Affiliates - Earn Extra Cash Selling Virtual CDs

Scotch Macaskill here, creator of affordable Wildlife Virtual CDs, inviting you to join my affiliate program. There's no cost involved, while there is the potential to earn some extra cash. Each time someone buys a Wildlife Virtual CD via your link, you'll get 55% of the purchase price, paid to you by ClickBank.

I know it's not likely to make you a fortune, particularly as the product retails for only $14.95, but the price is designed to make the CDs as affordable as possible to the widest possible market. So the lower price should equal more sales and more affiliate income for you.

ClickBank Account
The virtual CDs are sold through ClickBank, the world's leading vendor of e-books and other purely digital products, so you will need to sign up for a Clickbank account if you don't yet have one. It's free, easy, and you can do it HERE.

Once you have a ClickBank account, you can join my affiliate program by CLICKING HERE.

Alternatively, if you already have a ClickBank account and Nickname, below is the hoplink info (remember to change "yournick" to your CB Nickname): http://yournick.scotchmac.hop.clickbank.net/

Why ClickBank?
ClickBank has built its reputation by offering many thousands of ordinary people a reliable and secure marketplace through which to sell their digital products, mainly "ebooks" and software. However, what really sets ClickBank apart from the competition is its affiliate system that makes it simple for anyone with a website - like you and me - to sell digital products on behalf of others.

Why Virtual CDs?
ClickBank only allows merchants to sell a maximum of 50 products per account, which is a major hurdle if you're selling individual stock photographs. But this limitation can be neatly sidestepped by offering stock photos in collections or themed "bundles".

Virtual CDs have been offered by the large stock agencies for some years, so are a recognised method of distributing stock images. (But they also don't come cheap. To see the prices they charge, check out these websites - Pacific Stock, Corbis, UK Stockimages Getty Images Inmagine - each virtual CD costs hundreds of dollars!)

Users of stock pictures often need more than a single picture to illustrate a theme. Virtual CDs satisfy this requirment by offering a varied selection of images within a specific niche. In the past the only way to offer these niche collections was on actual CD because of the large file sizes. However, with the worldwide roll-out of broadband and ADSL, it's now feasible to offer whole bundles or collections of stock images as a single, downloadable zip file.

The demand for stock photos
No one can dispute that there is a huge demand for affordable stock photography. The growth of the "micro" stock photography industry is ample proof of this. Getty Images, the epitome of "establishment" stock photo agencies, recently purchased one of the upstart micro stock sites, iStockphoto. com, for $50 million.

Although wildlife pictures cannot be used for all purposes, they have advantages in that they don't date, are not culture or language specific, and have enduring appeal. Below are just some of the people who use wildlife photographs:

• graphic designers
• web designers
• book and magazine publishers
• safari and tour operators
• print houses
• ebook authors
• artists and illustrators
• environmentalists
• conservation groups
• creators of board and digital games
• scrapbook enthusiasts
• hobbyists and crafters
• academics and universities
• speakers using PP presentations
• creators of embroidery or cross-stitch patterns
• teachers and educators
• home schooling parents

Remember, wildlife photographs can be used for much more than illustrating safari catalogues or websites. Every wild animal has individual characteristics that can be used to illustrate concepts such as natural beauty, cunning, strength, grace, power, stealth, fear, dominance etc.

In the past only elite ad agencies and design houses could afford the hundreds of dollars charged for even basic images. But now the Internet, together with the growing number of micro stock agencies, has brought stock photography to the masses.

Now it's expected that every print publication, every website, every on-screen presentation, every piece of packaging, will be enhanced by eye-catching graphics. The demand for appropriate imagery has never been greater, particularly in the budget category.

My wildlife virtual CDs are unlike anything else sold through ClickBank, which means there are no similar competing products in the ClickBank Marketplace.

So give it a go, promote my Virtual CDs and earn some extra bucks - you've got nothing to lose. You're welcome to use any material (eg sales copy or images) from my website's sales pages.

Below are images of the virtual CD "covers" in various sizes that you're welcome to copy and use. (To save an image to your hard-drive, simply right-click and choose "save picture as" ). If you'd like any additional information about the products or promoting them as an affiliate, please feel free to contact me.

Please Note: It is possible that I may increase or drop my prices to test and find the most appropriate figure. But your commission will never fall below 55% - guaranteed.