I know there are several programs out there that you can use to easily build an affilaite website full of ebay products. Can anyone tell me what is available to use to build these types of sites? I know there is http://www.buildanichestore.com which looks pretty good. Does anyone know of any other tools like this? Thanks
Phpbay is great! If you have a Wordpress site, it integrates so quickly and easily. I can build a complete site with it in a couple of hours. Plus, the support is fantastic and he's always making improvements to the software. Oh, and it's less expensive too. If you do a search on DP, you will find lots more info and details about it.
Go to there site and buy it wiredstudios.com . You'd have to buy a license for each site you sell or talk to the owner and see if he'll work a bulk deal out for you or some other arrangement where every site you sell is legally licensed.
@ JohnG - if you know a little bit of PHP (or are willing to learn) you can also make your own site using eBay's RSS feed and a free RSS parser.
I started working on a simple PHP based interface a while back, but there didn't seem to be much interest so I haven't done much with it recently. There's a simple demo of it here: http://www.ecsws.com/demo3/ebay.php?category=58058 You, as the site owner, can define the starting point simply by specifiying the starting category. Once you've set all of your parameters, all you need to do is call a "get_data()" function and all of the data releated to your results are returned in an array. From there you can manipulate it however you'd like, or just display it as-is. Yell if you'd be interested in this sort of thing, I'll get back working on it.
How hard is it to build an ebay affiliate site yourself (if you have some minimal HTML and web building skills). I'm wondering if any of these build-it-for-you sites are worth it.
I have a bunch of sites I made using WordPress, FeedWordPress, and Feedburner. Read about how to do it here: How to Get Rich with a WordPress RSS eBay Auction Blog. Basically, you set it up right and forget it...and watch those $0.40 a day commissions start rolling in!! (Except, the real money comes from the $25 signup commissions...)
i would stick with http://www.thebuildanichestore.com. You can't compete with how easy it is to set up and get started making money. Also, the customer service is hard to match...these guys care about their customers and really try to help those in need. That in my book is a plus..! JMO JR
How can this idea be 'saturated' when you can make unlimited niche sites with this BANS? if you are not making sales, the problem is not with BANS or phpBayPro. I suspect that's because:- 1. you are not selling a product that is in demand; 2. you are not driving targetted traffic. just my two cents, CY
I installed bans lately. Its easy as shit to install and modify, if you put some effort in it you can make good money with BANS. I suspect the net will be flooded by these bans stores soon though.
the bans idea, and phpbay pro/lite et al is making the rounds now, for sure. as always, finding the niche to explore/exploit is the key.