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Honestly, I was (and am) too lazy to sell hard goods online.
Despite my laziness, I appreciate why so many do so well trading on eBay. It can be exciting, addictive and highly profitable.
That explains why it's such an extremely popular venture for SO many.
How many, you wonder?
Well, at the end of 2003, there were 94.9 million registered eBay users, and 41.2 million ACTIVE users. The number of active users increased by 49% from the 27.7 million reported in 2002.
Understanding its growing popularity, I didn't want to leave the eBay scene behind entirely when I traded in my seller's hat.
I decided to stay in the game by purchasing and reselling an infoproduct package of online auction educational materials through my site at http://auctionspay.com
When I started selling that package, I signed up as an eBay affiliate and placed the link on the site to try and capture a few bucks from traffic that visited the site but did not buy the ebooks.
To my amazement, there have been many months when commissions from the eBay registrations and bids through that affiliate link amounted to MORE than the value of the ebooks sold.
Here's what happens.
You make $5 per member registration if that member places a bid (becomes active) within 30 days after registering.
Five bucks ain't bad, but it's the nickels earned from EVERY bid they place after signing up through your link that REALLY add up.
Consider this. There were 971 million listings on eBay in 2003 and the total value of goods sold was 27 BILLION dollars.
That means there's a LOT of bidding going on!
So, ya baby! Nickel and dime me all ya want! I'm lovin' it!
Have I got your attention? Excellent.
Take advantage of the eBay brand. Whatever your web site, top, the eBay brand is relevant. With over 19,000,000 items listed at any moment and 2,000,000 new items listed daily, eBay has a remarkable breadth of product that resonates with any demographic.
Rosalind Gardner
http://www.RosalindGardner.com
eBay Affiliate Success Stories
Several eBay affiliates earn over 100 G's every month - well over a million bucks per year! eBay's top 100 affiliates average nearly 25 grand each month.
There are snippets of 3 success stories featured on the affiliate site. They include RollingStone.com which has has incorporated over 7,000 Editor Kits throughout their Web site; Chris Bowler who after joining in May 2003 already averages over $7500 in eBay commissions per month and Ravenwood Marketing which has become a top-10 affiliate using paid search campaigns.
No wonder these guys are doing so well. eBay.com has a 7-day EPC of $20.82 which is awesome! EPC is stands for average earnings per 100 clicks.
And all the eBay sites have Network earnings of 5 bars. Network earnings are based on a scale of zero to five bars, which shows how the advertiser compares with all the other advertisers in the network based on commissions paid.
Read more about all three at EBay Affiliates and click on "Success Stories" on the left navigation bar.
4 ways to Make Money as an eBay Affiliate
1) You earn up to $16.00 per active registration . Each year millions of people become new eBay users, and eBay's Affiliate Program pays up to $16.00 for each active registered user you send to eBay. A registration is active when the user places a bid on eBay within 30 days of their initial registration. Registrations that do not become active within 30 days are reversed.
2) You earn $0.05+ per qualified bid. The eBay program pays for one bid per click from your site. Your site links must be used as navigation to eBay prior to every bid transaction in order for you to be paid for the bid.
3) Receive up to $0.15 for each bid or Buy It Now transaction that is referred from your site - either by previously registered users or new users.
4) You will make $2 for every eBay affiliate that joins Commission Junction via your link, and you will make 5% of everything that affiliate earns for life.
Compensation Structure
Active Registrations - Compensation
1 - 50 $ 5.00
51 - 500 $ 6.00
501 - 1,000 $ 8.00
1,001 - 2,000 $ 9.00
2,001 - 5,000 $11.00
5,001 - 10,000 $12.00
>10,000 $13.00
Total Bids - Compensation
1 - 1,500 $0.05
1,500 - 2,500 $0.06
2,501 - 5,000 $0.07
5,001 - 15,000 $0.08
>15,000 $0.08
Total Buy it Now! - Compensation
1 - 300 $0.05
301 - 1,000 commission increases by 40.00%
1,001 - 4,000 commission increases by 60.00%
4,001 - 10,000 commission increases by 100.00%
10,001 - 40,000 commission increases by 120.00%
40,001 - 100,000 commission increases by 140.00%
100,000 - 150,000 commission increases by 160.00%
>150,000 commission increases by 200.00%
Advertising Your eBay Affiliate Site on the PPC's
Many eBay affiliates use the PPC's extensively to drive traffic to their sites.
However, before you start amassing a giant collection of eBay-related keywords, you need to know eBay's policy which prohibits all eBay affiliates from purchasing search engine keywords that use eBay's trademark "eBay" and its variations.
Here are some of the excluded terms:
1) eBay's trademark, "eBay", and any keyword string that includes this term. For example, "eBayauctions", "eBaymotors", "eBay motors", "eBay jewelry", etc.
2) Variations of eBay's trademark: for example "e-bay", "ebay.com", "www.ebay.com", "e-bay", "e bay", "www.ebay", "ww.ebay.com", "e-bay.com", "www,ebay.com", "e.bay", "wwwebay.com", "ebya", etc.
If eBay finds out that you have purchased "eBay", then they may:
1) Withhold all commissions owed to you in the month that you purchased the terms;
2) Remove you from the eBay affiliate program permanently;
3) Ask that the ads be immediately and permanently removed from the search engine in which your terms were listed.
Be warned!
3 eBay Affiliate Tools
Here are 3 tools that eBay has given to make an affiliate's work easier.
1) eBay Editor Kit (EK)
With the eBay Editor Kit EK, affiliates can add relevant, real-time eBay listings to their Web sites in just seconds.
eBay states that the EK produces click-through rates two times greater than traditional banners!
The eBay Editor Kit dynamically lists pertinent eBay auctions and listing details, including product information, gallery images, bidding prices, and ending times. Each specification is completely customizable.
Affiliates can display up to 200 eBay listings that are dynamically updated in real-time.
Additionally, affiliates are able to customize each Editor Kit by specifying the search results set and the format to match the content and look of your Web site.
Some of the customizable features include:
** Search term
** eBay category
** Seller(s)
** Number of items displayed
** Editor Kit size and color
2) Dynamic Landing Pages (DLPs)
To increase affiliates' conversion rates, eBay supplies affiliates with Dynamic Landing Pages (DLPs): specialized portal pages available for thousands of eBay's most requested and relevant keywords, like "fishing", "handbag", and "Gymboree".
DLPs are proven to be 33% more effective at converting traffic than ordinary landing pages!
It's easy to implement the DLPs.
Simply go to EBay Keywords for a list of all eBay DLPs and link directly to those pages relevant to your site.
Then append "%26krd=1" to the end of a search results link that you use as your landing page.
The user will be redirected to a DLP if one exists for that keyword. If the page does not exist, the user will be sent to the original landing page instead.
3) eBay Flexible Destination Tool (FDT)
The Flexible Destination Tool is a powerful tool that eBay offers its affiliates that allows you to build your own eBay text links...you choose the landing page.
You can use Hot ebay keywords to create a Hot Items! section on your website or easily promote all the Buy It Now! items.
EBay Flexible Destination Tool
Find it at EBay Flexible Destination Tool
Choose the Right eBay to Join
To become an affiliate, you must first sign up with Commission Junction
eBay.com no longer accepts affiliates from outside the U.S., so choose the eBay applicable to your country's site.
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Article by Rosalind Gardner, author of the highly acclaimed Super Affiliate Handbook: How I Made $436,797 Selling Other People's Products Online' and the "Net Profits Coach" ezine, a straightforward and entertaining guide to
making money online. Learn from an expert. Sign up for the NPC today at http://www.RosalindGardner.com
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