Why people are getting so cheap nowdays?

Peter Parkerr said:

In tough economic times, customers' decision making becomes more careful and less emotional than before, so you need to build customer trust in your brand and products first, or have a lot of feedback so that customers can feel secure when buying your products.

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yes they are very cautious apparently. I promote big brands too and premium subscriptions but recently convince them to buy even audience from Usa and canada it's very hard. people seems very cautions even when they have a big salary and high purchase power , and after they saw a lot of 5 star reviews in some of my products.
I have daily sales in order to earn $1200-$1500 per month. (I would say I'm between the 98% of marketers that barely earn money and the 2% that earn high amounts through affiliate marketing - I'm a medium size marketer basically) so i want to scale!

But I really need some advanced marketing strategy to increase sales even more. That's my objective.

What you guys recommend? Only invest in branding or you have other good ideas?

Zombie Pop said:

Like I said, shady landing pages shady websites. They can just shop on Amazon. I wouldn’t buy anything from that website either.

Boomers were easy for a long time. No one is going for it anymore. There’s a handful of websites that are the internet now. The rest of it is not trustworthy to spend money.

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Zombie Pop said:

Email marketing still accounts for 45% of e-commerce purchases. That doesn’t mean people remember subscribing to your list. If it’s not from websites they know the name of, it’s probably going to be marked as junk or unsubscribed from.

To me, it sounds like you need to focus on building a memorable brand. That’s done by people hearing your brand name over and over through different channels.

Anyone can buy a brandable domain. But will it be trusted? This just isn’t the way ecom is going now. I’ve been in ecom for 14 years. It’s really about branding and trust for the brand. You have to be everywhere. Not just on some shady website or a shady landing page.

Remarketing is very effective for this but you need to give the right image. It can’t be low effort

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Makanake said:

This also but humanity ist getting smarter in my opinion...of course the mother of low IQ apes is always pregnant,but soon nobody will want to impregnate her... we are getting smarter, outsiders and their influence( good beings)...soon we'r going to reach the 4th dimension..soon there ll be a balance ,of course there still be apes who r gonna touch fingers on smartphones and climb trees ...but fewer..soon.and no..Im not on LSD right now..stay spiritual my folks .at the end will leave this experience without nothing ...if you want to get rich think first at helping others ,that's one key to success..even the elites are donating..give and receive..don't be greedy , otherwise u'll still spamming CPA trash links on social media ,do trash porn things or scam on BHW....these purple pills are strong..hills I mean

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EmyNaTioNaL said:

I stopped selling on ClickBank in 2023. Because sales aren't really what they used to be! I may have made $100,000 in profit. But lately, it's become incredibly frustrating. No matter what I do, it just won't sell. I'm actually thinking about trying ClickBank again, especially after two years. But I'm not sure.

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Roberto0 said:

i think they want cheap nowadays its because of the seller also due to lot of compitetors, example some released some tools for good amount of money then some new coder make same tools features you have in cheap amount.

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well people even after send lots of freebies, free resources, free courses, providing things with high value regularly, and sending intresting newsletters to keep them engaged and build trust, they keep acting like "Brokie" or they are actually brokies living in the mom's basement at 40 years old or whatever... or maybe they are selfish about spend money!

I'm just sick and disappointed with USA / Canadian people that are act so stupid nowdays!

They can take all their money to inside their coffins when they die too! At that time their money would worth nothing!....

sebastien350 said:

well people even after send lots of freebies, free resources, free courses, providing things with high value regularly, and sending intresting newsletters to keep them engaged and build trust, they keep acting like "Brokie" or they are actually brokies living in the mom's basement at 40 years old or whatever... or maybe they are selfish about spend money!

I'm just sick and disappointed with USA / Canadian people that are act so stupid nowdays!

They can take all their money to inside their coffins when they die too! At that time their money would worth nothing!....

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Instead of free, have you tried bundled products at a good discount?

I am American and I sell directly to Americans. Americans, including Canadians who are just north North Americans whether they like it or not, love BUNDLES!

Try it. Jack the prices up of your single products so they are 30% higher than your sale price.

