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Bypassing ClickBank Merchant’s Butt Ugly Sales Page

Posted in: Affiliate Marketing by Kuzzuk on April 16, 2009

As an affiliate marketer, I am sure you have had the experience of wanting to promote a really good product from ClickBank but the merchant’s butt ugly sales page makes you cringe and think twice. Here’s a set of step-by-step instructions on how to bypass the ugly sales page and directly link it to the shopping cart without losing any commissions.

1. Go to ClickBank Marketplace and find the product you want to promote. In this example, I’m choosing “Ewen Chia – AutopilotProfits.com!” (not implying his sales page is butt ugly). Click on the “create hoplink” link (highlighted in red) and it opens up a new window.
   
   
   

   Create hoplink in ClickBank

2. In the new window, I enter my ClickBank username “kuzzuk” followed by an optional tracker “kuzzukblog” so I’ll know the origin of the sales and press the “Create” button.
   
   
   

   Create ClickBank Hop Window

3. This creates my ClickBank hoplink (highlighted in red). Essentially, hoplink in ClickBank language just means an affiliate link.
   
   
   

   ClickBank Hop Links

4. The hoplink created http://kuzzuk.autopilotp.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=KUZZUKBLOG will lead to the merchant’s sales page but this is what we want to avoid. In order to bypass the merchant’s sale page, change http://kuzzuk.autopilotp.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=KUZZUKBLOG to http://1.kuzzuk_autopilotp.pay.clickbank.net/
5. Breaking it down:
   • Add “1.” before your affiliate username.
   • Change the “.” to a “_” between the affiliate username and ClickBank product name.
   • Replace “hop” with “pay” and get rid of the tracking ID.
6. Test the difference, the link http://kuzzuk.autopilotp.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=KUZZUKBLOG will lead to the merchant’s sales page (usually butt ugly) but http://1.kuzzuk_autopilotp.pay.clickbank.net/ will directly lead to the payment page so you can write your own sales copy or review of the product and then directly send your reader to the payment page.

Tip: Create a simple A/B testing and see whether your copy or the merchant’s sale page converts better. You may be surprised as there are many people out there who clearly favor butt ugly sales letters.