Are Opt-in Pages Stealing Your Affiliate Commissions?
Milo on Jul 21st 2009
Are Sales Page Opt-ins Destroying Your Affiliate Commissions?
There are more than a hundred internet marketing businesses running actively these days with folks trying to earn a stable revenue online . One of the hottest trends is to become an affiliate of Clickbank products and to sell these to interested customers thru a sales page. But naturally, with such a robust competition and lack of knowledge on a way to effectively sell these electronic products, a large amount of net marketers tend to lose the will and the resources to keep on selling as they encounter problems and issues concerning the products they sell, the links being used, and such like. For this article, the issue whether sales page opt ins are an element of decreasing commissions will be discussed to provide understanding and understanding as to how this internet marketing tool works and how one can really benefit from it.
As everyone knows, the job of the associate is to sell the product thru a sales page to customers on the web. The sales page would normally contain the content introducing the product, the link that will lead them back to the main website where they can buy the product, and of course an opt-in list for the purchaser to receive mails and updates with regards to the product. These choose ins are generally coupled with freebies and bonuses that the customer can avail of, so by entering their emails in the opt in box they aren’t only enrolling for the bonuses and e-mail updates but crediting your page for commission. But the issue raised here is whether or not the affiliate still has a role in the business if the purchaser simply opts in without basically purchasing the product. Will that decrease one’s chances of earning commission?
The truth is affiliate marketing systems as well as Clickbank websites track the referrals of their associates thru cookies and the IP address used, in which the former would usually be saved into the computer not less than 60 days at the most. So most likely if the customer makes a decision to opt in to the contact list of the vendor, the ID of the associate will be identified and the sales will be credited to his or her account. Though there is no assurance that the client will purchase the product, the indisputable fact that he found his or her way to the mail list thru the affiliate’s’s sales page will indicate that the commission will still go to him or her and that he or she will continue to be paid months from now.
But naturally, there are certain probabilities that you as the internet marketer would lose commissions if there are opt ins on the sales page. Supposing the customer comes to a decision to opt in into the mail list but makes a decision to try the product a little later. If she or he erases all cookies in the PC or makes a decision to use a different browser to buy the item, then probably the commissions won’t go to you.
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Shawn C. Mason is an internet publisher, gamer, guitar player, marketer, health nut among other things. To learn more visit InternetIntelligenceReport.com
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