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eBay Partner Network Scheduled Maintenance – August 4th

July 31st, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello Partners,

On August 4th the eBay Partner Network Dashboard will be unavailable from 8 am MST to 10 am MST due to scheduled maintenance. We are not expecting any interruptions to tracking or ad serving, however reports will be delayed. Upon logging-in to your account on August 4th, you will receive a message stating that the interface is temporarily … Read more…

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Referring URL Tips & Tricks

July 29th, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

As we mentioned in recent blog posts, we are making an effort to increase the transparency and accuracy of the referring URLs from traffic coming through eBay Partner Network links.   The referring URL is the address of the page that a user was on when they clicked a link. In other words, if a user is on Page A and … Read more…

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Five SEO Mistakes Guaranteed to Lead to Your Failure – Wil Reynolds, Part 3 of 3

July 23rd, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Mistake #1 – You Get Involved in SEO Drama

Be very wary of getting dragged into the trap. There are some SEOs who @ people all day long in lengthy back and forths. Every minute you spend chiming in and reading their banter is one less minute you spent on scouring delicious for links or digging though analytics to improve … Read more…

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New eBay Motors Widget Available

July 22nd, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello Partners,

We are excited to announce the release of a new eBay Motors widget!  You can now customize the color and title of the widget so that it can blend seamlessly with your site, creating the best user experience for your visitors.  The widget can be found here: http://www.carad.com/widgets/finder/.

Here’s a preview of the widget:

eBay Motors Widget

Although this widget … Read more…

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eBay Partner Network Platform Updates Effective July 20th

July 17th, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello Partners,

In addition to the policy updates that you have read about, we are also making a few updates to the eBay Partner Network Platform that we want to review with you.

Domain Validation
In order to ensure the quality of traffic in our network, we’re going to continue to work with our partners to get greater transparency into … Read more…

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eBay Partner Network Policy Updates Effective July 20th

July 17th, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello Partners,

As we advanced in our blog post in early May, we are making a few changes to the accepted business models in eBay Partner Network and we are making changes to our compensation model.

Our new Terms and Conditions will officially reflect these changes, as well as a few other updates to our policies that we want … Read more…

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Meet Us at Affiliate Summit East

July 16th, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello from your U.S. team at ePN. We would like to announce that we will be attending the Affiliate Summit East in New York on August 9th-11th: http://www.affiliatesummit.com/. If you will be attending and would like to stop by to visit, we will be hosting a table at their largest event, the “Meet Market”. This event consists of rows … Read more…

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Bienvenu to NetBooster!

July 16th, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hi all,

Following on from our post about investing in our affiliates, we’re very excited to announce that the European eBay Partner Network team has appointed NetBooster, a leading online marketing agency, to help support us in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. 

The team at NetBooster will work closely with us to recruit new affiliates and work directly with more … Read more…

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R.O.EYE Guest Blog Post – Taking the plunge into the API

July 15th, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Many publishers can be put off by the thought of the API, but when promoting a site such as eBay, with its dynamic catalogue of millions of products and constantly changing prices, it really is too good a tool to be overlooked.

So what is it?

Good question – API stands for Application Programming Interface, which is a facility to … Read more…

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No Payment Threshold for July Payment

July 1st, 2009 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello Partners,

We are taking steps to improve our payment processes. This month’s payment disbursement, occurring Monday, July 27th, will have no payment threshold. This means that as long as your eBay Partner Network account is in good standing, you will receive your outstanding balance paid in full, even if your balance due is less than 5 (USD, CAD, EUR, … Read more…

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