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eBay’s New Diamond Ring Designer

eBay recently launched a Diamond Ring Designer (US only) so that buyers can now build unique engagement rings quickly and easily!

Diamonds

What was once a rather daunting task, finding a wonderful engagement ring is now simple on eBay.

With the ability to choose up to five diamonds and five ring settings, buyers can mix and match selections to customize their … Read more…

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Red Hot Deals for Your Valentine

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and your visitors can find everything they need to surprise their special someone at eBay! Here are five of the most popular gifts that you can suggest:

  1. The ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift is definitely a beautiful and unique engagement ring! Promote eBay’s new Diamond Ring Designer and let your visitors know that they
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Start 2010 with a model eBay Partner Network account!

Richard Wright is an eBay Programme Executive at RO EYE, the agency that supports eBay Partner Network.  Rich works primarily with bringing on new publishers and ramping up existing ones, so is ideally placed to talk about the best way to set up your account for success.

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It’s a new year, a new decade and to help you get off … Read more…

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Best Practices for Publishers who are also eBay Sellers

In 2007 we opened up the eBay Affiliate Program in the US to eBay sellers with off-eBay websites and it’s now allowed across all our global programs. Our goal in doing this was to allow eBay sellers to earn additional compensation for driving traffic to their own listings.

We have seen many sellers integrate ePN links into their sites to … Read more…

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Colts and Saints Battle it out in High Def!

On February 7th, the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts will be battling it out at the Super Bowl in living rooms across North America and beyond. eBay is offering up the opportunity to catch this game in high definition in your own home, for a very reasonable price. From now though Jan 27th (or while supplies last), we have … Read more…

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eBay Partner Network Wins Pinnacle Award for Exceptional Merchant at ASW10!

We’re pleased to report that eBay Partner Network (ePN) won the Pinnacle Award for “Exceptional Merchant” at Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas, the US’s biggest affiliate event of 2010.

Judged by the Affiliate Summit Advisory Board, the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards are affiliate marketing’s most prestigious and competitive honor for the leaders in the space. According to Affiliate Read more…

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Affiliate Summit West 2010 Off to a Great Start

Today is the 2nd day of Affiliate Summit West at the Rio in Las Vegas and it’s been quite an interesting show so far. A handful of ePN team members are in attendance at this years event, along with a couple of members of the Partner Centric team as well. The eBay Partner Network had a busy a meet market … Read more…

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eBay SEO: an Interview with Dennis Goedegebuure

Hi All,

Dennis G.We thought we’d share with you excerpts of a great interview that the head of eBay’s SEO team, Dennis Goedegebuure, has recently done with SEOBook about in-house SEO best practices, a lot of which is also relevant to smaller sites.  You can read the full article here.

Some of our European based affiliates will have met Dennis, … Read more…

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eBay Motors in the US Offers FREE Vehicle History Reports

Motors ImageeBay Motors in the US is now offering buyers a new layer of confidence by offering a free 100-point Experian AutoCheck vehicle history report with every used vehicle listing!

eBay Motors is the number one automotive site on the Web, with more than 10 million unique visitors each month and one passenger car sold every minute.

Cars listed with a … Read more…

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Guest Blog Post – Matt Bailey talks about the UK's Affiliate Marketing Council

Matt Bailey is the Head of Performance Marketing at the UK based online media agency, i-level, and Chair of the UK IAB’s Affiliate Marketing Council.

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I’m very glad that eBay have recently joined the IAB’s Affiliate Marketing Council and have been asked to write a short post explaining a bit about what we do and why it is … Read more…

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