EDIT: Last updated July 24, 2009
If you aren't dropping eBay auctions in your posts on your niche blogs, you are missing out. Below I posted a snapshot of some earnings from a new site just after a couple of weeks of being up. Sending eBay new customers pays very well, plus you get half the transactions fees for the auction your customer participated in.
You might have heard in the past about a bunch of eBay affiliates being banned from promoting eBay auctions. Well, some may not have deserved it, I don't know, but the ones that did were trying to game the system. They were doing everything they could to get their affiliate tracking cookies on regular eBay user machines. Since you can still get commissions for existing user transactions, this worked well for awhile. They were doing things like linking people to popular or funny auctions knowing they wouldn't place a bid, and they were using their affiliate links. Then, the person would click over, a cookie would be planted, they would check out the funny auction, then maybe close their browser. If they jumped onto eBay a couple days later and did some bidding, the affiliate that sent them to the funny auction a couple days prior would get credit. Clever but short sighted.
How Not To Get Banned From eBay Partner Network
To stay in EPN's good graces, link to auctions that are related to the content on your site. If someone clicks on a TV auction from a TV site and buys a TV from eBay, you deserve a commission and eBay will reward you handsomely for doing so. Their new commission structure is of great benefit to affiliates that do this...and you can get up to $50 for new customers!!
20% Off Discount Coupon For phpBay!!
I earned my money back after 30 days of using the phpBay plugin. Had my most recent site been my first site then I would have had my money back inside of a week. I managed to get a discount coupon for you all if you haven't already scooped up phpBay. Use my phpBay link here and use the coupon code: DA9CD69F42.
More eBay Affiliate Related Info:
I recently started a series of posts called: phpBay The Extended Manual. Check it out for lots of great tips on tweaking and upgrading phpBay Pro. Also, you may want to take a look at this 9 step guide. It discusses every aspect of building an eBay affiliate business using phpBay and/or BANS. It starts at picking a market and gets into building and maintaining your sites, as well as possibly outsourcing common tasks down the road. It's a must read in my opinion if you aren't already making $250+ per month from each and every eBay niche site you create.
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September 5th, 2008 at 11:23 am
hi Keith,
Joyce sent me here, said you had a great blog going on, so I decided to have a look. I tried clicking the link you put in for the phpebay plugin, but it isn´t working, brings me to a page saying it couldn´t find what i was looking for, just thought to bring that to your attention :)
gonna read a bit more, looks promising so far,
cheers!
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September 5th, 2008 at 11:48 am
phpBay is awesome. I’ve got about 8 phpBay sites going right now. It couldn’t be any easier. The only pain is keeping up with all the Wordpress and plugin upgrades.
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September 5th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Hi Mirjam…Thanks for the heads up! It was a case of the missing http…whooops.
Joyce eh? She’s sweet….haven’t seen her around in awhile.
Well, thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment Mirjam.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I hear ya about the plugins. Recently though I bought a great premium theme which was more than just a theme, it also eliminated the need for several common plugins that I normally use…and it requires only one upgrade…
plus with the new auto plugin update feature of WP, it’s less of a pain (but still a pain). I try to use the least amount of plugins as possible and just hack the theme to fit my needs if possible.
Thanks for dropping by.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Great post Keith…as always; as long as I come to this site…I’m bound to learn something new :)
September 5th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Thanks for the comment Barb
September 5th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Update on the search plugin that creates new posts or pages: I tested a bunch of scenarios with it last night. Keep in mind that if you use FeedBurner and you have email subscribers then they will get an email for every new search…not good. 2 solutions…negative out that post category from your feed or use pages.
Now…an issue I have with it…which forced me to remove it from my site temporarily…it allows for NULL queries (it will create a post or page even if the search is empty) and it will also duplicate pages if there have been multiple queries for the same search term. Someone searches for “poster”, it creates a poster search results page…Great! Someone else searches for “poster” and it creates another poster search results page…not great!
The programmer is VERY quick to update the plugin and is very receptive to feedback. Remember, updates are free for this plugin (and I have no monetary gain for suggesting it to you). We’ll see how this plays out because for me the duplicate search issue will keep it off of my site. What a shame too because that plugin is amazing….I didn’t even mention the random content generation for titles and body text yet. That is slick stuff.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:54 am
LOL, well now the link is working but the code has expired, never mind :D:D
September 6th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
yeah, so I hear lol…I have an email in to him to see why…oh well, crap happens…thanks for leaving me a note none the less
September 6th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
The phpBay coupon has been reactivated.
Sorry about the premature expiration.
For a short time you can use this link and this coupon code: DA9CD69F42 and receive a 20% discount on phpBay!
September 7th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Darn, I’ve been meaning to add ebay and I forgot to do it – thanks for the reminder! I would love to see results like yours!
September 11th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Hi
Good work with the earnings and thanks for sharing how you do it.
It’s something I am considering trying at some point but I am yet to decide which site it would be most suited to!
keep up the good work!