Understanding the eBay Partner Network Approval Process

June 24th, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello Partners,

We often get asked about our requirements for accepting new partners into eBay Partner Network.  Recently, we came across a great blog entry that gives some great insights into getting accepted into ePN.  TheNicheStoreBuilder.com’s “7 Tips for Getting Accepted into ePN – eBay Affiliate Network” offers interesting and insightful tips on becoming a new ePN partner.

In addition to the tips mentioned above, we want to stress the importance of giving valid contact information in your application.  Although we understand the desire for privacy, giving false phone numbers and/or contact information is an easy way to get rejected quickly from eBay Partner Network.  We want to ensure that you aren’t getting rejected for reasons that can easily be corrected.  When applying to ePN, please enter your current contact information and an explanation of how you drive traffic to your website and your plans to promote eBay.  The more we can understand about your business model, the easier it is for us to make a clear and correct decision.

We welcome your feedback and questions, please comment on this thread if you would like further clarification and we will be happy to respond to you.

To your continued success,

Amanda
eBay Partner Network Team

  • http://www.aaapricesearch.com Harish Nachnani

    Hi Amanda,
    I was a half.com affilate for a very long time until ebay switch to there own affiliate network.
    I have applied for a membership to the affiliate network but have not gotten a response.
    Could you please check the status?
    Thanks,
    Harish

  • Amanda

    Hi Harish,

    I will research your history and get back to you with an update ASAP. Thank you for reaching out.

    Best,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network Team

  • Shen

    Hello Can you tell me now how to join ebay inda program

  • Gary

    Hi,

    I dont know if ebay could do this but I have a software package that i want to embed an ebay front end into it so everytime someone buys something through my front end, i get an commission. So instead of me advertsing through a website, i would be selling my software and one of the functions of the software would be to direct customers to ebay.

    Is this possbile ?

    Thanks
    Gary

  • http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com Mark – Niche Store Builder

    Amanda -

    Thanks for the kind words about the post from earlier this week. I have taken your lead and added the additional point about using realcontact information as well.

    Thanks again,

    Mark Hansen

  • http://videogamescheap.net Cameron

    I too have applied, but have not got any response. In fact my site will revolve around promoting ebay targeting products toward my consumers. The faster this gets approve the faster i can start my marketing campaign. Please help

    Thanks

  • http://videogamescheap.net Cameron

    Also just to keep in mind my site will have content related to the site other than ebay merchandise. So when i meant revolve around i meant a good deal of my ads will only be ebay.

  • http://affiliate-marketing-adventure.com Sallie

    Excellent post, now let’s hope that the people who need to read it do so. And I think it’s great that you referred to Mark’s blog. Good work all the way around.

  • http://affiliate-marketing-adventure.com Sallie

    Oh, one more thing – some of us have long been asking for larger type so we can read the comments – I hope that this will be addressed soon. Thank you.

  • http://richskibum.com Bill

    Mark is the most awesome person I have meet through the Internet. He has done more for BANS & ePN than you will ever know.
    It’s great that his blog Niche Store Builder gets the recognition it deserves.

  • Amanda

    Hi Harish, Shen & Gary,

    For questions about your specific partner application, please write to eBayPartnerNetwork-accounts@ebay.com. This e-mail contact can better assist looking up your individual cases that I don’t have access to.

    Best,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network Team

  • Amanda

    Hi Sallie,

    We have absolutely heard your requests and have not forgotten. We are still finding the best solution to increase the font size of the comments. We hope to have a fix in place shortly.

    Best,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network Team

  • http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com Mark – Niche Store Builder

    In ref to the font size in the comments section here…

    I simply hold down my “control” key, and roll my mouse wheel forward 2-3 clicks!

    “ctrl plus + key = larger fonts” (the +plus key)

    When your done on the site, just reverse the process by pressing ctrl (plus) ther – Minus key, or use “View > Zoom > normal” in your browsers main menu.

    Mark

  • Amanda

    Hi Cameron,

    To find out the details about your specific account, please write to eBayPartnerNetwork-accounts@ebay.com, they will be able to assist you with your application process.

    Thank you,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network Team

  • Amanda

    Hi Gary,

    For approval of a special business model, like the one you are talking about, it’s best to write in the details to ePN-cs-english@ebay.com for specific approval.

    Best,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network Team

  • http://www.agroripe.com/mall Jayant Patil

    I guess, the existing eBay policies for accepting or rejecting are perfectly designed. Only those people get into problems, who try to cheat the systems. Hence being honest helps in any business. Online or even offline. Thanks to eBay…

  • http://videogamescheap.net Cameron

    Honestly i don’t think anyone is reading the emails i have sent two in the last 4 days and all of them have gone un-answered….how long does the approval process take? its been 4 business days now and i haven’t even got a confirmation email or something that its processing

  • Amanda

    Hi Cameron,

    I’m sorry the approval process is taking several days for you. We are constantly in the process of trying to improve our approval processes, and are trying to do extra verification steps to keep the quality of our network high for our partners. You should hear something back soon.

