Start up as a ebay affiliate

Hi

I have been thinking for some time to start up as a ebay affiliate. I have about 7-8 good ideas for niche stores at this very moment. Thing is, I have a very limited knowledge on how to create webpages - I do know basic HTML though - and therefore I am looking to invest in BANS or PHPBAY. Is this the right thing, and which should I choose? I am looking for a easy way to create the store, in order to put more time into writing content for the store.

Another thing. How much money do I neew to start up? Is a budget of say $400-500 enough? Thought I'd make about 10 new niche stores a month, is it realistic to expect that the income will cover the expences? Please, give me some feedback

Also, tips on how to generate traffic would be much appreciated!

- Emphi

 

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Kerosene: So I should not buy a new domain for each store? I kinda thought that would make the store look more "proffesional", with a short and easy adress comparred to a subdomain... Then again, I will save money with only one domain. But will it pay up in the long run?

 

I think you can start for even as low as $15 and just test your ideas before investing that much. Just get hosting, a general domain name and create subdomains on this domain for your niche stores and test how it goes with Adwords. You don't have to buy BANS immediately, you can start with the free eBay editor kit tool.

For traffic, SEO is the best way to go. However, it is not easy to get your site on good SERPs (depending on your keywords). So you can start with PPC.

 

Andrej: the free eby editor kit tool. Does it built up a complete webpage like BANS would do? Or do I have to make the webpage itself, and then the editor kit tool will implement ebay product lists in my page? How does the ebay editor kit tool work?

 

Well, I gues you'r right about that One domain limits the one year expenses to about $ 100(whith hosting), which should easily be covered by the income from the stores (which should be quite many if I do as I plan). Thanks for the tip!

 

You will need a website and you will paste a javascript into its code. However, you can set up a website easily using a free template. You can install a Wordpress blog and just put on a nice theme and insert the editor kit.

 

I see. But this will require me to use time to learn the wordpress system, and although I bet it's easy to use, this also require me to spend time figuring out the ebay editor kit tool and making my own working "recipe" for niche stores. I had kinda already made up my mind about buying either BANS or PHPBAY, and I think i'll stick to that plan for now. I appreciate that you took your time to answer me though, and maybe when I got a bunch of stores up'n running I'll have a look on how to make store withouth BANS or PHPBAY.

 

No problem, good luck!

You might like to check out my Wordpress tutorial if you once decide to install it.

 

By the way, if I sign up with BANS, what host to choose? Have been looking a hostgator, is this a god choice? How much should I expect to pay out on hosting for a year?

 

Hostgator is a good choice. You should be fine with the Baby package which costs $7.95 per month and you can host unlimited domains. If you want to pay yearly, it's $95.52 when using the coupon code "snowman".

And for your domain name(s) - if you don't have it yet - I would recommend using Godaddy and use the coupon code OYH3 to get a .com for just $7.15.

 

Hostgator rocks I have 135 domains and use the monthly reseller package for $35.00 per month.

I use either namecheap or godaddy for domain registration as well.

 

BANS is awesome but it is hard to make money quickly as an ebay affiliate. Make sure you add content on a regular basis and use social bookmarking to generate traffic.

Good Luck

 

A popular misconception is an Internet business is a sure way to overnight success which is as far from the truth as can be.

Most offline business take 5 years to turn a profit. As such it is expected an online business will need time to see success.

Just because a business is online, does not mean the basic business principles still apply.

 

Hehe, I am perfectly aware that I will have to give it some time before expecting to earn much. Nothing comes for free, even I know that. But some things comes easier than others, but they still require time and work.

Anyway, just out of curiosity. How long did it take you to make a profit? After 6 months, what's your revenue?

 

I just started recently with BANS however I have already made some income with it.

Monthly I earn $7,500.00 to $15,000.00 from many different revenue streams.

 

wow that's awsume I have a question is it possible to make about $300 a $500 a month with just one Ebay niche store?

thanks

 

I am using PHPbay. In less than a month I have recovered the cost of my domain and a months worth of hosting with Anhosting. The two main reasons I bought PHPbay instead of Bans were price and PHPbay runs on wordpress.