline its been selling my own product or service.

                                                    I think the affiliate model is just far too low paying for mainstream. Seems most big sites that have lots of surfers are usually selling ad spots.
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                                                      • CaptainHowdy
                                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                        • Dec 2004
                                                        • 94725
                                                        #59

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                                                          • signupdamnit
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Aug 2007
                                                            • 6697
                                                            #60
                                                            Originally posted by crockett
                                                            Anytime I've ever sold in mainstream stuff online or even offline its been selling my own product or service.

                                                            I think the affiliate model is just far too low paying for mainstream. Seems most big sites that have lots of surfers are usually selling ad spots.
                                                            That and fraud is pretty rampant (on both sides). In mainstream it's fairly common to hear stories about the company taking the leads you supply and then canceling them and taking the order over the phone in order to avoid having to pay you commission. It's the same with all the stories about people making thousands only to one day have it cut off just like a switch was thrown.

                                                            The truth I think is that in order to make a lot as an affiliate in most cases there needs to be favorable conditions for it where the company NEEDS you badly. All too often these companies don't feel they need the affiliates (let's just direct market instead, etc) so it's easy to fuck affiliates and say "so what?" if they catch on and threaten to walk. It's the difference with adult now too. A lot of these (bigger) companies if you notice just don't give a shit about an affiliate sending them a couple hundred or thousand clicks a day. They have these partnerships with the tubes or their own tubes. They don't care.

                                                            When it's your own thing you don't have to worry about any of that crap.
                                                            Last edited by signupdamnit; 07-07-2013, 11:52 AM.

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