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Over the past couple of months, most of the major "Guru's" of the Internet marketing world have begun implementing virtual chat technology on the sales pages of all their big product launches.
HOW IT WORKS..
Customers visit a sales page, and decide not to buy the product. When they attempt to leave the page, and an instant-messenger style pop-up appears on the screen with an "agent" who chats with you and tries to save the sale.
Of course there's a good reason why this strategy has quickly spread throughout the ranks of elite internet marketers...
IT WORKS!
"Chat" programs have gained popularity. Many of those same guru's who used it on their product launches have gone back and installed it on all of their websites.
These guys, who are already making millions of dollars on the Internet, are taking the time to implement this technology on ALL of their website.
WHERE are the Internet marketers getting this virtual chat service, and how much are they paying for it?
They Are Paying Over and Over and Over Again...
There are currently only a few virtual chat service providers for marketers, and they all cost money.
Chat companies are demanding payment over and over and over again just to use their service.
It's a brilliant business model because there's not very much work involved for the service provider. Their computer program does all the work, and they continue to get paid for it repeatedly.
There are basically two payment structures used by these companies...
1) Monthly fees for the service
2) Pay per sale
The most popular plan seems to be the "pay per sale" option.
It makes perfect sense from a marketer's standpoint. After all, "pay per sale" means that you're only paying for RESULTS.
In other words, you would pay the virtual chat service provider a commission for EVERY sale that they "save" for you.
In some cases, that could mean a flat 20% of the sales price. In other cases, it could be 50% or more, depending on what rate of commission is paid out to affiliates of the product.
To make matters worse, ...many of them are Ripping Off Their Own Affiliates in the Process!
The way some of these chat operators work is to take the commission that would have otherwise gone to the affiliate who referred the customer.
It's like this...
An affiliate marketer sends a visitor to a product (we'll call it "Product XYZ"). That visitor decides they are not going to buy at that very moment, so they attempt to leave the page.
The virtual chat agent comes onto the screen and offers a "better" deal. Here's the kicker... in order to get the better deal, the visitor must click on the link in the chat window, which then gives full credit for the sale to the chat provider instead of the affiliate who originally sent the referral.
So not only is the affiliate getting shafted out of a commission, but they are also being undercut by the vendor, since the vendor is offering a LOWER price only through the chat window.
Now, this might seem fair from the perspective of some marketers. After all, the sale would have been lost, right?
However, most affiliates would not think it is fair for their entire commission to go to someone who simply set up a script and then let it do all the work to steal, er..uh.. I mean "save" sales.
But once again, profit is king, and I can see why a marketer might be willing to hand over a huge chunk of their profits AND even willingly risk alienating their affiliates.
The only reason they are willing to do those things is because the tactic is deadly effective.
The bottom line is that they are increasing their profits... big time! The virtual chat agents are making sales like crazy, so the marketers are willing to pay the price for it.
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Think of it as your own personal sales associate that is trained to communicate with your website visitors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year!
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Increase your website conversions up to 20-40% in a little as 2 weeks!
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Dramatically reduce your shopping cart abandonment.
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Improve your website visitor's experience (builds trust and repeat business).
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Increase your customer loyalty and overall satisfaction.
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Save time by reducing questions and support requests.
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Find out WHY customers are leaving your site.
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