got this 15 mins ago... they've accepting the delays as issues on their end. at least they addressed it. props to ebay for it... The ebay.com Affiliate Team wants to notify you that we are experiencing an ongoing reporting delay of up to 48 hours, affecting both Transaction Reports and Performance Reports. The effect of this delay may be seen in Transaction Reports in the lag time between Posting Date and Event Data of daily transactions. In Performance Reports, the delay may be seen in incomplete data for “Today†and “Yesterdayâ€. A small subset of our publisher base may also be affected by a separate reporting issue, which results in a delay in the calculation of the final value fee of a number of Winning Bids/BINs. As a result, you may temporarily notice reduced revenue commission amounts for successful transactions that posted within the first few days of the month, and again at mid-month. Note that this issue DOES NOT affect ACRU commissions or counts. These issues are surfacing as a result of the surge in traffic tied to the holiday shopping season. While reporting may be distorted during these specified time periods, please rest assured that tracking and recording of transactions remains fully functional, and publishers will be compensated correctly for all commissions at month end. These reporting issues are expected to continue through the holiday season and possibly into early 2008, but we are working diligently towards a fix. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you in the meantime. Thank you for your understanding and continued support of the program.
got it too.. makes me feel better about our efforts but in this day and age there is no excuse for these kind of delays. I mean come on eBay is a multi billion dollar company and its not like they didn't know the holidays were coming.
hey... at least they addressed it vs not addressing it. With the # of hits that ebay is getting on a daily basis, imagine their tech people are a "little" busy. Props to them for the email. Lots of other top internet companies wouldn't address it at all...
As long as they tell me whats going on I am okay with it. I think the great thing about this forum is by us all discussing issues with affiliates the good ones will fess up and let you know whats going on.
Ebay must be unaware the Christmas is typically celebrated on the 25th of December. So how do PPCers with new Christmas Ebay campaigns know what to do if they see no clicks and sales? Does ebay make much money from affiliates? I get the distinct impression that we are a nuisance to ebay.