    Best Regards,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network Team

  • http://www.pokerfish.com Stephen

    Hi,
    I applied on the 19th and have not heard back. I emailed 2 days ago and have not heard back?
    Is there a problem?
    Thanks,
    Steve

  • fred

    I was turned down for ebay partner networl and would like to find out why so I could try to correct the problem or understand why.thanks fred

  • Abhishek

    Hello,

    I am in India, but would like to promote Ebay US products to US customers, can I do that? Thanks

  • http://www.ebayebayebay.com Andy

    I have applied for the affiliate program but have not had a response. Can anyone tell me how long this might take? Thanks

  • Scott Zorn

    Hi I am very interested in the affilate program but i dont own a buiness or have a website. I could get people to your site and your partners sites with link marketing and stuff. Is there any way to get involved ….. Thanks so much for your time ….. Scott

  • Rahul

    Hello Can you tell me now how to join ebay inda program

  • Amanda

    Hello,

    We have lots of questions coming in, I wanted to address all of the kinds of issues that we are hearing so that you can write in to the appropriate place to find out more details about your individual situations.

    If you have submitted an application and would like to find out the status – or if your application has been rejected, please write to ePN-cs-english@ebay.com for more information on your specific application. You can also write this address if you would like to be approved into different country programs, such as India’s program.

    If you have questions about your business model – if you are wanting to promote eBay other than on your website, please write to ePN-cs-english@ebay.com with details about how you would like to promote eBay for approval.

    Also, we have had some comments come in with questions about Network Quality. If you have specific questions about the status of your account in relation to our Network Quality team, please write to eBayPartnerNetwork-quality@ebay.com.

    We have received quite a few questions in regards to the length of the application process. Our application process does take several days. eBay Partner Network receives hundreds of new applications each day, we need to take the proper amount of time to look at each application individually to ensure the quality of our network. We apologize for any inconvenience to you for this waiting period, but we are doing our best to ensure that our network remains of the highest quality for our partners.

    Best,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network Team

  • http://www.basketballhotdeals.com Charles

    Be honest with your personal info. Make sure your website complies with all ebay partner network policies. Such as language,content,advertising and direction you send customers.

  • http://www.springtexas.com/ James Adams

    Hi,

    I applied several weeks ago to the ebay affiliate program to use on my website http://www.springtexas.com and also on hubpages.com and have not recieved my confirmation email yet. Could you please advise and let me know if there is anything else or information that needs to be provided to keep the ball rolling..

    Thank You Very Much,

    James Adams

  • Amanda

    Hi James,

    Many times when publishers haven’t received a response back, it is because our e-mails are being caught in their spam filters. Please make sure that noreply@ebaypartnernetwork.com is white listed so that our e-mails come through to you.

    Best,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network

  • Amanda

    Hi James,

    We have received your follow-up comments. Please contact ePN-cs-english@ebay.com to follow-up with the status of your application.

    Thank you,
    Amanda | eBay Partner Network Team

  • http://www.easygoldnumbers.co.uk Valerie

    Hi Amanda,
    Can you tell me if the ePN-cs-english@ebay.com email address is still valid for application reviews?
    I sent an email on the 13th May, but have not recieved anything such as an acknowledgment email or similar. Don’t want to keep waiting if I should have sent it elsewhere.

    thanks in advance.
    Val

  • http://www.freeadvertisewithus.com Geoffrey

    Hi Amanda,

    I would like to Join Ebay Partner Network but I am still on the process of completing my website. I just want to know if your approval process requires a establish website with stable traffic or do you also accept newly registered domain. Do i have to generate quality visitors first before applying for Ebay partner network? Hoping for your reply.

    Thank you and More power to your company

    Regards,

    Geoffrey

  • Amanda

    Val – yes, that e-mail address is still correct. You should receive a response soon.

    Geoffrey, your site does not necessarily need to already have stable traffic to be approved. It is best to provide a detailed explanation of how you plan to promote eBay in your application.

    Best,
    Amanda | The eBay Partner Network Team

  • Eddie van Rooyen

    Hi Amanda,

    I established a website with an eBay category in the domain name and at this stage have 30 pages with original content articles on them.It’s a new COM site purchased for five years.

    I then applied for EPN.

    After waiting three weeks, I submitted a ticket and got a reply that I had been turned down, with a list of possible reasons. There was no link where I could request a re-review. I had not received my rejection email.

    After improving my site and getting more traffic, I opened another ticket and requested a re-review. I provided a more detailed business proposal.

    It is now three weeks later and I have not heard anything. I’m not sure if eBay has notified me and it got lost in the mail again. I would very much like to be accepted and do not wish to rub them up the wrong way by seeming impatient.

    I am determined to keep on trying until I do the right thing that meets EPN’s approval.

    Thank you for your help.

    Regards,

    Eddie

  • Abu Monsur

    Hello Amanda,
    Thanks for this informative post.I have the following question-
    Do you accept international affiliates?If yes,what are the countries?

    Thanks
    Abu

  • Girish Jain

    Hi Amanda,

    I have started my own web site which sell Sarees and Imitation Jewellery online. Can I be the Ebay partner and what will be the requirement for that…Is it ok that I sell my own products and Ebay’s Product and ads Ebay too on my site.. Will this be approved for Ebay Partner Program..

    Thanks
    Girish Jain

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