Comments on: eBay Partner Network for affiliates launches April 1st

By: Jason Swan

Jason Swan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:33:13 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:11:45 +0000

The BANS team seem to be working on an update patch which according to their forums, will be backwards compatible with all previous versions of the BANS.

It’s one of the benefits of paying for a scripted product I suppose, but it’s all those hand-coded sites that could be a proper PITA depending on the changes needed.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:30:19 +0000

Maybe the registration will be something as simple as entering your various CJ PID’s only – so no change to existing links etc ?

Or is that just wishful thinking ?

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:19:26 +0000

Lee, I think from the announcements today that all that info will be revealed on 1st April – bit annoying when we all want to get on with sorting things out *now* though.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:16:48 +0000

I wonder how this will affect sites built with programs like Build A Niche store and phpBay? Will all current eBay affiliates get new accounts or will we all have to reapply? I guess many of those questions will sort themselves out soon.

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:16:25 +0000

I think the one at the back is Meg and the one at the front is Rajiv…..unless someone knows different?

(Where’s Dunnohow?)

By: Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:07:07 +0000

I love the new logo. I think that faceless representations of humanoids reflects both the personal and friendly service that is a hallmark of eBay.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:55:41 +0000

Steve, I’m really at a loss to see why the Rover links couldn’t just be ported to eBay so publishers didn’t need to change anything. However, as the Affiliates’ portal says More information, including detailed step-by-step instructions on how to migrate existing publishersâ€™ links to the new platform, will be available on April 1st, it seems safe to assume this isn’t going to happen.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:39:10 +0000

I’ve not had any problem with CJ, but if eBay have the techies to perform this tracking in-house, then it’s better they earn revenue/cost out from this stream than placing it on sellers.

What is a concern is that the programme goes live on April 1st, but we can not register until that date either. Updating affiliate programs and links could be a mammoth task, involving the editing of thousands of referral links. At best it will only involve changing the PID, at worst a complete re-write of the URL, with the CJ programme closing a mere 30 days later, this does not give a lot of time to iron out the changes.

Web and text based links will be the easy part as well – any software applications with embedded affiliate links will require updating, and this will be out of the direct control of many developers.

Speculatively though, could it even be possible to use existing protocol, and let the eBay Partner Network adapt, instead of the developers?

By: Ebay Niche Store

Ebay Niche Store — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:29:42 +0000

yeh i read this on news.com to. its a good move i guess.

By: Allotment

Allotment — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:35:00 +0000

Good news..

I HATE the CJ web site.