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Easiest script to use CJ and eBay

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    What is the easiest script when I want to promote custom eBay categories. I dont want to promote the existing ebay categories. And i want to be able to add unique content on each product.

    The easiest, is it ezAffiliateWebsiteBuilder, BANS, or any of that other worpress scripts/plugins?
     
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  2. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    You can easily write your own script using eBay's RSS feed and an RSS parser (e.g lastRSS). It might take you a few hours to get it working (if you're not familiar with PHP), but it's free and doesn't leave a familiar footprint.

    Have a look at the tutorial that TonyRocks wrote for more info.
     
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    login Notable Member

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    Thanks Kerosene.

    I tried TonyRocks method, but see here http://www.clickarchives.org/

    I get the error:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘/’ in /home/clickarc/public_html/wp-content/plugins/exec-php/includes/runtime.php(41) : eval()’d code on line 4
     
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  4. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    I see you got it working - nice one! You can tweak the crap out of the RSS feed using PHP - not just to avoid the rss footprint, but to make it look pretty too.

    I used to have a P bass eons ago (using a Stingray these days) :)
     
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    login Notable Member

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    No, I didnt get it to work, this is another script. I am clueless on how to get that other one working, damn. And yes, I am going to buy an old P-bass `60 to `64. :)

    But I will avoid the rss footprint because I will use only custom categories. Do you agree?
     
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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    If you want some help getting the RSS feed working, then feel free to PM me. I can have a look at it for you.
    Creating your own script using the RSS feed is really worth doing - once it's up and running you can tweak it and SEO it way more than any script that you can buy.
     
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    dbinto Well-Known Member

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    I notice the blog post is from 2006. Does it still with the new Wordpress. His two examples sites are not set up anymore.

    Thanks
    db
     
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    nscdn Active Member

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    Another option that combines Amazon, Ebay and other CJ advertisers can be seen in the first link of my sig. It has the ability to create your own customized categories, and it is simple enough to add unique content using the "Articles" area of the site. It too is a hosted service like BANS...

    Regards,
    nscdn
     
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    Nice way to keep the content fresh, I must say :)
     
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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    TonyRocks wrote that tutorial based on some (now deleted) blog posts I wrote ages ago - it might be time for me to write a new updated tutorial on how to do it. Anyone interested?

    It does still work though - the 2 examples of my sites are still up, although they're pretty old now (the 2 urls listed after "Finally my buddy...").

    It's not WP specific, you can use the eBay RSS feed or API with any site you want.
     
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    Having read another thread where you mentioned that tutorial, I tried to set that up this past weekend and couldn't get it to work either. I tried just about every rss plugin and tutorial for rss with wordpress and finally cobbled something together using simplepie. I checked out your sites before i started and liked the way you did it. The basic information was good although i just couldn't get it to work.
     
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    Did you get this kind of error too?

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘/’ in /home/clickarc/public_html/wp-content/plugins/exec-php/includes/runtime.php(41) : eval()’d code on line 4
     
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    OK guys, I'll install the latest version of WP and exec-php and write an updated tutorial in the next week.

    Can you both confirm that exec-php is actually working in the latest version of WP?
    Put something like <?php echo 'hello world'; ?> in a post.

    You also might want to try getting the RSS feed to work outside of WP, just to make sure that it's not a server/php setting that is causing the errors.

    Watch this space... :p
     
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    exec-php definitely works, i'm using it with wp 2.3.3.

    edit: spelling
     
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    exec-php works for me. WP 2.3.3
     
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    click my signature
     
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    If that is a script like easyebay.net it needs some improvment. Important, it needs nofollow on all the links to ebay. Can you make custom categories?

    And it is said that if you use the word ebay in the domain name ebay will terminate your CJ account. Be careful.

    http://opensale.biz/productslist.php/2/1/ is not working good, no images. And demos are also needed if I will buy.
     
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    SimplePie is the easiest to use to get RSS feed from ebay :)
    If you want it to be even easier try this
    feed2js.org :)
     
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    Yeah, i think that was what i was getting too. Try simplepie with exec-php. I don't think that other parser and exec-php were getting along.
     
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