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Changes to the eBay site in September

As you may have seen already if you’re an eBay buyer or seller as well as an affiliate, we’ve made some changes to the eBay.com, eBay.co.uk and eBay.de sites in September to keep buyers coming back to eBay time and time again. 

The changes vary by country, but in summary, we are making it easier to list fixed items on … Read more…

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Tool Validator bug

There is a known bug for Tool Validator, and and it currently reports a base URL error for Editor Kit in our Tool Validator Report, despite it being correct in your links. We are currently working on a fix for this, and it will be implemented on September 10. As always, we appreciate your on-going efforts to verify your links, … Read more…

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Transaction Download Report Changes Starting September 10th

Dear Publisher,

We will be making a few enhancements to the Transaction Download Report in our upcoming September 10th release.  If you are using the API to automatically receive and process this report, or are an active user of this report, please be aware of these changes and make the proper adjustments.

Field Changes:
We will be adding three more  … Read more…

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R.O.EYE to Support eBay UK Affiliate Programme

Specialist affiliate marketing agency R.O.EYE has been appointed by eBay in the UK to help support its recently launched in-house affiliate network, the eBay Partner Network.

R.O.EYE will work closely with eBay to help support the management of eBay’s existing affiliate base and will provide additional support by recruiting further affiliates across new and existing business models.

 “Over the last … Read more…

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Reporting Issue on August 10th

Hi all,

On Sunday, August 10th we had an issue that affected reporting of eBay Total Sale Amount, Earnings, and EPC in the US, UK, AU, and CA programs. These metrics were double-counted for certain items, so some publishers will see overstated earnings amounts for August 10th. Affected publishers will notice an update in their summary reports on August 18th … Read more…

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DevCon Update

This year’s DevCon took place in Chicago, where we announced the launch of the new Merchandising API and the Research API and the UK affiliate team talked about monetizing applications.

APIs

The merchandising API gives you access to popular and great value products on eBay.  Available calls include getDeals, which you can use to find items below the average selling … Read more…

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Promotion for eBay.fr affiliates in September!

Dear Publisher,

It’s the start of term and the time to get back to business. We want to help you to maximize your earnings during this busy time.  The eBay France affiliation program is therefore offering you an exceptional opportunity to increase your payout by up to €12500!

The Concept :

Try to , from September 1st to September Read more…

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New Creatives and Geo-Targeting

eBay offers many different tools, widgets, banners and creatives to help affiliates run successful Internet marketing campaigns.  With the new eBay Partner Network platform, we have added even more! 

Advanced Creatives – New! 

One of the biggest things we heard from you was “give us more premium creatives!”  So as part of the launch of eBay Partner Network, we’ve increased … Read more…

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New Value Based Pricing for eBay US Program

As you may have heard, we’re in the process of implementing a new pricing structure for Active Confirmed Registered User (ACRU) compensation. The new value-based pricing scheme is based on quality, instead of just volume, and will reward affiliates for the amount of quality traffic they drive to eBay advertiser websites. The new value-based pricing system is part of our … Read more…

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