Affiliate Marketing Portals

February 6th, 2006



Let's talk about affiliate marketing portals. It's perhaps the easiset way to get a home business up and running. Work at home, utilizing an online business, now that's a nirvana for many of us.And let's focus on Clickbank affiliate marketing portals for now. If you don't know what Clickbank is, I can tell you that it is an online marketplace with access to over 11,400 digital products and services ready for you to downloand today. You have instant access to the products of approximately 5,000 software developers, authors and internet marketers. On the other hand, if you have a digital product or service, anyhting from e-books to web hosting, why ClickBank is an incredibly useful resource as well. You can join here: CLICK HERE:



http://www.1stpromotion.com/cbgurusub.php?nick=robere



When you sign up, you will receive a free 10 part course which will teach you the basics of marketing using ClickBank



Sounds great right? It really is. And, if you are interested in affiliate marketing, each and every vendor on ClickBank offers you the option of selling their product or service, with commissions of up to 70 %! Yep, that's right, and guess what? There is no charge to sign up. That's 100% correct, you are free to sell each an every one of the over 11,400 products and services that ClickBank offers.



You can learn about the power of Clickbank here: http://www.1stpromotion.com/cbgurusub.php?nick=robere



What's the catch? Well you guessed it, nothing is ever as easy as it looks and even though ClickBank is great, like everything else that is offered for free, there is a downside to ClickBank marketing.



You see, if you just have a ClickBank affiliate id, with no tools to navigate seach and display, you can only browse the different categories, and you won't have an attractive way to integrate the marketplace on your website, and you can only present one of the diverse services or programs at one time. And believe you me, it can take an awful lot of browsing to find a product that you are interested in promoting!



Well the answer is ClickBank affiliate marketing portals. Here's an example of one for your consideration:



http://www.1stpromotion.com/pro/?webmaster=robere



This particular option allows you quite a bit of customization. It first became available in 2002, and was hands down the best ClickBank marketing portal available. Unlike others, such as CBMall, it allows complete access to each and every product or service in the ClickBank markertplace. In addition, you can customize the look and feel of the site, and even add your own affiliate links to programs other than those that are available through ClickBank. (Other ClickBank portals now offer this service as well.) The only downside was the annual fee. That's why I cancelled my account with them.



Well now the developers of 1stPromotion have totally destroyed the competition, by doing away with the annual fee. And on top of that, they have drastically improved the functionality of their portal! Which by the way, was already head and shoulders above most of their competitors! The new generation of 1stPromotion storefronts is an incredibly useful tool. And if you choose a self hosted option, it really increases the SEO factor for you.



And, as a bonus, they have created several niche targeted storefronts for you, ready to go. Check these out: Golf: http://www.golfinfoportal.com/index.php?r=robere



Weddings: http://www.weddinginfoportal.com/?r=robere



Online Gaming & Casino Portal: http://www.casinoinfoportal.com/?r=robere



Cooking: http://www.cookbooks.ca/?r=robere



Credit & Money: http://www.creditinfoportal.com/?r=robere



Health & Fitness: http://www.remedyplanet.com/?r=robere



Dating & Relationships: http://www.datinginfoportal.com/?r=robere



Ezines: http://www.ezineinformationcenter.com/?r=robere



Music: http://www.crazy.ca/?r=robere



Search Engines: http://www.searchengineinfoportal.com/?r=robere



Online Surveys: http://www.surveyinfoportal.com/?r=robere



Ebay & Online Auctions: http://www.auctioninfoportal.com/?r=robere



Marketing & Promotion: http://www.marketinginfoportal.com/?r=robere



All in all, 1stPromotion is a good deal, but just remember, you still have to drive traffic to your site. That's why the self hosting option is probably the best.