Clickbank being the most popular and preferred affiliate network online has a real flaw-it’s tracking system. While you can get a solid impression of how many clicks you sent to a particular affiliate link-the information is very limited and often incorrect.
In this post I’d like to share some of the alternatives to Clickbank’s lousy tracking system.
First things first. Let’s look over the default tracking Clickbank offers to it’s affiliates and vendors
While you get what seems like a comprehensive set of characteristics, it’s NOT. The real “workable” data here is the number of hops and initial sales count. That’s about it. The rest is total crap!
So, what are the alternatives to Clickbank’s “fancy pants” tracking? Here they are:
Bit.ly
While bit.ly was designed to track twitter links, it’s still quite effective with affiliate marketing and even email marketing. With bit.ly you’re not only going to know exactly how many people clicked on your affiliate link in REAL TIME (while Clickbank makes you wait for 24 hours…), you’re also going to have an idea of where these hits came from in the means of location.
TrackYourLinks.com
TrackYourLinks.com is another link tracking platform that has a sole purpose-to track clicks. You can cloak any link and create a trackable url in a matter of seconds. Really useful if you’re promoting lots of affiliate offer simultaneously.
Multiple Clickbank Accounts
This is an old school trick that many of the experienced internet marketers have been using with great success. Instead of setting up a bunch of links with different tracking codes in a single Clickbank account, it’s smarter to set up a bunch of Clickbank accounts and promote the same product. This turns Clickbank’s tracking system into an “OK” platform that you can cope with.
While Clickbank isn’t perfect, it’s still the #1 affiliate marketplace on the planet. Adjusting to it’s weird tracking system is easier than cutting off Clickbank all at once, because whoever turns his back on Clickbank leaves a ton of money on the table, won’t you agree?
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What a nice article about clickbank
I can say it from my personal experience that Clickbank is the best affiliate network that i can ever get.
Ther results you get is amazing both for a vendor or for a affiliate.
The best thing is that the commission here is generous no one can match. i usually get commission from 60% to 75% and that’s the best boost for any affiliate to promote clickbank products, no doubt clickbank has more than 100,000 affilliates working day and night to rpomote clickbank producta and the best thing is you get your paychecks as dircet deposite to your bank account, without any delay and they are always paying you right on time.
Always
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