I remember my first income generated online roughly 10 years ago was with eBay. And the last bit of cash I earned online, approximately 5 minutes ago, was again with eBay. 10 years ago I was running auctions, shipping products and all that goes with that. These days it is a whole different ballgame, I work a lot less and make a lot more with eBay. I make money online as an eBay affiliate by directing people to eBay’s auctions and getting commissions on the transaction fees that eBay collects from the sellers. In addition to the commissions on transaction fees I also get paid up to $50 for new customer referrals.
Using Wordpress As A Platform To Display eBay Auctions
The simplest blogging platform and content management system that I’ve come across is Wordpress. I’m sure that you have heard of it. It’s a very flexible system that is constantly being updated and improved, and is available free of charge. I can literally have a site up and running with Wordpress showing eBay auctions in a matter of minutes.
phpBay For Wordpress
Plugins have been being developed to extend the capabilities of Wordpress since it was first introduced. A very flexible plugin that is used to show listings of eBay’s auctions is the phpBay plugin. You upload it and activate it like you would any plugin in Wordpress. Then you simply add one of line of specially formatted text to your Wordpress post or page and you will be presented with a list of eBay auctions.
You can show a list auctions related to a specific keyword or keywords with phpBay. You can specify the eBay category, the price range of the products and many more options. You can get very specific or broad on what you would like to display.
All of the auctions displayed on your blog will be linked over to the actual auction on eBay. The link will be specifically coded with your affiliate ID and when a customer follows the link you will be credited with the referral by way of commissions paid monthly by eBay.
Can You Really Make Money This Way?
People often ask the following questions when I tell them how I make the majority of my money online: Why would people go through your site instead of going directly to eBay first? Everyone seems to have an eBay account, so would you ever really see a $50 referral fee for new customers?
You will be pleasantly surprised at both of the answers to those questions, as I was. When someone searches for a product online, they don’t always start with eBay but a lot of times they will end their search there. Also, some people, believe it or not, do not even know about eBay. Instead, they may search Google for a product, your site may show up, they see the eBay listings and follow your link to eBay and place a bid. It happens all the time.
Also, there are 1,000’s of new eBay accounts being created every single day. Get your Wordpress blog up and running with the phpBay plugin to see for yourself.
You can see phpBay in action and get a discount coupon here: phpBay Pro Example Site And phpBay Pro Coupon
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