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I will start off with one of the most often asked question....

How do I add a link to my eBay Store?

If you just type the URL, it will show as text, not as a clickable link. Example:

http://stores.ebay.com/A-Well-Dressed-Bullet?refid=store

Although I typed the correct URL, you can't click on this as it is only text, you need to use an Anchor Tag and the Href Attribute.

Note: This applies to any link you want to insert in a lens, I was using eBay Stores as an example.

Lens created on August 22, 2007
Last updated on February 25, 2011

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What is an Anchor Tag and Href Attribute?
Example in a Text Module (with Printscreens)
Example of eBay Listings Link
Example of Website Link
Additional Resources
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What is an Anchor Tag and Href Attribute?

HTML uses the <a> (anchor) tag to create a link to another document.

An anchor can point to any resource on the Web: an HTML page, an image, a sound file, a movie, etc.

The <a> tag is used to create an anchor to link from, the href attribute is used to address the document to link to, and the words between the open and close of the anchor tag will be displayed as a hyperlink.

Example in a Text Module (with Printscreens)

Click on Edit to open the module.

Enter the HTML code right into the text box, as show below

Click on "Save" which will save the changes to your module.

Your text box will now look like this.

Don't forget to enter a proper module title and once you are finished editing any of your modules, you still have to click on "Publish" to save any module changes to the lens!

Example of eBay Listings Link

Or maybe you dont' have a eBay Store, but want to use a link to your eBay listings.

If I type this line of HTML code:

See our <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZawelldressedbullet">eBay Listings</a>

The result will be:

See our eBay Listings

Example of Website Link

If I type this line of HTML code:

Visit our <a href="http://www.awelldressedbullet">website</a>.

The result will be:

Visit our website

Additional Resources

Doors2Stores Tutorials - Creating Links: eBay Store owners dedicated to sharing knowledge
and resources for a better shopping community

Squidoo Search on Amazon

Quick Tips

Using an eBay Store Link

The Store Referral Credit is a credit that Store sellers are eligible to receive when they successfully drive buyers to their eBay Store directly from a location outside of eBay, such as a Squidoo Lens.

With Store Referral Credit, eBay will give you a 75% credit on your Final Value Fees when your marketing efforts generate sales of your Store Inventory format listings.

Be sure that your eBay Store link in your lens includes the ?refid=store in your URL to take advantage of the store referral credit.

Have a Question?

Why not drop by SquidU?

We also have our own eBay Users Forum, thank you Squidoo!

If you have a question or just want to chat, there's always a Squid or Squidette around.

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jvermilion Nov 30, 2011 @ 11:53 am | delete

Thanks a lot!

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Quickcutters Apr 27, 2011 @ 10:01 pm | delete

I just love your lenses. been here 3 years and just found you. I like the way you take it step by step. Im still not getting the linking my lenses yet. 2 out of 6 work. Still trying to figure it out.
Great lenses that you write.

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jsjools Apr 21, 2010 @ 1:30 am | delete

Thanks again - I find it helpful to have handy a blank href code like this:
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Then all you need to do is to insert the page that you want to link to in the first 2 hashes and your linkable text in the 2nd 2 hashes.

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ayoro Mar 15, 2010 @ 5:42 am | delete

thank you, very helpful and very clearly laid out. I was surprised it took so long to find this type of help, I would have thought there would be a Squidoo tutorial or something on html... or maybe it's just time I learned how to do it and get over finding it scary!