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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