- Name: ClickBank University
- Website: http://www.clickbank.com/university
- Price: $47 per month+$297/yr+$97
- Owners: Adam Horwitz and Justin Atlan
- Overall Rank: 4 out of 5 stars
An Introduction to ClickBank University
ClickBank University is an overpriced step by step video training course with a yet to come site building software needed to become a successful product developer or affiliate marketer. The product is intended to help anyone build a thriving online business out of a hobby or passion. Adam and Justin emphasize that you don’t need to be an expert in any subject (niche), that you just need to know a little more than the audience that you’re selling your product to.
The training will teach you how to find out what type of information your audience is looking and are willing to pay for, how to create a profitable product that will save them time and money, and finally, how to upload it to ClickBank to have other affiliates sell it for you so you make passive and residual income online.
A Brief Overview of ClickBank
ClickBank is one of the largest online marketplaces for digital and physical products. It has been around for 16 years and has sold over 300 million products and has paid over $2.5 billion dollars to affiliates and vendors. An affiliate acts like a salesman and promotes and markets other people’s products for a specified commission per sale and a vendor is a product creator that sell their products online. ClickBank does have some low quality products, especially in the E-Business category, but overall, it is a reputable company and many affiliates and vendors have become very successful with them. It’s an honest company with great support.
About the Creators Adam and Justin
Adam Horwitz and Justin Atlan became successful in affiliate marketing at a very young age and moved on to create their own products. They have been awarded the top young entrepreneurs in the United States and have generated millions of dollars from ClickBank alone.
Pros Vs Cons
Pros:
- $1 full access 7 day trial.
- There’s no other upsells, except for the “done for you” sales funnel which you have the option whether you want to pay for it or not.
- In depth step by step high quality training on becoming a vendor. The University Talks and Q&A live classes are also valuable.
- The software provided is meant to simplify and speed up the process of product creation and site development.
- This will set you up with everything you need to build an awesome sales funnel with proven to convert templates for your product including free hosting
- You’re allowed to post comments under the video trainings
- Good support
Cons:
- It’s expensive
- The training could use improvement by adding more choices and tutorials, which I’m sure they will in the future. Yes, great training is given on building your product, but you will be highly dependent on other experienced affiliates promoting your products because building an authority website isn’t taught and it’s lacking more detailed training on search engine optimization and how to find keywords.
- The same goes if you want to start in affiliate marketing and are taught to build a list without having a website first. Creating an online business involves helping people before selling to them if you want to be successful. A website will give you the means to build your brand, your list and a way to help them.
- Furthermore, a keyword tool isn’t provided within the membership-keywords are essential to your online success.
- The videos are set in a format to “help you stay on track” so some of the videos are locked. This is a disadvantage for those that learn and move quickly.
- They only teach you how to sell ClickBank products. If you want to be an Amazon affiliate, you won’t learn how to sell physical products here.
- The site builder isn’t available yet and this product was launched in March.
Who is ClickBank University For?
The university is for new to experienced marketers and vendors.
ClickBank University Training
Home– Adam and Justin welcome you here and instruct you on what to do.
Orientation– Here, you are encouraged to set up your profile. Adam and Justin also share their story and give you advice on getting started.
Site Builder-This feature has been unavailable since the product launched in March. It’s a software that will quickly and easily help you set up your product funnel including sales, thank you, launch, upsell, JV pages and membership sites in a few clicks.
Beginners– A serious of step by step training videos describing how to create your product from scratch. It takes you through choosing your passion (niche) and making a product to uploading the product on ClickBank.
Advanced– Advanced techniques to have more success with your product including optimizing your sales funnel, mobile optimization, setting up an exit pop up page, split testing (this is testing out your sales page with different wording or images to analyze which one converts the best), JV partnerships, list management, using webinars to sell products, outsourcing, customizing order forms and reducing refunds are some of the training that are found here.
Affiliate Marketing– An introduction on becoming an affiliate marketer for ClickBank. Some subjects covered include e-mail, social, pay per click, and video marketing. The video trainings are not in depth.
Classes– Live online trainings hosted by Adam and Justin four times per month where you can ask any questions live.
University Talks– Here, Adam & Justin share their marketing experiences. These are bi-weekly live video training and previously recorded webinars where successful ClickBank entrepreneurs share their experience and techniques. Learn their proven path to success and learn from their mistakes.
Done for you– A done for you sales marketing funnel that will cost you $500 to $10,000! There is no fixed price for this because they’re having you decide how much you want to spend. You can save a lot of money doing this on your own.
Community– This is a forum with different niche topics where you can interact with other members. You can share tips and create JV swaps (promoting each others products to different lists) and where you can get help.
ClickBank University Support
Online support is provided through their ticket system, weekly live question and answer sessions, and access to a community forum where you can engage with other members. You can also comment under their training videos and get in touch with Justin and Adam on their Facebook page.
How Much Does ClickBank University Cost?
ClickBank University offers a $1 seven day limited trial. After that, you will be billed $97 every month unless you cancel.
My Final Opinion of ClickBank University
ClickBank University overall is for people that want to create their own product and want to have the right tools and training to do just that. While the university is not a scam, I really can’t recommend this product to those that want to get started in affiliate marketing as they don’t have enough training on this. Another huge downside is that they don’t have a keyword tool in which keywords are highly important to build a successful online business. Just remember that the site builder isn’t available yet and for $97, I think you should be getting everything. I really don’t approve of the “done for you” sales funnel. You should be properly trained to do this yourself and save money. I would recommend Wealthy Affiliate where I have gotten immediate help, have free hosting and unlimited website installs, will learn how to be a successful affiliate, SEO consultant, web developer, or ClickBank vendor for half the cost of what you’ll be paying at ClickBank University.
ClickBank University at a Glance…
- Name: ClickBank University
- Website: http://www.clickbank.com/university/
- Price: $47 per month+$297/yr+$97
- Owners: Adam Horwitz and Justin Atlan
- Overall Rank: 4 out of 5 stars
VERDICT:
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Summary
- Reviewer: Jennifer
- Review Date: 2014-05-20
- Reviewed Item: ClickBank University
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