How to Use the eBay Affiliate Program as an eBay Seller     by Freaknoodles

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eBay Sellers: Learn how to use the eBay Affiliate Program and Set Up a Domain Name for your eBay Business

The eBay Affiliate Program is a great way for eBay sellers to maximize their revenue and get paid a little extra for the work they do bringing buyers to eBay through their listings. If you're an eBay seller, this page and the eBay Seller Affiliate eBook will help you learn how to get signed up, create affiliate-coded links to your listings, and find places to use those links.


Due to the eBay Affiliate Program's recent move from Commission Junction to the eBay Partner Network, this information is outdated and inaccurate. Look for updated information coming soon!

Learn How to Become an eBay Affiliate 

Simple Step-By-Step Instructions with Screenshots

eBay Seller Affiliate eBook: Learn How to Become an eBay AffiliateIf you're not already an experienced affiliate marketer, the Commission Junction application and link-building tools may be intimidating. The eBay Seller Affiliate eBook avoids all the technobabble you may have seen before. The instructions are in plain English, with plenty of screen shots of the application, the Commission Junction website, and the affiliate link tools.

The same level of detail and easy directions are included for choosing a domain name, getting it registered, and redirecting it to your eBay listings. By the end of the book, you'll have your own URL that forwards to your eBay store or items for sale, with the affiliate code built right in.

The information and step-by-step instructions in the book assume that you're already a US-based eBay seller and that you have no experience with this or any other affiliate program. You won't need to know how to use HTML or do any web design.

If you can cut and paste, you can follow these instructions.

Here's What You'll Learn in the eBook 

With step-by-step instructions and screenshots

  • How to get approved for the eBay Affiliate Program without a website
  • How to fill out the Commission Junction application
  • Where to find your eBay PID from CJ (And what the heck that means!)
  • How to make an eBay affiliate link
  • How to get a domain name forwarded to your eBay store
  • How to save almost 90% off your Final Value Fees when you send a buyer to your eBay store
  • Where to use your affiliate links and domain name
  • How to do more with the eBay Affiliate Program, if you want to

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You can have your eBay affiliate account and eBay domain name set up in a matter of hours.
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How the eBay Affiliate Program Works for You 

Get Paid for All the Work You Do for Your eBay Business

An affiliate program is an agreement between a company (eBay, in this case) and an affiliate (you), where the affiliate advertises the company's products or site, and the merchant pays a commission for sales that come from a customer making a purchase through the affiliate's link.

In other words, when you use your own promotion to bring buyers to your listings, eBay earns fees on your sales. Because eBay makes more fees when you bring in more sales, it benefits eBay for you to bring buyers to your listings, so they are willing to pay you a portion of their fees for your trouble. You make a sale, eBay earns some fees, and eBay thanks you with a commission.

Until recently, the terms of the eBay Affiliate Program prohibited sellers from earning commissions on their own listings. Now that the program has been opened to sellers, it makes more sense than ever to become a member of the program.

Besides earning commissions on your own sales when you use the affiliate program, you'll also earn on other sellers' sales if the buyer came to eBay from your link. This means that any work you do to bring buyers to your listings - answering buyer questions, including promotional items in your packages, creating Squidoo lenses - will pay off more than ever before.

Get a Domain Name Forwarded to Your eBay Listings 

Get more repeat buyers and increase your affiliate commissions

Getting a domain name that links to your eBay store or items for sale page is one of the easiest things you can do to grow your eBay business. It only costs about $10 a year, and you can set it up in minutes and forget it.

Your own eBay domain name will help bring more repeat buyers and increase your affiliate commissions, and the eBay Seller Affiliate eBook will show you exactly how. The book will walk you through everything you need to do to set it up.

A Stepping Stone to Your Own e-Commerce Website 

Get ready now to set up your St. Elsewhere site later

If you're planning or hoping to sell from your own website eventually, getting a domain name now is even more valuable. You'll be making sure that the name you want to use is reserved for you, and you'll begin to train your regular buyers to find you there. Your repeat buyers will automatically follow you to your off-eBay store if they're already visiting your eBay store by typing in your domain name.

Get Help Every Step of the Way 

Instructions and Support Just for eBay Sellers

The eBook is designed specifically for eBay sellers, so you'll have all the information you need, without any of the confusion that comes from other help sources that are meant for affiliate marketers. If you purchase the eBay Seller Affiliate eBook and get stuck, I'll be available to answer questions. The instructions are detailed and uncomplicated, but if you do hit a snag you'll have support.

There are lots of resources for learning about selling on eBay and about using the eBay Affiliate Program, but few address the specific questions and concerns of combining the two. I have been selling for a couple years and using the affiliate program successfully for almost a year, and I often encounter other sellers who have an interest in making affiliate income a part of their business but don't know where to start. Beginning the process may seem intimidating, but the program is simple to use and, in my experience, well worth the effort.

Are you thinking that you don't have the computer smarts to be able to do this?

This eBook was written with you in mind. The instructions don't require any affiliate marketing, HTML, or web design skills. If you can cut and paste, you can do this.

More info from SellerAffiliate.com 

Find out more about the using the eBay Affiliate Program as an eBay seller at www.selleraffiliate.com.

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Useful links for eBay affiliates 

Seller Affiliate
The Seller Affiliate website provides more information about the eBook and using the eBay Affiliate Program as a seller.
eBay Affiliate Program
The official eBay page for the Affiliate Program. This is where you can find the Flexible Destination Tool and other tools for making affiliate links as well as general information about the program and payouts.
GoDaddy Domain Registration
I get all my domain names from GoDaddy, and the eBook's instructions and screen shots for setting up your domain refer specifically to GoDaddy.
eBay Forums: Affiliates
eBay discussion board for affiliates. This forum does not have a lot of activity but can be useful for searching for answers to a specific question.
Commission Junction
Log in at CJ for your stats and to find affiliate banners. Search the advertiser lists to find other companies to promote on your website or Squidoo lenses.

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The_Book_Garden

some good info here! I've rolled it to my lens on Ebay RSS Feeds, a tutorial on using the ebay RSS feed to provide highly refined search results with your own affiliate id embedded in the links.

Posted March 05, 2008
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Posted February 06, 2008
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Posted December 18, 2007
Aika

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Posted October 17, 2007
 
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