eBay Partner Network

I switched my links to the ebay Partner Network when it became live a few months ago. I believe that I have switched all my links, but I am experiencing a drop in the commission that I previously experienced.

This is a little confusing, there has been mixed views from a number of affiliates that I have spoken to. The split is around 1/3 have seen a significant drop, 1/3 have stayed the same and 1/3 have expericend a rise in sales and commissions.

eBay are listing a number of great tools, nice to have them all in one place, but are people using them, or are they just switching links? With the affiliate space becoming alot more competitive use of every tool that affiliate merchants / affiliate networks have to offer is essential. Anything that can be done to enhance a site with the aid of a merchant instead of link and banner dropping must be good.

Probably the most useful tool with ebay is the affiliate RSS feeds. with a little php (other server side scripting languages are available) this can be used in a number of different ways to enhance a site and add unique content.

The next step for myself is to have a look at the eBay API, now freely available - they used to charge! A step up from the RSS feeds. Saving my time I may just invest in BANS

July 15th, 2008 Posted by admin | affiliate marketing, eBay | one comment

Beware Extra Fees On NOCHEX

This information might be of interest to merchants accepting Nochex as a payment option.

Nochex is a low cost payment system ideal for lower volume ecommerce vendors and ebay vendors, often used along side, or inplace of other cc processors or paypal

Nochex - sometimes talked about as the UK paypal - is starting to get complaints in the way that the ‘payement gateway’ processes credit card payments.

On Working Lunch today (BBC2) there were claims that credit card purchases using the Nochex service were treated as cash advances, and because of such they were subject to additional charges and much higher interest rates.

This can be a real pain if you are using the service for ‘micropayments’ - especially downloads, that may only cost the user £1, might cost nearly 5 times that with the addition of credit card fees.

Nochex have responded with the following warning on their payment pages.

Please be aware that a limited number of card issuers may charge you a cash advance fee for funding this transaction by credit card. This is not a charge made by Nochex.

This is accompanied with a link to a very short help article:

Cash Handling Fees
 Some Visa and MasterCard issuers (including Capital One, GM, MBNA, Mint, Sainsbury’s and Tesco) may charge you a cash handling fee when using your credit card to fund a Nochex payment.

If you are unsure whether you will be charged a cash handling fee we recommend that you either speak to your card issuer before you make the payment or choose an alternative card (such as your debit card) to make the payment from.

This fee is not charged by either the Merchant to whom you are sending this payment or by Nochex.

This is slightly worrying. I personally don’t use Nochex, but I do use PayPal alot. I am starting to wonder if there are similar issues with these other ‘Micropayment’ card payment processors?

If anyone knows the answers please post a comment!
 

March 27th, 2007 Posted by scifind | eBay, ecommerce, paypal | one comment

More on Ebay Revenue Share System

A quick update on the ebay revenue share:

As previously announced, from March 1st 2007 we’re introducing a new revenue sharing model for the eBay.co.uk Affiliates Programme. We’re excited about these changes because we think they’ll give you more opportunities to make more money.We’ll still pay you for the new ACRUs (Active Confirmed Registered Users) you send us: there’s no change there. But rather than paying a single fee for bids and Buy it Nows, we’ll be tying your earnings per bid and BIN to the revenue we get for the sold item. You’ll receive a percentage of all the revenue we earn (Listing Fees and Final Value Fees) from all winning bids & BINS made by visitors in the seven days after you send them our way.This means that when you send us quality bidders and buyers who purchase higher priced items on eBay.co.uk, will earn you more. Yes, that’s right: The higher the sale price, the higher the reward. However, be aware that this may not be the case in categories with ‘fixed fees’ such as Motors and Real Estate.

ebay.co.uk will offer 25% of revenue (under £100) up to 50% of revenue - for over £500,000

February 20th, 2007 Posted by scifind | affiliate marketing, affiliate, eBay, ecommerce | no comments

eBay to Revenue Share With Affiliates!

Just got this email from eBay.co.uk:

Dear Affiliate,
We’re excited to announce that from March 1st 2007 we’ll be making changes to the way we reward affiliates. We hope that these changes will offer you greater flexibility and more opportunities to earn more money from eBay.co.uk’s Affiliate Programme. The major change to the programme will be a new revenue-sharing component. This means that not only will you be paid based on the number of new Active Confirmed Registered Users (ACRUs) you deliver to eBay but we’ll also give you a share of the revenue generated by the Bids and Buy it Nows you deliver to the site. This email is just a heads up. We’ll be providing more information and publishing the full payment structure in the coming weeks, so keep an eye on your inbox for news. You can also visit the Affiliates Discussion board for updates. We hope that you’ll be as excited about this new way to earn as we are. Regards,
The eBay.co.uk Affiliate Team

Been waiting for eBay.co.uk to start a revenue share system for ages. Cannot wait to see their terms

January 31st, 2007 Posted by scifind | affiliate marketing, affiliate, eBay | no comments