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Recommended Reading and Listening for Affiliates (With a Free Giveaway!)

February 24th, 2010 | eBay Partner Network Team

If you haven’t seen it yet, the newly released “Internet Marketing From the Real Experts,” is great reading for affiliates. Edited by Shawn Collins and Missy Ward, the book includes more than 100 brief articles on all things Internet marketing from a group of 88 (the Gang of 88) experts in their fields, including Tim Carter, Brian Clark, Joel Comm, … Read more…

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Narciso Rodriguez Exclusive eBay Collection Live

February 22nd, 2010 | eBay Partner Network Team

We are pleased to announce that Narciso Rodriguez recently launched his first capsule collection exclusive to eBay! The collection features ten items in Rodriguez’s signature style, including a reversible trench coat, dresses, shoes and more. Rodriguez focused on the prominent color palette of black, white and red for this collection that starts at just $65.

The Narciso Rodriguez collection … Read more…

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Feed Update and Makegood – Non-US Publishers Only

February 17th, 2010 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello Partners,

As you may know, a scheduled upgrade to the eBay Partner Network RSS Feeds caused a one-time mapping error that has now been corrected. The issue began on February 9th and was fixed on February 16th. Please note that only non-US publishers using the RSS Feeds were affected. A makegood will be issued with February earnings in the … Read more…

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Seasonality and its impact on your EPC

February 17th, 2010 | eBay Partner Network Team

We all know that sales across the whole of the retail sector tend to be stronger in the run up to the Holiday season, when people are in the hunt for presents, and again at the beginning of a year, when they’re trying to bag a bargain in the January sales.  Sales also tend to be slower throughout the summer … Read more…

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Update on Click Filters

February 11th, 2010 | eBay Partner Network Team

Hello Partners,

We have had a few reports that some of our affiliates have been experiencing issues with bots and other automated activity inflating their click numbers. We have been working on enhancements to our click filtering platform to help ensure that click counts in the eBay Partner Network are an accurate representation of valid clicks. We will continue to … Read more…

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RSS feed is being updated

February 9th, 2010 | eBay Partner Network Team

From Wednesday 10th Feburary, we will be adding some new parameters to the links generated by the RSS feed for publishers promoting non-US programs. Publisher links will automatically be changed to the new link structure.

For the vast majority of publishers, there will be no need to make any changes to the way you promote eBay or to how the … Read more…

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Successful Search Engine Marketing – 5. How much to pay for your traffic

February 5th, 2010 | eBay Partner Network Team

In this fifth post in the ‘Successful Search Engine Marketing’ series, I’ll be giving my hints and tips on how to make sure you are paying the correct amount for the traffic you’re buying from search engines. Keyword, ad text and landing page optimization will all help you to run successful SEM campaigns, as will ensuring that you are buying … Read more…

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Publisher Spotlight: Ryan Porter of CarDomain.com

February 1st, 2010 | eBay Partner Network Team

Ryan Porter_CarDomainRyan Porter may spend most of his life chasing the perfect sports car but he also spends his fair share of time tuning and optimizing affiliate marketing and advertising campaigns for one of the largest automotive enthusiast communities on the web along with experimenting on smaller niche targeted sites.

Ryan’s tenure in affiliate marketing is only in its beginning years … Read more…

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