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Why Promoting eBay With BANS Rocks

Posted by Paul B | April 8, 2008 .

This one is just for “Web Hosting”, a quick explanation of why promoting eBay as an affiliate really rocks!

Just before I start it’s best to say that I only promote the US and UK eBay programs because that is where 95%+ of all my traffic comes from, so it’s where I make my money.

OK, first of all this is what eBay US will currently pay you at the very basic level:-

Winning Bid - Your Share
$0.00 - $99.99 50.00%
$100.00 - $4,999.99 55.00%
$5,000.00 - $199,999.99 60.00%
$200,000.00 - $699,999.99 65.00%
$700,000.00 - $2,999,999.99 70.00%
$3,000,000.00+ 75.00%

Secondly and most importantly this is what eBay in the US will pay you for a new signup:-

0 - 49 $25.00
50 - 1,999 $28.00
2,000 - 29,999 $31.00
30,000+ $35.00

Lots of numbers there but let me give you a real life example. Through one of my BANS stores I refer a new user to the US eBay website. He signs up and places a bid, I receive $25. He loses. Next week a different user bids on something else through one of my links and wins, I receive 55%. For the UK site the rates are the following:-

Winning Bid - Your Share
GBP 0.00 - GBP 999.99 30.00%
GBP 1,000.00 - GBP 4,999.99 32.50%
GBP 5,000.00 - GBP 24,999.99 35.00%
GBP 25,000.00 - GBP 49,999.99 40.00%
GBP 50,000.00 - GBP 99,999.99 45.00%
GBP 100,000.00 - GBP 499,999.99 50.00%
GBP 500,000.00+ 60.00%

And for new signups
0 - 24 GBP 8.00
25 - 249 GBP 9.00
250 - 499 GBP 10.00
500+ GBP 11.00

So you can see the numbers stack up quite well. From referring only a few active bidders to the eBay network you can add another regular income stream. In fact the 11 referred new users and handful of referred bidders from one of my websites have between them paid for my new TV that I mentioned yesterday.

How BANS Helps
Build A Niche Store has opened my eyes to the world of eBay referrals. I think it works so well because of the whole idea of niche marketing. eBay want new active users, the problem for affiliates then is finding enough people who haven’t heard of eBay and the bargains that can be found on it. Of course there are certain niches out there where although people do use Google to search for information there is a good chance many won’t be eBay users. It is these markets that you can really target with your BANS store. Hobbies are an obvious target for this, especially those that have a high cost for equipment associated with them. Now might just be the time to start that “Model Railway Fanclub” website (that just happens to have a BANS store stuck on it). You know what would work great? An exercise related website! :)

The only thing I would say is that I don’t think it’s worth buying the BANS script at the moment. Although a lifetimes worth of updates are totally free it might just be best to wait until they update to use the eBay Partner Network. It’s a very easy script to use but why make extra work for yourself by having to update when you can wait a little while?

So there you have it, the eBay Partner Network pays out great money for referring new users and a good percentage on any winning bids they place further down the line. BANS is any easy way of matching eBay offers to a niche. I can’t believe that more people don’t talk about it is a valid stream of extra income.

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  1. IANtrepreneur UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13  April 8, 2008 9:14 pm

    I love BANS aswell - made a nice site with it and made it really unique. so I know it has proved itself well.

    IANtrepreneur’s last blog post..Networking with Twitter

  2. Web Hosting UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13  April 9, 2008 9:14 pm

    so hypothetically, if BANS is just a script, you can theoritically code it yourself? for free?

    Web Hosting’s last blog post..Google Web Hosting Review with Dirt

  3. Paul B UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13  April 9, 2008 9:48 pm

    You could, but you could say that about absolutely any script or program out there.

    What BANS does is wrap an eBay RSS feed in a really nice search friendly, highly customisable template. Easier said than done.

  4. Geoff UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12  April 10, 2008 10:57 pm

    Actually, you only receive a percentage of eBay’s revenue, not a percentage of the item’s cost. So, if a $100 item is bid on through your site, you’ll get around $3.

    Geoff’s last blog post..The Cow Might Sell His Blog

  5. Paul B UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13  April 10, 2008 11:03 pm

    Oops, apologies if that wasn’t clear from my post. As Geoff said you get a percentage of eBays fees and not the final sale price. As anybody who sells through eBay knows that can still be a fair chuck of cash though! :)