ClickBank is the new Fiverr???

ClickBank have adopted the Fiverr's strategy to attract and cater to new, hungry and energetic Freelancers.
If you are new to make money online probably going straight to clickbank instead of fiverr is a good idea.

Yeah it seems they have just started adopting the flashmove. Lets see how far it goes.

MootSam said:

@IM Dude what made you think they shifted strategy? did they announce something or just a vibe from the dashboard changes?

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I think they see it works for fiverr and so they shifted their strategy to attract lots of new affiliates instead of focusing on experienced affiliates.
Before the go to affiliate network for newbies was amazon which has descended into the worst network. ClickBank is trying to capitalize on that fact.

Amazon really did fall off hard, the commission cuts over the years killed it for a lot of people. But im not fully sold that clickbank is making some big intentional pivot here. Their gravity system and the whole vibe has always leaned toward newer affiliates chasing those high payout digital products... thats nothing new really.

If anything the bigger issue for newbies on clickbank is the product quality. Half the stuff promoted there is the same recycled make money / weight loss junk that gets refunded constantly. Going there first instead of fiverr isnt apples to apples anyway, ones an affiliate network and the other is selling your own service. Different skill, different risk.

idk, attracting hungry beginners is good for clickbank numbers but doesnt mean those beginners actually make money. Thats the part nobody mentions.

comparing clickbank to fiverr is kinda apples to oranges. fiverr is selling a service where you actually get paid for your time, whereas clickbank is pure traffic play. for a complete newbie fiverr is probably easier to get those first few bucks because you just need to deliver what you promised. clickbank is a money pit if you dont know how to drive traffic. most newbies just burn their budget on fb ads or get their social accounts banned trying to spam hoplinks... cb has always been a bit of a meat grinder for beginners. they might be trying to look shiny with a new dashboard but the game is still the same.

I think the shift is more them trying to make CB look less “old affiliate network” and more like a beginner creator platform. Fiverr comparison kinda makes sense from the onboarding angle, not the business model. Newbies want fast wins and clean dashboards now, not some 2009 hoplink page with gravity numbers they dont understand.

But @Nexora550 is right, traffic is still the wall. On Fiverr you can underprice and get a few orders, on ClickBank you can do everything “right” and still make zero if your traffic is trash or the offer refunds like crazy. Seen guys get hyped on $100+ commissions then quit after spending $300 on ads with no clue what happened.

Clickbank is probably just trying to make the front door less scary, imo. The old CB interface looked like you needed a 2007 ebook and a burner email just to understand it lol. But @Nexora550 is right, the newbie still has to solve traffic, and thats where most get slapped.

I’d say CB can be better than Fiverr only if the person already has some kind of audience or can rank/drive traffic cheap. If they are starting from zero-zero, Fiverr gets them feedback faster, even if the money is trash at first.

Yeah @ricketycricket has a point about the product quality, the refund rates on some of those top gravity VSLs are absolute murder. you think you made a grand then half of it gets clawed back the next week... Plus nobody ever warns newbies about the dormant account fees on clickbank. If someone gets lucky and makes one sale, then gets stuck and doesnt make another for a few months, CB just drains their balance anyway. Fiverr has its own issues with cheap buyers but at least they dont claw back your money months later because some buyer regretted buying a weird diet guide.

the amazon point is real but i think people are giving clickbank too much credit for "strategy" here. its not some master plan, they just want signup numbers up so the platform looks alive to product owners. more affiliates = more hoplinks = more sales chances for vendors, even if 95% of those newbies never make a dime.

and yeah the traffic wall is the whole thing. doesnt matter how clean the dashboard looks, a beginner with no audience and no budget is gonna get wrecked either way. fiverr at least you trade time for money, theres a clear input output. clickbank you can do everything right and the offer still refunds you into the ground.

honestly the dormant fee thing should be talked about way more. ive seen newbies make one sale, get excited, then go quiet for a few months and come back to nothing. nobody mentions that part when they hype the high commissions.

The whole "CB copied fiverr" thing feels overblown to me. @ricketycricket nailed it, the high payout digital product chase has always been their thing, nothing new there. A fresh coat of paint on the dashboard doesnt change what sits underneath.

What gets me is everyone keeps circling back to the traffic wall like its the only problem, and yeah it is the big one, but the refund issue is honestly worse for morale. At least with bad traffic you know nothing happened. With refunds you watch the money show up and then disappear, which messes with newbies way harder. They start second guessing the offer, the niche, themselves.

Going to CB before fiverr just because its shiny now is kinda backwards imo. Fiverr teaches you to deliver something real. CB without traffic skills is just signing up to watch a dashboard.

An employee probably got a target for new affiliates in this financial year and doing their best to bring as many people as they can. I doubt if there is a brainstorming session, planning, or strategy involved considering the 90s website vibe clickbank gives.

Starblazer said:

An employee probably got a target for new affiliates in this financial year and doing their best to bring as many people as they can. I doubt if there is a brainstorming session, planning, or strategy involved considering the 90s website vibe clickbank gives.

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