Is Ebay Affiliate Marketing A Waste Of Time?

[Shadowplay]

I keep hearing that Ebay Affiliate marketing is a waste of time because all the big price items are for lack of a better term, overcrowded.

Does this hold true? Is this just in the USA and not in other places?

[nonyf]

That doesn't make sense. Via Commission Junction a cookie with tracking is placed on the computer when your ad is clicked by a reader or searcher online. Most of my big sales come from cookies left on a computer.... for example, someone buys a book through my site and 10 days later goes on to buy 10K in power tools or a new car. That's how the big commissions are made in my opinion - you get your cookie out as much as possible and the rest is magic. So find a niche and don't worry about the big items at first. On one of my new sites i've had 10 clicks on an ebay ad and just got paid a $14 ebay auction commission for a single item. Good luck to you.

[simey]

I don't promote ebay alot (yet), but would think there is still a lot of opportunity there.

An example of an overcrowded niche would be satellite tv. A couple of products (repackaged), with zillions of affiliates trying to promote them...

[Cash Nebula]

It's still good, and it's the same everywhere. Forget the big ticket items and work the smaller niches. Check out Ebay's Hot Items guide to find the good ones.