| I've been an eBay member and advocate since | | | | you get $25, plus 5% of their revenue for the first 6 |
| almost the beginning. My user id goes all the way back | | | | months they use the program. You can build a large |
| to the dark ages of the internet (1998). In that time, I've | | | | network of people working for you, and just sit back |
| used eBay in a billion different ways. I've spent a lot of | | | | and let the passive income roll in. |
| time and effort trying to find things I could buy cheaply | | | | 5. Commission Junction: Much like AuctionAds, CJ |
| enough to survive the perfect free market economy | | | | offers similar payouts on eBay referrals. The benefit is |
| that is eBay. | | | | that CJ is directly supported within eBay's Affiliate |
| I realized a few months ago that it doesn't have to be | | | | Portal, and you can build on the API to customize the |
| that way. eBay's use is so prevalent that you needn't | | | | heck out of your site and have things like dynamically |
| actually sell anything to take advantage of it. Here's a | | | | updated item listings. |
| list of things you can do to make eBay work for you. | | | | 6. Build a Niche Store: Once you've signed up to |
| | | | Commission Junction's eBay program, you have near |
| 1. Become a trading assistant: Have you run out of | | | | infinite ways to market products. But what happens if |
| your own things to sell on eBay? You can make an | | | | you're not savvy enough to write a dynamic site that |
| extra buck just asking around the neighborhood, or | | | | works as a store front? That's where BANS comes |
| family and friends to see if they need to sell anything. | | | | in. This is a script that will enable you to set up a niche |
| You'd be amazed at the junk some people accrue, | | | | store that searches for specific items on eBay. This is |
| just because they don't know how to get rid of it. | | | | especially handy if eBay's categories aren't descriptive |
| Stress the fact that you have great feedback, and if | | | | enough. eBayer's spend a lot of time searching for |
| they were to try and sell their items on eBay, with little | | | | exactly what they want. With a BANS storefront, it's |
| or no feedback, they won't get nearly as much. Also | | | | right there in front of them. I set up a BANS store in |
| let them know that if they take their stuff to one of | | | | about 15 minutes and setup an Adwords campaign to |
| the infamous "We-help-you-sell-all-your-crap-on-eBay" | | | | drive traffic to the site in another 15 minutes. With no |
| drop-off stores, they're going to pay a fee up to 36%. | | | | extra work, the site has paid for itself many times |
| Just charge more like 15-25% and you're set. | | | | over in just a few weeks. |
| 2. Refer a friend: I wrote about this last week but it | | | | 7. BANS affiliate program: Got your BANS store all set |
| bears repeating. eBay is once again paying bonuses if | | | | up? Write about it on your blog, and tell everyone how |
| you can refer new users. The payouts are pretty | | | | much extra cash you're making. BANS pays out 50% |
| meager, but it's easy money if you know people who | | | | commissions on affiliate sales. They're affiliated through |
| were probably going to join anyway. | | | | Clickbank, so just sign up there, and start promoting. |
| 3. AuctionAds: Have a blog or website that already | | | | 8. Drop Shipping: Although this is technically "selling" on |
| has decent traffic? AuctionAds provides a super easy | | | | eBay, it's significantly less work than traditional selling. |
| way to monetize your traffic. Basically, you type in a | | | | Basically you find a manufacturer or wholesaler who |
| few keywords relevant to what you're writing about, | | | | offers drop-shipping service, and list their products on |
| and AuctionAds displays related items on eBay. If | | | | eBay at a substantial markup. When someone buys |
| someone clicks through, a cookie is saved on their | | | | the product, you get their money, send the the |
| browser. If they're not an eBay member, and they sign | | | | wholesale price to the distributor, and they ship it. Most |
| up and become active (read buy something) within 30 | | | | drop-shippers even take care of RA's and broken |
| days, you get $25. If they were already a member, | | | | products, so you don't have to. If you're wondering |
| and buy something on eBay within 7 days, you get half | | | | where to go to find these dropshippers, I've done the |
| of eBay's revenue. I've had people buy items | | | | work for you. I found the biggest, most up-to-date list |
| completely unrelated to what I was talking about that | | | | of dropshippers on the web. Worldwide Brands has a |
| payout $50 in commission. Pretty sweet for doing no | | | | pretty large staff who research these wholesalers and |
| work. UPDATE: AuctionAds has just announced a | | | | find the ones who are actually honest and reliable. |
| $25 sign-up bonus. You get $25 in free money, just for | | | | They also offer some great tools for market research, |
| signing up. | | | | so you can find out what's hot on eBay, and whether |
| 4. AuctionAds affiliate program: As though the normal | | | | you can make money before you dive in. They offer a |
| program weren't a good enough deal, AuctionAds also | | | | free eBook that gives you a primer for the |
| pays handsomely for you to refer new advertisers to | | | | dropshipping business. |
| their program. It's built into the ads, so you don't even | | | | Every single option here can be profitable, and many |
| have to do anything to be eligible. If someone clicks on | | | | require very little time or initial investment. Get going |
| "Ads by AuctionAds" at the bottom of the ad banner, | | | | now, and in no time you'll be able to tell your boss |
| your referral link is built in. If they sign up for the service | | | | exactly what you really think of him. |