This is long, but worth reading if you want an easy way to make some money with my new affiliate program. Join my new affiliate program and get $5 for each sale! You will be promoting my store critique service. Here’s how it works.
Click here to see the product description on e-Junkie. At the bottom of the screen, you will see this:
If you are not a member of e-Junkie, you will need to sign up (it is free). Once you are logged in, you will get a screen like this:
From that page, click GET AFFILIATE CODE.
Then you will get a screen with a drop down menu where you need to click the merchant, in this case, eBay Coach. It looks like this:
On the next page, click this button to get your affiliate code:
You will get a page like this:
Take the code between the first set of quotes to use as your affiliate HTML code. It will be something like this:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=278532&c=ib&aff=75803
This affiliate program works by a cookie tracking system. If anyone clicks on your specially encoded affiliate link, their computer’s ISP address is “tagged.” If that person returns to purchase the product any time in the next 6 months, you will get credit for the sale. You are paid each month via Paypal. There is no payout threshold – you are paid what you earned no matter what the amount, even if it was just one sale.
It really isn't that complicated, but if this is your first experience with an affiliate program, it might be confusing. If you need help getting signed up,
click here for eJunkie’s Help for Affiliates page.
Now, once you are signed up, you will need promote the program so you can make some money! You do not have to have a blog to make sales from this (or any) affiliate program. Here are some ideas.
Post on your eBay About Me page. (
Click here for some tips on how to use your About Me page to make money.)
Add to your signature line on your eBay groups and forums, or any other forums where it may be appropriate. Most WAHM forums have an eBay or online auction section. You could say something like, “Get your eBay store critiqued – money back guarantee if not satisfied.”
Post on Twitter or your Facebook page. If you participate in Facebook eBay groups, post the information on the wall of that group. Watch for questions from other sellers on Twitter and Facebook about eBay selling – you can just post an answer about the store critique with your affiliate link. (This is actually the most effective method!)
You can search on Twitter with the key word “eBay” or "eBay help" or "eBay store" and find all kinds of questions to answer. I do this every day. Be sure to answer the question in the Twitter feed with the @user function (not by private message), that way others will see your answer and may click the link, too.
Post on the eBay blog. Again, look for questions about slow sales, “what am I doing wrong?” etc.
Click here to visit the eBay Blogs.
If you have a blog, post your affiliate link in the side bar under the appropriate category – work at home, eBay selling, eCommerce, etc. If you write a post about the store critique, be sure to post it on Twitter, Facebook, Digg, etc and promote that post.
email fellow eBay sellers that you personally know, and any personal friends that may benefit from the service. Now, you don’t want to spam everyone you know - it is impolite and never works anyway. But, if you know of other sellers who are having some trouble with their sales or may need some help, send them a friendly note about how a store critique can help them. Make sure you mention the money back guarantee feature.
If you write articles for eHow, Bukisa, Suite 101, HubPages, or any other sites, include the link in articles about eBay selling.
Answer questions on Yahoo Answers. You can search for “eBay” and see if any questions lend themselves to a store critique as the answer. Again, don’t spam, just be helpful.
Click here to check out Yahoo Answers.
Visit blogs about eBay selling and leave comments with your affiliate link as the URL. You have to be careful with this, but here is the strategy. Say you visit a blog where the writer is frustrated with eBay and is having slow sales. Or maybe she can’t figure out what she is doing wrong. You could leave a comment about the store critique, that is has a money back guarantee, and that she may find it helpful. Try not to sound spammy – just be helpful. Leave your affiliate code as your URL. (You may want to convert it to a TinyUrl so it doesn’t look like an affiliate link.)
These are just some ideas to get you started. This can be a great money maker for many of you since you are already involved in the eBay community and you are in touch with other sellers through forums, Twitter, Facebook, etc. If you have any questions about signing up, using the HTML links, or anything else regarding the affiliate program, don’t hesitate to email me at ebaycoach@yahoo.com. It may take me a day or two to get back to you, but I will be glad to help you.
Happy Selling!
