Build A Niche Store (bans) Faq

Will do I'll try to get it done before this weekend. BANS version 3 beta begins here in the next few days, so the whole installation process may change... I'll definately be doing a series of videos on version 3.

 

decodethis:

good job! keep 'em coming!

 

I think I might have too much content on my site to make any money from it. Someone emailed me to say they'd spent the whole evening on it. I wouldn't change the site though as I enjoy it too much myself! Perhaps I will do something in the BANS line.

 

So tell me, how do a FREE template sell out?

 

I think he sets a certain number he gives out that way there's not hundreds of others using the same template. Good idea, I think.

 

That's exactly right. I think the value of any template increases by limiting its distribution. It's more of an asset the more exclusive it is. Therefore I limit the availability of even the free templates.

I have a new free template up now, and it will have the same limited availability.

 

what a great post, I'll have to check it out.

benny

 

Thank you for letting us know all this

 

Just a thought. If all you're doing is making a site with links to ebay why do you have to pay someone to provide a template? Why not just go ahead and build your own site? I'm not knocking BANS I'm just looking looking for the advantages in doing it this way.

 

I use the editor kit for links and I find it very useful for linking to particular suppliers. There's also a flexible destination tool so that you can land on a particular page. I'll check out the API/RRS. I love nerding around a bit. Sad isn't it?

 

Hehe yeah I know what you mean. I have BANS, phpBay Pro, ebay's affiliate kit javascript, and RSS all used on different sites. I think it depends on the site and the content it's matched with which one makes the most sense.

 

Could you give a bit more detail on the 'WHERE', please, if you don't have time for a full-blown tute?

BTW- excellent FAQ. Thanks

 

It involves editing the FrontControl.php in the cont directory to BASE64 encode the link and to pass it as a query string parameter to a second file. This second file then takes that query string and decodes it and does a redirect to that rover URL thereby masking the true URL entirely. It's kinda harrowing in terms of editing and to be honest it'll be outdated as soon as BANS 3 is released.

 

Can you put AdSense on BANS sites? How much content do you need to put on the site to allow for this?

 

any news on BANS version 3?

 

An email was sent out a few days ago indicating that some bugs, etc. had presented themselves requiring further work. Hence, there's some delay in release, but it will be forthcoming, they said, around Feb. 18.

 

Does anyone have a definite answer to this?

Thanks,
Mark

 

The answer is yes, you can include AdSense on BANS sites. It's done all the time. As long as you include some content on the page relating to the page's topic, AdSense will probably deliver targeted ads.

All that said, you should be cognizant that with AdSense on the page you could be giving up a click away from your site that otherwise might have led to a nice commission or ACRU as opposed to a small per click payment from AdSense. There is mixed opinion on whether running AdSense detracts from a site's primary sales effort. My own preference is to run other commission based theme/product related ads above AdSense, if I run AdSense at all.

 

Thanks. There is so much discussion about being banned from Adsense, that I wanted to ask the question about the TOS.

I agree that this may divert revenue. I plan to run some experiments. Adsense it attractive for highly automated php-driven bans-like stores because of the automatic nature of the content.