Landing Page = Less missing sales?

[Brain]

Hi everyone.
I've made a new landing page yesterday. Was written very nicely.
That page leads to the vendor's page.
After 41 clicks I had 2 sales on google - different kws. CB = 0 sales.
Well, how can google be so inaccurate?
Do you think I realy made sales or google showed me those sales for no reason?

Anyway, do you think that if I copy the sale page of the product to my own domain, and lead to it from my other domain, then CB performance will be better?

Miles? Garcia? Experienced?

Hmmm... :confused:
Raz K.

[onewake]

Are you saying that your conversion stats show two sales, but CB shows none? If so, that happens fairly often when numerous conversion ID's are on ONE single sales page. You could ask the merchant to create a unique sales page for you (if you generate a fair amount of sales, most merchants will do this). Your conversion stats should be more accurate if you are the only one with the conversion ID on the sales/order page.

Secondly, you can't "copy" the sales page and publish it to your site as that would be plagiarism. Some affiliates will purchase a domain name and then have a redirect so that mysite.com/stateauctions could forward to myid.procash2.hop.clickbank.net, in example. Now this may seem exactly like "copying and pasting" the sales page to your site, but in one you are taking another's information and putting it on your site, calling it your own, and in the latter you are simply redirecting them to the merchants site...big difference.

I will caution you. Google is cracking down heavily on affiliates who do the whole: mysite.com/stateauctions for their adwords ad and then only redirect the visitor to myid.procash2.hop.clickbank.net, as many affiliates are doing this to get around the "one display URL per keyword" rule. It might work for you in the short-term, but it is not a good way to develop a solid campaign or ad group.

You COULD however:
1) Contact the merchant and have them create a specific sales page with ONLY your conversion I.D. on it.
2) Create a quality landing page on a domain that you own.
3) Funnel traffic from your landing page to the merchant's page via your hoplink.

It sounds like you're already doing 2 & 3, so all you would really need to do is ask the merchant about number 1.

I understand the frusteration about google showing conversions and CB not, and while I understand that with hundreds, maybe thousands of conversion I.D.s on one page stats will cross over at times, but it is still frusterating (If you are not aware of WHY that happens, it is because the person who bought the product clicked on your ad at some time before they purchased. When they finally did purchase they most likely had clicked on another ad, and therefore "booted" you out of the commission).

If I misunderstood your question, I apologize, but this is what I would do.

[Brain]

Great answer.. thanks.
I think the vendor is too busy nowadays, and barely return to his affiliates.

btw I had 12 more clicks. 1 more sale on google. still none on CB.
I should contact the vendor for sure... But like I know him, it will only be done by christmas.

About "stealing" a landing page, I think it's not stealing as long as you ask your vendor to... look at record registry for example - they lets "copy" their site and even let you use their CB buying page directly from your site!

[onewake]

True, it's not stealing if you have the merchant's permission, but more times than not, affiliates do the whole, "take now, ask later" thing in terms of content/graphics, etc.