Comments on: eBay Partner Network Kicking Affiliates in the Face! http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm Learn How to Build and Market Niche Websites Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nancyhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16232 Nancy Fri, 01 May 2009 13:40:34 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-16232 I have been on EPN for nearly a year and NO money. I wasn't on CJ so have no experience there to relate. Perhaps my auctions, keywords, etc are the problem. I also sell on ebay and that has gone down as well. It's time to find a new auction site. Thanks for the blog,<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('16232','Nancy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('16232','Nancy','I have been on EPN for nearly a year and NO money. I wasn\'t on CJ so have no experience there to relate. Perhaps my auctions, keywords, etc are the problem. I also sell on ebay and that has gone down as well. It\'s time to find a new auction site. Thanks for the blog,'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have been on EPN for nearly a year and NO money. I wasn’t on CJ so have no experience there to relate. Perhaps my auctions, keywords, etc are the problem. I also sell on ebay and that has gone down as well. It’s time to find a new auction site. Thanks for the blog,
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]]> By: Warning about Buying Expired Domains - Don't Buy Into a Bad Neighborhood! | The Niche Store Builder - Succeed with Build a Niche Storehttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9247 Warning about Buying Expired Domains - Don't Buy Into a Bad Neighborhood! | The Niche Store Builder - Succeed with Build a Niche Store Tue, 20 May 2008 14:30:13 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-9247 [...] week, I posted about eBay not paying attention to its Affiliates and the problems they are having with the new EPN changeover. Browsing the eBay EPN forum shows [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('9247','Warning about Buying Expired Domains - Don\'t Buy Into a Bad Neighborhood! | The Niche Store Builder - Succeed with Build a Niche Store'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('9247','Warning about Buying Expired Domains - Don\'t Buy Into a Bad Neighborhood! | The Niche Store Builder - Succeed with Build a Niche Store','[...] week, I posted about eBay not paying attention to its Affiliates and the problems they are having with the new EPN changeover. Browsing the eBay EPN forum shows [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] week, I posted about eBay not paying attention to its Affiliates and the problems they are having with the new EPN changeover. Browsing the eBay EPN forum shows [...]
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]]> By: Walter Mintonhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8717 Walter Minton Thu, 15 May 2008 16:13:41 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-8717 Perhaps an investigation is in order.Should all affiliate programs be monitored by an independent or (heaven forbid) government agency? That couldn't be good and will cost both sides money but that is exactly what will happen if enough people start screaming to lawmakers.Walt<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8717','Walter Minton'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8717','Walter Minton','Perhaps an investigation is in order. \r\n\r\nShould all affiliate programs be monitored by an independent or (heaven forbid) government agency? That couldn\'t be good and will cost both sides money but that is exactly what will happen if enough people start screaming to lawmakers.\r\n\r\nWalt'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Perhaps an investigation is in order.

Should all affiliate programs be monitored by an independent or (heaven forbid) government agency? That couldn’t be good and will cost both sides money but that is exactly what will happen if enough people start screaming to lawmakers.

Walt

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]]> By: Bobhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8715 Bob Thu, 15 May 2008 15:47:39 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-8715 I can't believe ShoeMoney is ignoring this all important topic. It looks like no matter what happens, eBay for sure cannot be trusted and you might as well take any income you make with them with a grain of salt as it could be gone at any time.In short, it's probably a safe bet to focus on a different income stream. :(http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/05/15/my-definition-of-seo-and-how-the-death-will-play-out/<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8715','Bob'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8715','Bob','I can\'t believe ShoeMoney is ignoring this all important topic. It looks like no matter what happens, eBay for sure cannot be trusted and you might as well take any income you make with them with a grain of salt as it could be gone at any time.\r\n\r\nIn short, it\'s probably a safe bet to focus on a different income stream. :(\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.shoemoney.com\/2008\/05\/15\/my-definition-of-seo-and-how-the-death-will-play-out\/'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I can’t believe ShoeMoney is ignoring this all important topic. It looks like no matter what happens, eBay for sure cannot be trusted and you might as well take any income you make with them with a grain of salt as it could be gone at any time.

