Sorry in advance as I just skimmed a few of the replies on here.

I'm sure other members already gave you great answers, but this one is "dear to my heart" so I had to chime in.

I did see that your market is IM and I'm so GLAD you're aware of the CB theft.

If you were in a non-money niche (especially non-IM) then really the only other question would be whether you want to have a product line or just a solo product (though I read that you do want a product line).

So if that's the case, then this isn't even a decision. Not a shred of brain power or hesitation should be spent on this...

If you have the opp (or want to) build a product line, then you should NOT have each of your new releases compete with your affiliates. But if you stay on CB, that's exactly what happens. Each new CB product competes for the attention and dollars of the lead your affs have sent you.

Not to mention CB theft in IM is massive. Any intermediate/experienced marketer is well aware that they lose at least 25% or maybe even 1/3 of their commissions when promoting CB... well if that's the difference between a $9000 check vs a $6000 check, I'll take my $9k in deserved-commissions.

In addition, with your in-house system, my promotion of ONE of your products could actually land me more than $9k commissions (in my example), because you likely give me a split on back-end and upcoming promos since I handed you a couple of thousand leads. So my promotion of your one product could actually be worth $12k vs. $6k for the exact same effort.

So... in the IM marketplace... when someone says "will you promote" (or however they present it), my VERY FIRST question is: is it on Clickbank or in-house. If Clickbank, I don't even look further. The product could be digital-Viagra for all I care... if it's CB, then I'll suggest that they move in-house and clarify the reasons.

What you SHOULD do (as often as possible), is syphon affiliates from CB. Post your product to CB, really highlight the "affiliates" link at the bottom (or whereever) and when they click through, direct them to the pitch for your in-house aff program.

CB is indeed a goldmine of affiliates. But there's no reason you can't just use it as an advertising opp and still pull the affs into your main in-house program.