What are people buying from your eBay links?

Discussion in 'Commission Junction' started by Kerosene, Aug 6, 2007.

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  1. #1
    I made a simple little tool to turn a CJ CSV report into a table of eBay links so you can see what people are buying via your eBay links.

    Here 'tis.
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    It's nothing spectacular, but it's easier that searching through your reports for the eBay item IDs.

    If anyone knows how I can get the eBay item description via PHP or RSS using only the ID number, then I wanna know :p
     
    Kerosene, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  2. hanji

    hanji Peon

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    Would you be willing to let people have the source of this tool?

    I'm guessing you could do a API call to get the item description, but that will probably slow things down. You might be able to get the titles as a background process with AJaX to speed things up.

    hanji
     
    hanji, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  3. xemiterx

    xemiterx Peon

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    #3
    A little something like this?
    justplayfreegames.com/abc.html

    View source for the HTML
    JS is here http://justplayfreegames.com/ajax.js.txt
    PHP is here http://justplayfreegames.com/abc.php.txt
    I also used an XML to Array parser from phpfreaks.com/script/view/202.php

    Don't forget to register at developer.ebay.com and get your AppID.
     
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  4. hanji

    hanji Peon

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    hanji, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  5. DSAMMON

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    Nice work man
     
    DSAMMON, Aug 6, 2007 IP
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    Very nice. I cant believe CJ doesnt have that automatically displayed. Important info you know?
     
    calbano_18, Aug 8, 2007 IP
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    GreenGambler Notable Member

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    Good Job with the ebay sales. I actually havn't had any yet:( But I am working on it, trying to promote a bit more and diversify my ads that I run.

    Hopefully I'll start making some money soon enough!
     
    GreenGambler, Aug 10, 2007 IP
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    That thing kicks ass. I had no idea what people are buying. I threw a page together for one niche and it turns out I sold a bunch of stuff on Ebay directly in that niche. Time to do a little more marketing in that direction LOL
     
    jennstall, Aug 13, 2007 IP
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    jpoke5 Active Member

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    This Rocks!! Man it sure was hard getting the item numbers from that cvs file then searching e bay for it.
    this is an awesome tool.


    Thanks Kerosene!!

    J
     
    jpoke5, Aug 13, 2007 IP
  10. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    @ xemiterx - that's all a bit over my head (very impressive though!). Is there a way I can use Ajax from my php script without the eBay API to grab the item description using just the auction ID#?
     
    Kerosene, Aug 14, 2007 IP
  11. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    UPDATE!
    The CJ report analyzer for eBay sales now shows the item description.
    It's a fair bit slower, but now you can see auction descriptions without having to click the link.
     
    Kerosene, Aug 14, 2007 IP
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    Provide the source code man or sell it. I don't want you to target our niche! :D
     
    sin, Aug 14, 2007 IP
  13. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    Nothing gets saved to the server, and any temp files are trashed as soon as the results page finishes loading.

    Plus, I've got better things to do that hunt through some CJ reports to find a niche :p
     
    Kerosene, Aug 14, 2007 IP