Why CB Sucks for Vendors

myapps43 said:

I market IM products from CB and needless to say refunds are at a staggering 40%+. I am sure other affiliates are experiencing similarly high refund rates. If this continues CB may go the way of Plimus and ban IM products altogether from their marketplace.

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Won't happen for a couple reasons.

#1. Clickbank's aggressive refund policy is the REASON for the high refund rate.

#2. Refund rates, on the whole, are not that high, even on IM products (in fact, there are IM products with refund rates in the teens or single digits).

#3. Clickbank has been dealing with this trend for years. It gets brought up every couple years, but they always survive it. As long as there is money to be made (and there is), they will be making it.

#4. Plimus axed IM products because they were incapable of preventing ripoff sites from being posted there, not because of refund rates. I remember counting about 12 different "Commission Crusher" sites on Plimus, and I know Steve Iser. He sent a CnD to Plimus, along with several other site owners whose sites were getting ripped off. Plimus didn't, and couldn't, police that on their own platform, and since the IM niche was BY FAR the biggest offender, they nixed it.


For what it's worth, my refunds are currently sitting around 15-20%. It's funny. In the IM site creator circles, it's becoming sexy to put out something that can at least be perceived to have value for newbies (not for people who are on here).

Clickbank refund policy is very stupid.

I have been selling on ClickBank for years and almost have zero refund it's really depends on the niches I guess. I think ClickBank is an amazing service.

yeah, it TOTALLY depends on the niche.

get an email or something into your customer AR and hit new members/customers for feedback ASAP

like whats the ONE thing you want this course to help you with?

once they reply... BAM. you have proof they know they purchased.

problem solved.