Intelligently bundle products together for a 30% discount of the price you came up with in the prior step.

You can’t just throw the towel in. There’s a lot of ways to get people to buy.

AI is making everything cheaper

To think I built half what I own with PHP and now AI can do it all in 5 minutes for free

Zombie Pop said:

Instead of free, have you tried bundled products at a good discount?

I am American and I sell directly to Americans. Americans, including Canadians who are just north North Americans whether they like it or not, love BUNDLES!

Try it. Jack the prices up of your single products so they are 30% higher than your sale price.

Intelligently bundle products together for a 30% discount of the price you came up with in the prior step.

You can’t just throw the towel in. There’s a lot of ways to get people to buy.

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yes. it's an idea. I have to try that too. Thanks for recommendation.

sebastien350 said:

yes. it's an idea. I have to try that too. Thanks for recommendation.

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I have more selling points. Because I didn’t quit. Try things!

Clickbank is so low level. As a consumer I have always thought ClickBank to be a low quality digital platform. Honestly I’ve never considered anything worth buying or promoting off of Clickbank. And this sentiment was felt years ago. It’s 2025 now…so I whole heartedly assume most other consumers feel the same way.

My advice is to find a pain point. People are suffering and need serious answers. Figure out what those pain points are by starting with yourself.

Warrior Princess said:

Clickbank is so low level. As a consumer I have always thought ClickBank to be a low quality digital platform. Honestly I’ve never considered anything worth buying or promoting off of Clickbank. And this sentiment was felt years ago. It’s 2025 now…so I whole heartedly assume most other consumers feel the same way.

My advice is to find a pain point. People are suffering and need serious answers. Figure out what those pain points are by starting with yourself.

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they are stop paying to his affiliates as I know..

I already been contacted by few of my discord members from my discord group, which they had purchased few affiliate products I promote to them but in my sales report from Clickbank there is no sales reported!

So I assume the Clickbank turn to Scam this year! Check my sales report

Maybe it's worth evaluating each return to see why people don't like your product? There's likely to be one recurring cause, that's where you should direct your attention first, I think

alexx_pp said:

Maybe it's worth evaluating each return to see why people don't like your product? There's likely to be one recurring cause, that's where you should direct your attention first, I think

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No. the question isn’t anything to do with that....

As I said few of my members from my discord group and few email subscribers that I know in real life which I have a close relationship with them and we trust each other for long time, they claim they purchase some affiliate products from Clickbank (including clickbank upsells) , but the sales generated by those purchased products, didn't show up in sales report on Clickbank!

It means the Clickbank don't pay us for some sales we generated! Clickbank are become a fraudulent company!

You didn't notice that from people you know?

sebastien350 said:

A lot of people are broke now even in United States and Canada?

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It still boggles my mind when I hear people think that every person in the US and CA is rich and has expendable income. I been in the US my entire life I ive known and seen way more
poor people than wealthy

Yajolik said:

It still boggles my mind when I hear people think that every person in the US and CA is rich and has expendable income. I been in the US my entire life I ive known and seen way more
poor people than wealthy

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that is really bad news...

Thanks for information.

Costs of living are going higher that means less and less money available for other stuff.

sebastien350 said:

No. the question isn’t anything to do with that....

As I said few of my members from my discord group and few email subscribers that I know in real life which I have a close relationship with them and we trust each other for long time, they claim they purchase some affiliate products from Clickbank (including clickbank upsells) , but the sales generated by those purchased products, didn't show up in sales report on Clickbank!

It means the Clickbank don't pay us for some sales we generated! Clickbank are become a fraudulent company!

You didn't notice that from people you know?

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I was thinking the same thing but couldn't prove it. With my most recent ad campaigns, I should've had at least one sale but I got nothing. When I contacted live support, they claimed I was promoting less popular products, which is why there were no sales. That's a complete lie! ClickBank is stealing money, guys.

