Technologist For Hire » eBay http://www.nexdot.net/blog An everyday attempt to stand out Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:24:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1-alpha-15359 eBay going solo with Affiliate Network, calling it Partner Network http://www.nexdot.net/blog/2008/03/17/ebay-going-solo-with-affiliate-network-calling-it-partner-network/ http://www.nexdot.net/blog/2008/03/17/ebay-going-solo-with-affiliate-network-calling-it-partner-network/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:03:25 +0000 Christian Flickinger http://www.nexdot.net/blog/2008/03/17/ebay-going-solo-with-affiliate-network-calling-it-partner-network/ eBay has just announced that they will be leaving Commission Junction on May 1, 2008!

They will be managing their own affiliate network beginning April 1, 2008. They have named it the eBay Partner Network (EPN). The new network will allow them to better manage their affiliate data, and better serve reports to affiliates. eBay has classically had issues with CJ and their reporting system. Maybe EPN will finally resolve these types of issues!

They claim the payout will not be changing. They have also announced some new features that will be available, right off the bat, through EPN:

  • Easy global registration to multiple countries simultaneously
  • New, targeted banners and rich media creatives
  • New landing page optimization and geo-targeting capabilities
  • More detailed reporting capabilities for eBay’s programs

Also, for all of you who properly convert your existing CJ affiliate accounts to EPN, you will receive a 5% bonus on all April affiliate traffic!

To properly convert your account, follow these steps:

  • Register with eBay Partner Network on April 1, 2008
  • Confirm your registration, and obtain your new identifiers
  • Update your links with your new identifiers
  • Reminder: Please plan to complete migration by May 1, 2008
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The ultimate goal of eBurl is to provide sellers a resource for creating friendly URLs (eBurls) to their stores/auctions and supplying the sellers with detailed statistics about these eBurls, such as: Number of clicks, where the clicks came from, popularity of eBurl compared to others, and graphs detailing other information pertaining to the eBurl.

eBurl can also be used by non-sellers to simply share items that they have found on eBay, but with a much more compact, easy to use, URL.

A standard eBay URL looks something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/TwitTV-com-awesome-typo-domain_
W0QQitemZ110200121711QQihZ001QQcategoryZ11153QQss
PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is the eBurl for that same auction:
http://eburl.net/twittv

There will also be an RSS feed of the popular eBurls for all the enjoy :)

SO check out www.eBurl.net, test it out, and have fun!

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