In short, it’s probably a safe bet to focus on a different income stream. :(

http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/05/15/my-definition-of-seo-and-how-the-death-will-play-out/

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]]> By: Rick Blackmonhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8708 Rick Blackmon Thu, 15 May 2008 14:46:06 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-8708 I received around 1000 impressions and 500 clicks my first month with less than $1 revenue. This may be more a poor selection of niches and keywords than anything else. I am trying to exercise patience and wait it out.I started with EPN so have no experience good or bad with CJ.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8708','Rick Blackmon'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8708','Rick Blackmon','I received around 1000 impressions and 500 clicks my first month with less than $1 revenue. This may be more a poor selection of niches and keywords than anything else. I am trying to exercise patience and wait it out.\r\n\r\nI started with EPN so have no experience good or bad with CJ.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I received around 1000 impressions and 500 clicks my first month with less than $1 revenue. This may be more a poor selection of niches and keywords than anything else. I am trying to exercise patience and wait it out.

I started with EPN so have no experience good or bad with CJ.

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]]> By: Roberthttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8701 Robert Thu, 15 May 2008 14:20:59 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-8701 One of the difficulties I'm having is that it's hard to assess the metrics, since I had probably some 20,000 clicks registered in April from bots. This is something they say they're addressing, although I can't see how that could impact the revenue bottom line.That said, I have seen an increase in ACRUs, as well, but the number of winning bids has fallen dramatically vis a vis the actualy number of clicks I'm seeing in May. Before the changeover, I was seeing one winning bid per 30-40 clicks (in March). Now I'm seeing a winning bid for every 100-125 clicks here in May (the bot clicks seem to have stopped). I guess I can't complain, since my actual revenues this month (May) so far are slightly ahead of my previous highest month. I only got started with BANS at the first of the year, so I don't have a lot of history to go by.I think we need to give it six months to see how things are performing over the longer haul.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8701','Robert'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8701','Robert','One of the difficulties I\'m having is that it\'s hard to assess the metrics, since I had probably some 20,000 clicks registered in April from bots. This is something they say they\'re addressing, although I can\'t see how that could impact the revenue bottom line.\r\n\r\nThat said, I have seen an increase in ACRUs, as well, but the number of winning bids has fallen dramatically vis a vis the actualy number of clicks I\'m seeing in May. Before the changeover, I was seeing one winning bid per 30-40 clicks (in March). Now I\'m seeing a winning bid for every 100-125 clicks here in May (the bot clicks seem to have stopped). I guess I can\'t complain, since my actual revenues this month (May) so far are slightly ahead of my previous highest month. I only got started with BANS at the first of the year, so I don\'t have a lot of history to go by.\r\n\r\nI think we need to give it six months to see how things are performing over the longer haul.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> One of the difficulties I’m having is that it’s hard to assess the metrics, since I had probably some 20,000 clicks registered in April from bots. This is something they say they’re addressing, although I can’t see how that could impact the revenue bottom line.

That said, I have seen an increase in ACRUs, as well, but the number of winning bids has fallen dramatically vis a vis the actualy number of clicks I’m seeing in May. Before the changeover, I was seeing one winning bid per 30-40 clicks (in March). Now I’m seeing a winning bid for every 100-125 clicks here in May (the bot clicks seem to have stopped). I guess I can’t complain, since my actual revenues this month (May) so far are slightly ahead of my previous highest month. I only got started with BANS at the first of the year, so I don’t have a lot of history to go by.

I think we need to give it six months to see how things are performing over the longer haul.

