Making money by sending eBay traffic – ePN Success

December 13, 2011

eBay, like many companies, run affiliate schemes by which they pay websites for sending them traffic. It’s cheap compared to many other methods such as paid search, because they generally only pay for traffic that converts to sales (although in… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Affiliates, Ecommerce | 3 Comments 

Cashing in on US$ ebook affiliate cheques

November 9, 2011

I’ve just had an interesting conversation with a friend who’s also an author and written a fair few articles over the years for which he receives affiliate payments. He just told me that his bank charges £7.50 to cash a single US dollar cheque and… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Affiliates, Ecommerce | 1 Comment 

eBay to release iOS SDK for mobile app developers

October 17, 2011

If you’re a developer who builds mobile phone apps to drive traffic to eBay then there’s good news coming down the line for you. eBay Partner Network (ePN – eBay’s affiliate program) are about to release a Mobile iOS software development kit (SDK)… Read more

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Bing goes bang

August 12, 2010

Something strange is up with Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Users are reporting that when they click on sponsored search results they’re getting an error page saying the web page is not available. It looks as though the ads are linked using… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Affiliates | 3 Comments 

eBay push Top-Rated Seller, Free Shipping, PayPal, Buy It Now listings

July 23, 2010

eBay are introducing measures to drive traffic to Top-Rated Seller, Free Shipping, PayPal, Buy It Now listings. The eBay Partner Network (ePN aka eBay affiliate program where advertisers place banner ads on their websites and get paid to drive… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Affiliates | 8 Comments 

eBay Partner Network launches new features

March 27, 2010

eBay’s affiliate scheme, the eBay Partner Network, will be launching some new features at the end of this month. eBay say that many of these improvements have been requested by affiliates – and I spot a couple that we’ve whinged about not having… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Affiliates, eBay | 1 Comment 

eBay Partner Network close accounts using shortened URLs

January 6, 2010

If you’re using the eBay Partner Network (ePN) affiliate program to make money don’t use URL shortening services such as is.gd or tinyurl. If you do they’ll kick you off the program. My friend Barry just found this out to his cost and received an… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Affiliates | 10 Comments 

eBay affiliate program goes cost-per-click

August 19, 2009

eBay’s affiliate program, the eBay Partner Network, announces major changes today. Affiliates will no longer be paid by action (when buyers buy something, or when a new eBayer signs up for an account), but will instead be paid when links to eBay are… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Affiliates, Ecommerce | 14 Comments 

An interview with EPN’s Will Martin-Gill

August 17, 2009

Murray Newlands interviews Will Martin-Gill, eBay’s Director of Internet Marketing, about the eBay Partner Network affiliate program. Will talks about advances in comparison shopping sites, a new widget which (as Murray says) sounds a lot like… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Affiliates | 3 Comments 

Changes to eBay affiliates’ program

July 21, 2009

The eBay Partner Network (a.k.a. the affiliates’ program) has announced some changes to their terms of service effective from 1st August for existing affiliates. Minimum payouts have increased from 5 units of your currency to 25 (so £25, $25,… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Affiliates, Ecommerce | 6 Comments 

R.O.EYE to support eBay affiliates in the UK

August 19, 2008

eBay have appointed R.O.EYE, a specialist affiliate marketing agency, to support the eBay Partner Network (EPN). EPN was launched by eBay on April 1st, after many years of running an external affiliate scheme managed by Commission Junction. The… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Affiliates | 4 Comments 

New price structure for US eBay affiliates

August 4, 2008

eBay are changing the way that payments are made to US affiliates who introduce new buyers. Currently, ACRUs are compensated at a fixed fee, which increases the more new members you introduce: it’s currently $25 per member if you bring in fewer than… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Affiliates, Ecommerce | 4 Comments 

eBay Partner Network partners with Pepperjam

May 30, 2008

The eBay Partner Network, eBay’s in-house affliate scheme, is to partner with affiliate network Pepperjam to bring EPN to more affiliate marketers. The move comes just months after eBay left Commission Junction, which won’t do the acrimonious… Read more

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eBay affiliates’ deadline extended

April 26, 2008

The eBay Partner Network has given affiliates an extra month to move their links from Commission Junction to the new network. CJ links will now cease to be valid on 31st May. This applies to Half.com and all eBay countries except Belgium,… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Affiliates, Featured | 2 Comments