Like our ClickBank review and Commission Junction review, I hope this PayDotCom review will help you understand and explore PayDotCom better as an affiliate marketer.
PayDotCom is owned by Mike Filsaime, one of the most popular Internet marketing experts in the world. Billed by some as the “ClickBank killer”, PayDotCom also specializes in digital products, Like ClickBank, it is also commonly used by marketers selling how-to ebooks, software and web templates.
Our PayDotCom review is for affiliates, not merchants planning to sell their products on PayDotCom.
PayDotCom Review – Advantages
There are several advantages to promoting PayDotCom products as an affiliate:
Tons of products. If you’re into promoting web software, Internet marketing guides and even niche products, PayDotCom doesn’t disappoint with the amount of products them have to offer- Get paid by PayPal. Getting paid as an affiliate in PayDotCom is easy, all you need is a PayPal account.
- Better affiliate tools. PayDotCom help you make more commissions by giving you more robust affiliate tools like banners, the PayDotCom widget, and also campaign tracking.
PayDotCom Review – Disadvantages
Like any of the other affiliate networks we’ve covered, PayDotCom also has it’s share of disadvantages:
- Affiliates are charged fees. Similar to ClickBank, affiliates are charged a fee on the commissions they make. For each sale, PayDotCom splits the fees between merchants and affiliates 50-50. Most affiliate disagree with this since unlike ClickBank, the affiliate receives no direct benefit from using PayDotCom.
- Payout done by merchants. Unlike ClickBank however, each merchant is responsible for paying their affiliates. Therefore you may receive many individual payment (instead of one lump sum) for the products you promote on PayDotCom.
- Commission delays. Since the payout is done by individual merchants, there will always be commission delays.
- Poor user interface. PayDotCom’s layout and interface hasn’t changed much since it was first launched. Overall, the interface can be quite tricky and confusing for affiliates. At least with ClickBank you can instantly see your total commissions when you login.
- Lack of documentation. New affiliates may find it hard to use PayDotCom due to the lack of online documentation. However, when compared to other affiliate networks, the documentation and help process is still within an acceptable range.
PayDotCom Review – Related Opinions
- PayDotCom vs ClickBank – A comparison between the two largest digital product affiliate networks.
As a conclusion to my PayDotCom review, I think PDC is a great affiliate network but it could surely be improved a whole lot if the owners paid serious attention to it.
11 Responses
Great post
I never tired paydotcom just because It doesn’t have automatic affiliate commission processing.
for me, Its really hard to trust on vendor.
is it PayDotCom is only available for US residents as a vendor? I can’t signup because it need to have a social security number.
Never used other then Click Bank but I think, I will try PDC soon. Selling products online is not an easy job when there are millions of people are already doing that. But still if you can get all the training required to promote CB products online then there is no stopping.
Thanks,
Shaishav
Having tried both companies I can only advise that it would be more beneficial to obtain your own products and use your own monitoring system for click throughs and have a squeeze page.
Generally PDC just uses your hard work and does not even record the correct click throughs the vendor paying you using this system is highly unlikely.
You could catch them out by getting your aquaitances to purchase a low value product to test the system and avoid your own computer being detected.
Try it ! I think you will find what I am saying is close to the truth.
paydotcom came into my sights today. Thank you for expanding on them and for discussing clickbank too, I’m trying to decide which is best, or if I should do both. This post gave me more to think about. Thank you.
hi. i.am new to paydotcom. im having a problem understanding the whole concept. dont know how to go abt it. i would really appreciate some help. thanx jan
I have used Clickbank on and off for years and it is pretty clear and easy to use. Having signed up to PayDotCom about a week ago I am a little shocked to see how confusing it is to understand and get around. The user interface does seem very outdated and really needs a major overhaul to bring it near what it should be. At the end of the day, no one wants to have to keep emailing support for answers to the most basic of questions. On the subject of support – I don;t know who is doing it BUT it seriously needs better handling, I feel the extremely short and very basic answers just don’t cut the mustard and I have to reply to ask for a better explanation.
Apart from these niggles, PayDotCom, although certainly not a ClickBank ‘killer’ as it was once coined is a good option and I will certainly stick with it.
Do not buy anything from paydotcom…. It’s a scam website set up by some pathetic people to take your money.
Great Post!
I’ve run into it after noticing that PayDotCom has been down for at least two days now. An affiliate network should be reliable. I have also found an alternative called AffiBank.com which also pays via PayPal, even though it has not too many websites to choose from at the moment. They just need to become known and it will take some time. In my opinion it is a good PayDotCom alternative.
Which is the best affiliate program
good but little short.