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]]> By: Erichttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8698 Eric Thu, 15 May 2008 13:54:18 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-8698 I'm also glad that it's not "just me" on this....although it's never good when honest people like us get the shaft.I really haven't taken a hard look at my metrics/stats from Aweber to EPN...but I can say this:1. I shouldn't have gone from my BEST month so far (March) to my ABSOLUTE WORST month to date (April)....and not think that it's EPN related. 2. While with CJ, I would get 5, 6 maybe 7 signup commissions per month...I've gotten 1 ACRU so far with EPN. 3. According to CJ stats, I received commission EVERY SINGLE day (except 2 days) in the month of March. With EPN, all of April and up until today I've had about 10-12 sales total. ...and there's nothing wrong? 4. I understand that lower traffic translates to lower clicks/commissions...but c'mon! I have my BEST earning sight at position #1...yes, #1 on page 1 in google for my main search term....and it's only registered 17 clicks according to EPN this month. It was doing WAY better when it was sandboxed around page 4! 5. I hate EPN 6. I am extremely busy this time of year...work, grad school, new baby....and I haven't had much time to devote to BANS....but I'm almost glad. I'm not sure I want to do much more BANS work if they continue to screw us over.Like many people, I'm just really frustrated because after about a year of trying to make money on the internet...I was finally succeeding and seeing some REAL dollars, and it was growing and getting better each month...only to be kicked in the face!Eric<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8698','Eric'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8698','Eric','I\'m also glad that it\'s not \"just me\" on this....although it\'s never good when honest people like us get the shaft.\r\n\r\nI really haven\'t taken a hard look at my metrics\/stats from Aweber to EPN...but I can say this:\r\n\r\n1. I shouldn\'t have gone from my BEST month so far (March) to my ABSOLUTE WORST month to date (April)....and not think that it\'s EPN related.\r\n2. While with CJ, I would get 5, 6 maybe 7 signup commissions per month...I\'ve gotten 1 ACRU so far with EPN.\r\n3. According to CJ stats, I received commission EVERY SINGLE day (except 2 days) in the month of March. With EPN, all of April and up until today I\'ve had about 10-12 sales total. ...and there\'s nothing wrong?\r\n4. I understand that lower traffic translates to lower clicks\/commissions...but c\'mon! I have my BEST earning sight at position #1...yes, #1 on page 1 in google for my main search term....and it\'s only registered 17 clicks according to EPN this month. It was doing WAY better when it was sandboxed around page 4!\r\n5. I hate EPN\r\n6. I am extremely busy this time of year...work, grad school, new baby....and I haven\'t had much time to devote to BANS....but I\'m almost glad. I\'m not sure I want to do much more BANS work if they continue to screw us over.\r\n\r\nLike many people, I\'m just really frustrated because after about a year of trying to make money on the internet...I was finally succeeding and seeing some REAL dollars, and it was growing and getting better each month...only to be kicked in the face!\r\n\r\nEric'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m also glad that it’s not “just me” on this….although it’s never good when honest people like us get the shaft.

I really haven’t taken a hard look at my metrics/stats from Aweber to EPN…but I can say this:

1. I shouldn’t have gone from my BEST month so far (March) to my ABSOLUTE WORST month to date (April)….and not think that it’s EPN related.
2. While with CJ, I would get 5, 6 maybe 7 signup commissions per month…I’ve gotten 1 ACRU so far with EPN.
3. According to CJ stats, I received commission EVERY SINGLE day (except 2 days) in the month of March. With EPN, all of April and up until today I’ve had about 10-12 sales total. …and there’s nothing wrong?
4. I understand that lower traffic translates to lower clicks/commissions…but c’mon! I have my BEST earning sight at position #1…yes, #1 on page 1 in google for my main search term….and it’s only registered 17 clicks according to EPN this month. It was doing WAY better when it was sandboxed around page 4!
5. I hate EPN
6. I am extremely busy this time of year…work, grad school, new baby….and I haven’t had much time to devote to BANS….but I’m almost glad. I’m not sure I want to do much more BANS work if they continue to screw us over.

Like many people, I’m just really frustrated because after about a year of trying to make money on the internet…I was finally succeeding and seeing some REAL dollars, and it was growing and getting better each month…only to be kicked in the face!

