[AMA] About ClickBank Affiliate Marketing in 2026

[IM Dude]

You gave me an idea to add Clickbank to my Amazon Associates journey and see which one does better.

Thats a good idea , you definitely gonna make more money with clickbank. Though you get lot more sales even passively with amazon. Here is my amazon sales screenshot i hardly work on it. I put some amazon affiliate articles during blackfriday when amazon is hot and click bank is kinda slow:

 

[ZionIce]

Thats a good idea , you definitely gonna make more money with clickbank. Though you get lot more sales even passively with amazon. Here is my amazon sales screenshot i hardly work on it. I put some amazon affiliate articles during blackfriday when amazon is hot and click bank is kinda slow:
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You need to work on that conversion rate.

 

[IM Dude]

I would love to try clickbank, I think it’s more cool, compared to other programs ‍

It's better than other affiliate networks when it comes to commissions. The quality control has also become better over the years.

 

[YourBro]

Thanks OP, I am gonna start my affiliate marketing journey today from scratch with zero knowledge.

Any suggestion/recommendation in terms of strategy i should follow or anything you would suggest?

 

[IM Dude]

Thanks OP, I am gonna start my affiliate marketing journey today from scratch with zero knowledge.

Any suggestion/recommendation in terms of strategy i should follow or anything you would suggest?

Good luck!
My advice will be to read bhw , use the search button on the top right. You will find everything you need to know.

 

[picapiedra18]

Do you use AI to write your articles what tools do you use?

 

[IM Dude]

Do you use AI to write your articles what tools do you use?

Yes, as a matter of fact I use only AI content. Who dont?
Chatgpt, grokai and a host of other tools. Whatever is working at any given time.
There is no 1 size fits all solution and that's a good thing because it decreases the competition alot.

 

[tazarbm]

congrats, dude! Your results are inspiring, they almost make me want to get back into the game since CB is how I've made my first sales online back in 2008... or 2009.

But like everyone else who mentioned this, I also thought that CB is dead... well, to be honest, last year when I tried logging in I got message saying that my login info doesn't exist, which is weird because I know which email I've used to sign up, and while my account has never produced a lot of sales (only a few sales in the beginning), I've always logged in regularly (exactly to avoid getting kicked out lol)...

My guess is that they wanted me to send them proof of liveliness or other retarded KYC stuff that I can't stomach, so probably that's why they've removed my account, I don't know...

But anyway, congrats again on the success, had I not hated AI with such passion I would get back into the game too since I think I can replicate your results, but there are too many things that I don't like about today's online marketing (KYC, AI, etc), so I'm still on the fence for now. But people who don't mind these things will probably make some good coin with CB if what you're saying (that they've upped the quality) is true...

 

[IM Dude]

congrats, dude! Your results are inspiring, they almost make me want to get back into the game since CB is how I've made my first sales online back in 2008... or 2009.

But like everyone else who mentioned this, I also thought that CB is dead... well, to be honest, last year when I tried logging in I got message saying that my login info doesn't exist, which is weird because I know which email I've used to sign up, and while my account has never produced a lot of sales (only a few sales in the beginning), I've always logged in regularly (exactly to avoid getting kicked out lol)...

My guess is that they wanted me to send them proof of liveliness or other retarded KYC stuff that I can't stomach, so probably that's why they've removed my account, I don't know...

But anyway, congrats again on the success, had I not hated AI with such passion I would get back into the game too since I think I can replicate your results, but there are too many things that I don't like about today's online marketing (KYC, AI, etc), so I'm still on the fence for now. But people who don't mind these things will probably make some good coin with CB if what you're saying (that they've upped the quality) is true...

As far as data collection and wiggle room on how you can promote, clickbank is more lax than other affiliate networks.
I signed up few years back. KYC was not a thing at that time.
You can try signing up and find out.

 

[alternox]

Are you going after commercial/transactional keywords or informational? How much you spent on backlinks?

 

[IM Dude]

Are you going after commercial/transactional keywords or informational? How much you spent on backlinks?

I am going after commercial and transactional only. I spend 0-50 dollars on links per month.

 

[moonshine7000]

I am going after commercial and transactional only. I spend 0-50 dollars on links per month.

you have to experiencing a lot of competition.Clickbank has alot of affiliates

 

[GhostSEOO]

So you buy backlinks? If there some cheap place to spend the same amount like 1-50$ for backlinks would you won't mind telling me? I'm think to do in nutra/ supplement niche and btw. How long have you being doing clickbank. Like for me 2 years in still broke you can see my threads about that! Thank you

 

[IM Dude]

you have to experiencing a lot of competition.Clickbank has alot of affiliates

If you are not making any money you are not really an affiliate. So numbers doesn't matter. What matters is are you able to rank or not, are you able to make money or not?

 

[ijchael]

I thought clickbank was dead. Thanks for the thread, maybe I'll come back to check if my method is still compatible with clickbank at this time.

 

[IM Dude]

I thought clickbank was dead. Thanks for the thread, maybe I'll come back to check if my method is still compatible with clickbank at this time.

What is your method? Paid ads , search traffic, social traffic, reddit traffic.

 

[ijchael]

What is your method? Paid ads , search traffic, social traffic, reddit traffic.

It's kinda grayhat method i guess. I validated mailist using my script to see if the email was registered on amazon or not, then mass mail them

 

[IM Dude]

It's kinda grayhat method i guess. I validated mailist using my script to see if the email was registered on amazon or not, then mass mail them

Most sellers mention no email spam in their TOC...

 

[ijchael]

Most sellers mention no email spam in their TOC...

Yes, filter that can be used for email marketing

 

[alternox]

@IM Dude do you have any recommendations for selecting the best performing products in terms of the Gravity Score, Vendor Landing Page, VLS or TLS, etc...?