A regular visitor to Work From Home Watchdog recently asked me to take a look at Commission Smasher – a product that promises to reveal a proven step-by-step formula for making serious money as an affiliate marketer.
Commission Smasher is a relatively cheap product comprising mostly of a few training videos and other bonuses.
Nick Mark, the creator, promises that you’ll be able to copy his strategy to make at least $100 a day with free traffic and nothing else, no list, no website – nothing!
In this Commission Smasher review, you’ll discover what’s really behind the sales page and if it’s worth your time and cash.
Commission Smasher Overview
- Product name: Commission Smasher
- Up-sells: 3
- Down-sells: 3
- Creator: Nick Mark
- Product type: Affiliate marketing training
Commission Smasher Training Videos
The core of this product consists of three tutorials that explain how to get started as an affiliate marketer. The first video is basically Nick Mark talking about how to be careful when searching for products because there are a lot of scams out there.
There’s certainly a lot of padding in the videos, with Nick talking about his team, his products, and that it takes a while to actually get into the meat of the tutorials.
On the other hand, the videos do reveal a very basic overview of the affiliate marketing strategy, such as how to find affiliate products to promote.
Although you get an idea of the process, you certainly won’t be making $100 per day from these instructions alone without a much deeper understanding of the industry.
My own experiences with affiliate marketing over 10+ years have taught me that it is definitely not as straightforward as some might say.
So it seems like the Commission Smasher tutorials are geared towards complete beginners. More experienced marketers will maybe not benefit as much from these videos as it’s all watered-down information. Not exactly brand-new or unique information.
Commission Smasher Up-sells and Down-sells
If you’re a regular visitor to my website then you will know that I like to mention any further costs or upsells associated with a program.
Unfortunately, there are more than a few up-sells and down-sells within Commission Smasher.
In fact, you meet with the first up-sell as soon as you make payment:
Opting for the ‘No Thanks’ link at the bottom of the page, I went through 5 more up-sells (‘No Thanks’) before eventually getting to the Commission Smasher members area for the first time.
The reality is that up-sells and down-sells exist within almost all products. However, I believe this information should be made available from the start – just so potential customers get an idea of how much they might end up spending.
Think of the ‘in app purchases’ information that you get before buying an app on the App Store and you will understand the level of upfront transparency that I am talking about.
The following image is from the Commission Smasher affiliate page. This page is generally not available to the potential customer as it outlines how much affiliates can earn if they want to promote the product.
As you can see from the Commission Smasher affiliate information below, this product could eventually cost you over $250.
I can’t vouch for the quality of these up-sells because I didn’t buy them, but it’s worth taking note if you are considering buying