Eric

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]]> By: Paulhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8696 Paul Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:11 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-8696 I have been an ebay powerseller for 5 years and they have always been very very poor with customer care. I have rarely received a reply that hasn't been a cut and paste job in all these years.Ebay is notorious for treating buyers and sellers alike with disdain. In recent years they have made disastrous changes in the rules affecting countless sellers. a UK change earlier this year put many out of business and even bankrupted some sellers in the UK. My income went down by approx 65% and is still at that level today. The forums were inundated with threads complaining, and when ebay reps (rarely) responded there were no answers forthcoming.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8696','Paul'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8696','Paul','I have been an ebay powerseller for 5 years and they have always been very very poor with customer care. I have rarely received a reply that hasn\'t been a cut and paste job in all these years.\r\n\r\nEbay is notorious for treating buyers and sellers alike with disdain. In recent years they have made disastrous changes in the rules affecting countless sellers. a UK change earlier this year put many out of business and even bankrupted some sellers in the UK. My income went down by approx 65% and is still at that level today. The forums were inundated with threads complaining, and when ebay reps (rarely) responded there were no answers forthcoming.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have been an ebay powerseller for 5 years and they have always been very very poor with customer care. I have rarely received a reply that hasn’t been a cut and paste job in all these years.

Ebay is notorious for treating buyers and sellers alike with disdain. In recent years they have made disastrous changes in the rules affecting countless sellers. a UK change earlier this year put many out of business and even bankrupted some sellers in the UK. My income went down by approx 65% and is still at that level today. The forums were inundated with threads complaining, and when ebay reps (rarely) responded there were no answers forthcoming.

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]]> By: Pathttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8692 Pat Thu, 15 May 2008 12:38:45 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-8692 My earnings on CJ during April were the highest ever. My earnings from ebay were the lowest. I didn't even make enough from ebay to get paid. I haven't made any ebay sales for a week now and I find this very hard to believe. I think that what is needed is a survey to determine just how many people this issue is affecting. It's easy to get skewed impression from forums as the ones whose sales are down will make the most noise. We could do with some hard figures.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8692','Pat'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8692','Pat','My earnings on CJ during April were the highest ever. My earnings from ebay were the lowest. I didn\'t even make enough from ebay to get paid. I haven\'t made any ebay sales for a week now and I find this very hard to believe. I think that what is needed is a survey to determine just how many people this issue is affecting. It\'s easy to get skewed impression from forums as the ones whose sales are down will make the most noise. We could do with some hard figures.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My earnings on CJ during April were the highest ever. My earnings from ebay were the lowest. I didn’t even make enough from ebay to get paid. I haven’t made any ebay sales for a week now and I find this very hard to believe. I think that what is needed is a survey to determine just how many people this issue is affecting. It’s easy to get skewed impression from forums as the ones whose sales are down will make the most noise. We could do with some hard figures.
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]]> By: Billhttp://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8673 Bill Thu, 15 May 2008 10:40:07 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/ebay-partner-network-kicking-affiliates-in-the-face.htm#comment-8673 Sometime It seams like Ebay is being run by a bunch of kids. You know what I mean. You confront them and the say WHAT EVER.As a ebey seller I have been blackmail for FB 6 times in the last month. They say they will investigate and remove it and suspend accounts abusing FB. NOT Broken promisesI'm still waiting to see what comes out in the wash<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8673','Bill'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8673','Bill','Sometime It seams like Ebay is being run by a bunch of kids. You know what I mean. You confront them and the say WHAT EVER.\r\n\r\nAs a ebey seller I have been blackmail for FB 6 times in the last month. They say they will investigate and remove it and suspend accounts abusing FB. NOT \r\nBroken promises\r\n\r\nI\'m still waiting to see what comes out in the wash'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sometime It seams like Ebay is being run by a bunch of kids. You know what I mean. You confront them and the say WHAT EVER.

As a ebey seller I have been blackmail for FB 6 times in the last month. They say they will investigate and remove it and suspend accounts abusing FB. NOT
Broken promises

I’m still waiting to see what comes out in the wash

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