Hello squeezeplaycards, Thank you so much for responding to my post, and offering your opinion on phpBay Pro. I am going to purchase phpBay Pro. Now I understand that the creators of BANS are talking about creating a BANS Wordpress plugin. When that happens, I will take another look at BANS. For those of us who need to watch our pennies, phpBay Pro can give us a great tool to start building our stores, plus also allow money to advertise and promote our new sites. A lot of folks spend the money on software and then have no money to promote and advertise, which you need to do if you want to quickly launch your new niche site. Regards, Debbie
I'm using phpBay Pro on several sites, including my http://www.replicawatchreport.com site. It works well, and brings in almost half of my ebay affiliate sales currently. It's a great alternative to BANS if you have existing content you want to monetize. I added a phpBay Pro feed to each of my articles and my galleries in an afternoon. Well worth the money.
phpBay is quite simple to set up and it works well in conjunction with Wordpress for SEO! (and masking eBay footprint)
To use the Phpbay do you need to already have an established site or can you just start from scratch, pick a good niche and start earning pretty quickly? I have never used wordpress before is it easy to setup? I mainly use blogspot..
wordpress is very easy , and no you cant just install a script and expect to get money from it ... you need to work on it very hard , and don't expect this to be easier in the coming years ... it will be harder since a lot are joining and the competition is growing . do something unique ...
Well I know you cant just install it, but the way people make it sound its already set up for SEO so they are seeing more traffic than normal on sites they already had established.. Whats the point of the plugin? It just fits around your content correct? So you can show the ebay listings live right?
You can also build a site yourself if you can code a bit in PHP. Check out the guide in my signature.
I wonder what scripts program do u use to do cj commission based on Wordpress and whether it earns more than BANS? I think that wordpress is easier to attract search engine and so that it can get more traffic and so to earn more. Do you agree?
I like BANS, but I have not tried the other scripts. I have had some success from using the eBay affiliate tools directly and those are free. Did get my highest one item ebay/BANS commission this week of $63. The item that sold, went for $7000+. That was an exciting day.
I don't think you can. If you wish though, get in touch and I'll sell you mine for discounted price. Then you can buy your friend a separate license
phpbay works great with WP. Use it on several sites and does just as well as BANS. it is all a matter of what you want to do.
Whether you use phpbay or BANS, it really depends on your skill to make it work for you. People believe that search engine(SE) loves Wordpress blog. The truth is, SE loves frequently updated site, and blog seems to fit into the nature. However, if your site is always updated, SE will spider it more often and result in more ranking (and profit), regardless of your platform (be it BANS, phpBay Pro , Wordpress, Joomla.. etc). So.. the key is, work harder than others: build more unique contents and quality backlinks. Personally, following tips have helped me to earn money with BANS: 1. Hot niche (following latest trends). 2. Targetted traffic (quality is more important than quantity). You can refer to my sig below for more information.
You can also try ezawb for free. You make 100% of all the affiliate programs and share 50% of ebay. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=905280 I think it is easier than bans and I can install it faster having more time to play around an customize.