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Discussion in 'eBay' started by purdue512, Dec 21, 2007.

  1. anarmyofme

    anarmyofme Well-Known Member

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    #101
    Blogger is the easiest thing in the world to setup. Not to mention, its free and Google tends to index these sites pretty quickly. I have 16 blogger pages right now. Just put some relative content in your site and it will only help.



    I believe the affiliate section would be well worth it. Link building can be daunting at times and this could only help. Just out of curiosity, are many of your subscribers earning commissions through their links?
     
    anarmyofme, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    purdue512 Well-Known Member

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    #102
    Wordpress does have an API, but they don't have any third-party authentication (like Google does), so I've shied away from Wordpress because I don't want to ask for sensitive info (and they consider their API secret key as sensitive).

    That being said, I do have a small network of WordPress MU's set up. I could easily include those in the BLOG BLASTER feature in addition to Blogger.com. If anyone knows of another blogging platform that accepts posts via API, please suggest and I'll include it.

    ARMY - Thanks for the feedback on the Affiliate Manager piece. My gut says it's a good idea because, as you point out, link building is difficult... Any other reactions? I would obviously add it so that it could be turned on or off, but would you use it?
     
    purdue512, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    yh786515 Peon

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    #103
    please pm me details

    thanks
     
    yh786515, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    purdue512 Well-Known Member

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    #104
    PM sent...
     
    purdue512, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    anarmyofme Well-Known Member

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    #105
    What is the ultimate goal of the spotlight section?
     
    anarmyofme, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    purdue512 Well-Known Member

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    #106
    From an SEO perspective, twofold:

    1) Gives the store owner a place to write a keyword-rich paragraph on the same page with products.
    2) Gives the store owner a place to automatically pull in RSS feeds for further content on the same page as products...

    As I do link-building to my C4.us Niche Store, I often build links directly to this section (not the SEO-friendly url) with the targeted keyword as the anchor text on the inbound link...

    I'm thinking you could use SPOTLIGHT in conjunction with the BLOG BLASTER feature...
     
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    #107
    I'd actually like to see the affiliate feature that yes, would give 100% of commissions, but would only show that affiliates ID maybe 50% of the time. Link building is daunting however its still "my" store that I've seo'd, designed, paid for, etc.

    Though I am in favor of being over-ruled on this one just a suggestion :)
     
    edit, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    cleaning72 Peon

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    #108
    my site has already worked now.

    but i feel i opened this site a little slowly. maybe c4us.compare4.us is too slow.


    thanks!
     
    cleaning72, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    purdue512 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the feedback.. We will be moving the database to a bigger server for launch. That will help on speed. Anyone else had slowness problems?

    Anyone else feel that including the Affiliate Management Module is worth it?
     
    purdue512, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    purdue512 Well-Known Member

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    PM sent, please let me know..
     
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    purdue512 Well-Known Member

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    #112
    Hey all... Happy Thursday!

    The AFFILIATE MANAGER MODULE went up this afternoon with v0.4...

    This is tricky because of the multi-level nature and all. I could really use a test of this.

    1) Go into ADMIN and then CONFIGURE at your store url.
    2) Change the setting for ACTIVATE AFFILIATE MODULE from "NO" to "YES" (requires Store Contact Email first)
    3) Hit UPDATE INFORMATION

    Then click HOME. You should now have a link at the top called 'AFFILIATES'

    The tricky part is the testing... Now you need to come to your C4.us Niche Store and sign up as an affiliate. Please LOG OUT first... Then sign-up as an affiliate and put in a DIFFERENT Amazon ID so that you can tell if it's working. Let your store build affiliate links for you and then test a few of those all the way through to Amazon to ensure that the ID in the URL is correct....

    Please open a support ticket if you hit any bugs. We've tested it and it's working... But you know how it goes....
     
    purdue512, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    #113
    Looks promising, I'm definitely interested. BANS is rolling out some pretty cool updates in V3 in January.
     
    gogoplata, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    purdue512 Well-Known Member

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    PM sent... Let me know we'll have you set up real quick for testing...
     
    purdue512, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    anarmyofme Well-Known Member

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    #115
    Congratulations! The sites look ok and all but how in the heck will anyone find them aside from ppc or through your network? There's not much content there. The compare4.us stores are seo'd in many different ways.


     
    anarmyofme, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    purdue512 Well-Known Member

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    ARMY (and anyone else) - When you get a chance, please test the AFFILIATE MODULE... Make sure it's swapping Amazon IDs as expected.

    Thx...
     
    purdue512, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    anarmyofme Well-Known Member

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    #117
    Tested 3 products all the way to Amazon. All referral id's worked.

     
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    #118
    I can tell you they are working well for me! I think they are very seo friendly!
     
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    #119
    hey, purdue512 , how long can i get the first commission from cj or adsense?:p
     
    cleaning72, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    ianternet Well-Known Member

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    #120
    there is a threshold for CJ.com the minimum is 25$ which you will have to set because I think 100$ is the default

    adsense you will need to make your first 100$ to get your first check
     
    ianternet, Dec 27, 2007 IP