1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

eBay's Affiliate Program

Discussion in 'eBay' started by digitalpoint, Mar 5, 2004.

0
Page 1 of 5
  1. #1
    Has anyone mucked around with eBay's affiliate program? I started mucking around with it a bit, and I thought I was doing decent with it (making a few thousand dollars per month), but then I read that their top affiliate makes $1.3M per month, they have 25 affiliates making $100k+ per month and 100 affiliates making $25k+ per month.

    I would like to know how in god's green earth they are able to do that without using tricks that would violate eBay's affiliate terms????

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 5, 2004 IP
  2. Such Great Heights

    Such Great Heights Peon

    Messages:
    715
    Likes Received:
    19
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #2
    I have not heard people are making this much money with it, but it sounds like it is worth checking out at least. i'd be happy with a couple thousand a month. :D

    any tips for a newbie to the eBay affiliate prgram?
     
    Such Great Heights, Mar 5, 2004 IP
  3. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

    Messages:
    38,333
    Likes Received:
    2,613
    Best Answers:
    462
    Trophy Points:
    710
    Digital Goods:
    29
    #3
    {shrug} I'm a newbie to it too... They have a pretty good info on it though... http://affiliates.ebay.com/ including helpful tools and such.

    As far as the stats, those are numbers from eBay (in their recent newsletter).

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 5, 2004 IP
  4. Such Great Heights

    Such Great Heights Peon

    Messages:
    715
    Likes Received:
    19
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #4
    So how long have you been doing it? And you already make a few thousand a month?

    I was just thinking that if a retail store was to have an eBay affiliate link on their product pages, or the main catagory pages at least, and said something to the effect of "Couldn't find what you are looking for here at [storename]? Try eBay for that special something." and have that be an affiliate link.

    It's like you are helping the customer/visitor, but could this hurt you if they see that right away and actually don't look through your store enough.

    Or do a lot of people do this?
     
    Such Great Heights, Mar 5, 2004 IP
  5. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

    Messages:
    38,333
    Likes Received:
    2,613
    Best Answers:
    462
    Trophy Points:
    710
    Digital Goods:
    29
    #5
    I've been doing it since mid-December, so not that long.

    eBay has a nice editor kit for affiliates on their website... you can display a box of ebay listings that are based on a keyword you pass to it. Similar to how Google AdSense serves up relevant ads (except with eBay you need to feed it the keywords specifically).

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 5, 2004 IP
  6. Such Great Heights

    Such Great Heights Peon

    Messages:
    715
    Likes Received:
    19
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #6
    I need to start working from home, so I have time to do all this. This driving to work everyday thing, is killing my progress.

    I am signing up now, to see how it all works, and see what I can get out of it.
     
    Such Great Heights, Mar 5, 2004 IP
  7. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

    Messages:
    38,333
    Likes Received:
    2,613
    Best Answers:
    462
    Trophy Points:
    710
    Digital Goods:
    29
    #7
    You will want to signup at http://www.cj.com Commission Junction is the company that handles their affiliate program (and hundreds of other companies as well).

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 5, 2004 IP
  8. Such Great Heights

    Such Great Heights Peon

    Messages:
    715
    Likes Received:
    19
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #8
    well i signed up and now i'm ready to start messin' around with it.

    wish me luck. :)
     
    Such Great Heights, Mar 5, 2004 IP
  9. GuyFromChicago

    GuyFromChicago Permanent Peon

    Messages:
    6,728
    Likes Received:
    528
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #9
    I'm not in the E-bay program yet....but will be soon.

    How would you compare it to the Amazon program? Any major pros/cons?
     
    GuyFromChicago, Mar 8, 2004 IP
  10. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

    Messages:
    38,333
    Likes Received:
    2,613
    Best Answers:
    462
    Trophy Points:
    710
    Digital Goods:
    29
    #10
    Totally depends on your website users. Two totally different programs. eBay you really need to do volume to make any sort of money...

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 8, 2004 IP
  11. s2kinteg916

    s2kinteg916 Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    651
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    #11
    a few thousand a month ? wow you must get huge traffic... i manage to make a nickel with close to 1500 uniques a day
     
    s2kinteg916, Mar 26, 2004 IP
  12. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

    Messages:
    38,333
    Likes Received:
    2,613
    Best Answers:
    462
    Trophy Points:
    710
    Digital Goods:
    29
    #12
    digitalpoint.com isn't the only site I own... but it's the largest. digitalpoint.com gets close to 50,000 unique visitors per day. :)

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 26, 2004 IP
  13. s2kinteg916

    s2kinteg916 Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    651
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    #13
    what kinda conversion ratio's are you getting with the ebay program?

    also how many visitors are u sending them daily ?
     
    s2kinteg916, Mar 26, 2004 IP
  14. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

    Messages:
    38,333
    Likes Received:
    2,613
    Best Answers:
    462
    Trophy Points:
    710
    Digital Goods:
    29
    #14
    Conversion is pretty high... All they need to do is register, make a bid or sell something in 30 days.

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 26, 2004 IP
  15. s2kinteg916

    s2kinteg916 Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    651
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    #15
    are visitors actually clicking on items ? or entering via popup ?

    im having a hard time sending them visitors...

    what would u recommend converts the best ?
     
    s2kinteg916, Mar 28, 2004 IP
  16. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

    Messages:
    38,333
    Likes Received:
    2,613
    Best Answers:
    462
    Trophy Points:
    710
    Digital Goods:
    29
    #16
    I would imagine pop-ups would be the best converter...

    In truth though, unless you get 50,000+ unique visitors per day that see the ads, it's probably not even worth the effort.

    - Shawn
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 28, 2004 IP
  17. iconv

    iconv Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    189
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    108
    #17
    Any change of your sharing your approach to the couple of thousand a month - what kind of site are you using to generate this kind of revenue, and how do you position the ebay links - you'd need quite a bit of volume I'd say for this to work, in addition to relevant context delivery?
     
    iconv, May 10, 2004 IP
  18. csn

    csn Peon

    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #18
    How exactly are you promoting it?
     
    csn, Jun 11, 2004 IP
  19. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

    Messages:
    38,333
    Likes Received:
    2,613
    Best Answers:
    462
    Trophy Points:
    710
    Digital Goods:
    29
    #19
    Can't give away all the secrets. :)
     
    digitalpoint, Jun 11, 2004 IP
  20. csn

    csn Peon

    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #20
    Ah, throw us a crumb (or two) :)
     
    csn, Jun 11, 2004 IP
Page 1 of 5