Best Way to Monitize EBay Forum..

Discussion in 'Commission Junction' started by kingbrend, Apr 22, 2008.

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    I own an eBay forum. Before I would link the keyword 'eBay' to CJ affiliate link. That's been making me about $200 extra a month. Mostly on signups.

    I want to do something more to capture my users. My forum is based on eBay I usually have 30-40 users online at a time, and over 2k members.

    What's the best way to capture these users for ebay commission?
     
    kingbrend, Apr 22, 2008 IP
  2. hygoer

    hygoer Member

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    SEO? or offline ADs?
     
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  3. kingbrend

    kingbrend Active Member

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    It's all SEO.
     
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  4. hanji

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    When you say 'eBay forum'.. what do you mean exactly? Do people talk about auctions? If so.. you can convert all listing links in the threads to use your affiliate link (rover). Also, you said "...'eBay' to CJ affiliate link". You know you only have 7 more days of CJ/eBay. eBay switched to it's own network called EPN (https://www.ebaypartnernetwork.com)

    hanji
     
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  5. cylai

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    :confused:

    not sure what you mean by eBay forum?

    is it a

    1. eBay affiliate/sellers forum?

    or

    2. eBay users forum?

    if it is #1, I'd suggest promoting tools that help them to boost sales.
     
    cylai, Apr 23, 2008 IP
  6. kingbrend

    kingbrend Active Member

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    It doesn't matter what type of eBay forum it is, it's just a forum in which 100% of the users are using eBay and we talk about eBay, a type of eBay sellers forum.
     
    kingbrend, Apr 23, 2008 IP
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    If users post eBay links, automatically append your affiliate link to them.
     
    Johu, Apr 23, 2008 IP
  8. kingbrend

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    That's what I've been doing, and changing words like 'eBay' into links which lead to eBay under my affiliate id. It works, but not as well as it should I think. Maybe $200 - $400 a month in commissions…
     
    kingbrend, Apr 23, 2008 IP
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    if it is an eBay sellers forum, try promoting eBay business course.
     
    cylai, Apr 24, 2008 IP