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Largest 7 dollar script price seen?

by Steven W Johnson
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I may be dating myself here, but years back there was this rage over a $7 script that passed the buyer the entire sale amount using paypal ID insertion technology.

This created a 100 pct commission product. The rationale behind it was that the product developer kept the paid lead, NOT the affiliate - all they received was the 100 pct cash commission.

Which, of course, forfeited the REAL MONEY, assuming the product creator had a backend that was worth a crap.

I'm curious if anyone has ever seen a 2, 3, or 4-figure "7 dollar script" construct, and also if any of them ALSO GAVE YOU THE PAID LEAD.
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  • Profile picture of the author sparkah
    hmmm...

    i had to reread you 3 times to get it.

    But i got it.

    So if you swap out the Paypal ID, how does the original developer get all the leads?

    manual forwarding?
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    • Profile picture of the author AndrewCavanagh
      We've become more sophisticated with our
      use of 7 dollar secrets scripts over the years.

      Set up properly it's now no longer possible
      to buy the product for yourself using a friend's
      paypal address as the affiliate.


      Get Clients Now sells a product at $29.99
      with 75% commissions (first sale goes to the
      vendor...next 3 or 4 sales to the affiliate
      and so on).
      offlinegold.com/gcndeal.html


      OffersUnleashed.com sells a product at $97.

      Commissions are 50% (you get every second sale)
      offersunleashed.com/specialaffiliate.html

      In the OTO of a 7 dollar secrets script I've sold
      in the price range up to $500.

      Keep in mind the price you charge has nothing to
      do with the scripts you use to sell a product.

      It's about who is visiting the sales letter, what is
      important to them and what they're willing to pay.

      Kindest regards,
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      • Profile picture of the author Steven W Johnson
        Originally Posted by AndrewCavanagh View Post


        Set up properly it's now no longer possible
        to buy the product for yourself using a friend's
        paypal address as the affiliate.



        Get Clients Now sells a product at $29.99
        with 75% commissions (first sale goes to the
        vendor...next 3 or 4 sales to the affiliate
        and so on).
        offlinegold.com/gcndeal.html
        Good to know, Andrew - I love all these clever "every other sale" compensation models - lots of great creativity. one favorite of mine (independent of precisely HOW it is accomplished) is the OSBE principle, or "One Sale = Break Even" - which the original $7 script was popular because of, and which, I believe, can be applied to much more expensive products.

        Originally Posted by AndrewCavanagh View Post


        Keep in mind the price you charge has nothing to
        do with the scripts you use to sell a product.

        It's about who is visiting the sales letter, what is
        important to them and what they're willing to pay.
        Understood - My stuff ALL operates within the R2R space (recruiting tools), so I'm ONLY dealing with partners, NEVER mere customers.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven W Johnson
      Originally Posted by sparkah View Post

      hmmm...

      i had to reread you 3 times to get it.

      But i got it.
      haha - my bad! bit rusty on the subject line creation process it seems..

      Originally Posted by sparkah View Post


      So if you swap out the Paypal ID, how does the original developer get all the leads?

      manual forwarding?
      As detailed by Andrew and Sid, the paypal (or any other payment gateway you might use) is simply embedded in the larger page mechanics such that buyer details are captured for the site developer, or even for the affiliate - it's just how you choose to design it - products like RAP are extremely robust in handling the process the way you want.
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  • Profile picture of the author sparkah
    wow. ok... i'm going to have to do some home work here. thanks for the pointing me in the right direction!
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Plank
    Originally Posted by Steven W Johnson View Post

    I may be dating myself here, but years back there was this rage over a $7 script that passed the buyer the entire sale amount using paypal ID insertion technology.

    This created a 100 pct commission product. The rationale behind it was that the product developer kept the paid lead, NOT the affiliate - all they received was the 100 pct cash commission.

    Which, of course, forfeited the REAL MONEY, assuming the product creator had a backend that was worth a crap.

    I'm curious if anyone has ever seen a 2, 3, or 4-figure "7 dollar script" construct, and also if any of them ALSO GAVE YOU THE PAID LEAD.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sid Hale
    Hi Steven,

    Originally Posted by Steven W Johnson View Post

    I may be dating myself here, but years back there was this rage over a $7 script that passed the buyer the entire sale amount using paypal ID insertion technology.
    No. It passed the affiliate the entire sale amount (if the product owner set it up for 100% commissions).

    This created a 100 pct commission product. The rationale behind it was that the product developer kept the paid lead, NOT the affiliate - all they received was the 100 pct cash commission.
    It was never limited to just 100% commissions, although that is the way most people used it. The product owner could set the commission rate to any value desired.

    Which, of course, forfeited the REAL MONEY, assuming the product creator had a backend that was worth a crap.
    Not sure I agree with your choice of the word "forfeited". Regardless of which script is used to funnel buyers into a system, the seller would be very short-sighted not to have a backend marketing strategy. That doesn't mean that the affiliate "forfeits" anything at all. The affiliate ID is cookied, and if the merchant pays commissions on the back end products, the affiliate stands to make commissions on those sales, as well (although not at a 100% commission rate).

    I'm curious if anyone has ever seen a 2, 3, or 4-figure "7 dollar script" construct, and also if any of them ALSO GAVE YOU THE PAID LEAD.
    The product price wasn't limited to $7. The $7 price and 100% commission rate were suggested as a strategy for building a buyer's list. The idea was to set a price low enough to maximize sales (and therefore the list of buyers), and to use the 100% commission rate to help recruit affiliates in large numbers.

    Higher priced products are typically sold on the back end, using the same script.

    The buyers list is not shared with the affiliate, as it is assumed that the affiliate already has the buyer on his own list. However, if the affiliate promotes to a list of 10K, and results in 2,000 sales - the affiliate has no way of knowing which 20% of his list converted (except for manually examining his/her Paypal account).

    Affiliates typically have no problem with this, as they just made (in this example) $14,000 paid immediately into their Paypal account.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven W Johnson
      Originally Posted by Sid Hale View Post



      Not sure I agree with your choice of the word "forfeited". Regardless of which script is used to funnel buyers into a system, the seller would be very short-sighted not to have a backend marketing strategy. That doesn't mean that the affiliate "forfeits" anything at all. The affiliate ID is cookied, and if the merchant pays commissions on the back end products, the affiliate stands to make commissions on those sales, as well (although not at a 100% commission rate).
      Thanks, Sid!

      When you market only to partners or partners-to-be, and your primary objective is to make them an OBSCENE amount of money every day, you dream up ways to put Mark Hoverson's "caffeine product" concept on steroids - which is what I was trying to determine here - if such a idea/process had been experimented with before.

      I think it would be fun to try a low 4-figure version, and even a low 5-figure.

      At the end of the day, I want a digital franchise that is robust enough (pricewise and otherwise) to generate a 6-figure commission on a single sale - and be paid within a week. I know, I know - lofty - WATCH ME!
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