ePN TV: Julia Barrett Talks Holiday Promotions

This week Julia Barrett, ePN’s Head of North America, kicks off our brand new season of eBay Partner Network TV with some great tips around promoting for the Holidays.

First up, banners! Check out the Publisher Portal for some great seasonal creatives that we think buyers are going to love. (NOTE: Creative may not be available until November 15th. Thanks … Read more…

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Welcome to ePN TV

Many of you are probably familiar with our “Chatting with ePN” video series. We’ve been doing it since May of 2010 and have produced more than 40 segments to date. This week we’re announcing some changes to the series.

First, we’ve gone with the simpler more fitting name: eBay Partner Network TV or ePN TV for short. We wanted the … Read more…

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Happy Holidays: 2011 Holiday Promotion

Back by popular demand, the eBay Partner Network is once again offering you the chance to earn more from your U.S. campaigns during this holiday shopping season!

How does the Holiday Promotion work?

Increase your QCP-based earnings by at least 20% during each month of the holiday promotion (as compared to your earnings in August 2011*) and you … Read more…

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European Campaigns Offering Bonus of up to 30% During Holidays

Following last year’s success, eBay Partner Network is offering you the chance to earn more from your European campaigns during this year’s Christmas shopping season with a promotion in November and December 2011.

The promotion includes all European programs (United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland and the Netherlands) and is only available for publishers who generated … Read more…

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Be Our Guest at BlogWorld LA

In a couple of weeks the eBay Partner Network Team will be packing our bags and heading to LA to attend BlogWorld Expo Los Angeles. The conference runs from November 3rd-5th and we’d like to invite one of you the chance to be our guest for the festivities! All you have to do is leave a … Read more…

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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Feed to RSS v2

On April 18th we launched RSS v2 on a more advanced platform leveraging our Finding API. You may recall we blogged about these changes and the importance of migrating to the new version on April 1st. As announced, the infrastructure behind RSS v1 stopped being supported as of June 30, 2011. We thought it might be a … Read more…

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Chatting with eBay Partner Network: Richard Brewer-Hay Shares His Tips for Social Media Success

Getting great social media advice can be tricky – everyone seems to have an opinion on the do’s and don’ts of properly navigating the choppy waters of services like Twitter and Facebook. How do you know what advice to believe? Well, this week we’re getting social media tips from eBay’s Chief Blogger and Senior Social Media Manager, Richard Brewer-Hay. And … Read more…

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Advancing Our Mobile Rollout

Over the last few years mobile has changed the way we think about every day tasks online. Its changed the way we approach email, web browsing, search and certainly, the way we shop. A new breed of retail is emerging: customers are driving anytime-anyhow-anywhere shopping through the power of mobile. A recent study by ABI Research noted that mobile commerce … Read more…

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Discovering the Power of X.com

Some of you may have noticed that the domain http://developer.ebay.com doesn’t exist anymore. Fear not, we haven’t eliminated our developer program. On the contrary, we’ve expanded it and rolled into a powerful new platform called x.com.

“We’re fans of what you do, and we want to help you do more—faster and with greater efficiency. We know you want to

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Promote Scary Good Halloween Deals

Treating yourself to increased ePN earnings around Halloween doesn’t require any tricks, just some insight into the most sought-after items. We noticed an uptick in Halloween searches and sales in mid-September, and expect this trend will continue to climb until just before October 31, when last-minute shoppers scour the web for Halloween haunts. Get in on the frightening fun by … Read more…

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