Selecting a good keyword

[Danago]

Hey. Im very new to the whole idea of an eBay affiliate store, and am interested in getting involved. Im considering buying BANS or some other software, but before i do, i have a few questions.

The keyword im looking at gets ~160 google searches a day (according to http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/seobook/index.php), and a search of this keyword yields ~700,000 results. Does it sound like a decent keyword to use based on these details? Also, the .org domain of this keyword is avaliable.

There are ~20,000 items listed for this niche on ebay, so its a decently high amount.

Does it sound like a good place to get started?

Thanks in advance,
Dan.

[renomart]

Does it sound like a good place to get started?



Yes. Don't get 'analysis paralysis'. Get your feet wet and try it out.

[Danago]

Yea thats what i ended up doing; I purchased the domain and have applied at CJ (now just waiting for a confirmation email..how long does it usually take?).

Now the next step is to get started on the site i guess, after i decide which store software im going to buy :)

[renomart]

Good. Now go find other permutations of your keyword and start SEOing your site for those.

[Kerosene]

I'd wait for the CJ confirmation email... and then make sure that you can actually get into the eBay program before going any further...

You don't HAVE to buy any software - you can always make your own site using an RSS parser and eBay's glorious RSS feed. If you know a tiny bit of php (or are willing to learn), it's pretty easy - and free :)