Is hard to sell a service like clickbank nowadays after so many youtubers exposed these low quality offers and peoples geting more informed about them

People are more skeptical now. focus on building trust, offering real value, and improving post-optin engagement.

product ain't the issue most times, it's trust and timing. tier 1 don’t mean they high ticket ready they got more noise, more options, and more scam radar. yt/blog opt ins are cold leads, even if warm seeming. refund spike on CB = either offer mismatch or post sale regret loop. add friction before checkout, pre-qualify more, use exit intent upsell delay. retarget w/ scarcity drip, not just blast promos. also test $1 trial hooks if offer allows.

Killswitchs said:

product ain't the issue most times, it's trust and timing. tier 1 don’t mean they high ticket ready they got more noise, more options, and more scam radar. yt/blog opt ins are cold leads, even if warm seeming. refund spike on CB = either offer mismatch or post sale regret loop. add friction before checkout, pre-qualify more, use exit intent upsell delay. retarget w/ scarcity drip, not just blast promos. also test $1 trial hooks if offer allows.

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I already tested a lot of $1 trial offers and only few products convert into sales. People seems constatly scared of getting scammed even if the offer cost just $1. some $1 offers after trial charge monthly subcription payments that can cost $30 or $40 and people are scared of pay that small values. that's weird as fuck...

even for really good products people do everything to avoid pay monthly subscriptions. In ai tools affiliates programs it happens all the time now.. they pay 1 month for test then they give up and cancel subscription ... unbelivable.

What should I do to try to get more people to subcribe recurring payments and try to keep them long term? can u recommend me any strategy? thanks.

sebastien350 said:

I already tested a lot of $1 trial offers and only few products convert into sales. People seems constatly scared of getting scammed even if the offer cost just $1. some $1 offers after trial charge monthly subcription payments that can cost $30 or $40 and people are scared of pay that small values. that's weird as fuck...

even for really good products people do everything to avoid pay monthly subscriptions. In ai tools affiliates programs it happens all the time now.. they pay 1 month for test then they give up and cancel subscription ... unbelivable.

What should I do to try to get more people to subcribe recurring payments and try to keep them long term? can u recommend me any strategy? thanks.

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i agree that some ppl paranoid about hidden rebills. what helps is stackin visible value right before trial hits like bonus templates, unlocks, or quick wins. also drip results early inside trial, make em feel locked into progress. don’t push monthly push what they’ll lose if they cancel.

sebastien350 said:

in last 2 years they are getting ultra cheap in most countries, even people with money like audience from United States and Canada are getting cheap as fuck. So everything is getting difficult as hell..

most of digital products are sold in Clickbank and Digistore24 not in Amazon.

well then,, it would be good idea just send few email campaigns to my subscribers offering them good tutorials/ guides with free ebooks and courses to warm up my leads? Or building trust sending more youtube tutorials videos?

Are these ideas good to build trust to my audience? what you suggest me to do besides that. part of my audience seems very septikal all the time even after I send free stuff. Please what you suggest me to do?

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Most people are getting cheaper because salaries stagnated while living cost gets more expensive. Meanwhile, the riches get richer, that's why the riches dont mind to spend more. The thing is that the riches are small in number, they are statistically lower percentage of population compared to the middle class and lower, so you should try to sell something that can "scale" to the riches as compared to digital guides. Maybe sell financial strategies or pump and dump scheme in a closed membership group, they will pay you much more assuming it works

tigerK15R said:

Most people are getting cheaper because salaries stagnated while living cost gets more expensive. Meanwhile, the riches get richer, that's why the riches dont mind to spend more. The thing is that the riches are small in number, they are statistically lower percentage of population compared to the middle class and lower, so you should try to sell something that can "scale" to the riches as compared to digital guides. Maybe sell financial strategies or pump and dump scheme in a closed membership group, they will pay you much more assuming it works

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yes. but most very rich people are smart as hell. they are not dumb. so the service or membership group has to be really really high quality.
Other strategy I found was sell art products like paintings , valuable artefacts, piece of art objects to rich people and some people claim that it works and they are earning a lot of money in sites like ETSY.

It could really work sell high quality art products to rich people in few marketplaces platforms? They would fell intrested for that kind of products?