Comments on: eBay Partner Network Goes Live April 1

By: Jonathan (Trust)

Jonathan (Trust) — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:18:41 +0000

Need an update blog on this or something. Many people are reporting tracking issues, I highly suspect it myself - Some threads http://forum.abestweb.com/showthread.php?p=829037... http://forums.ebay.com/db2/forum.jspa?forumID=100... And the Ebay team used to post but haven't been seen in the last couple of weeks.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:46:37 +0000

Perhaps this will bring more reliable and consistent statistical reporting for the affiliate publisher. Interesting to see where this is all headed!

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:07:37 +0000

Very interesting move and probably a good one for eBay. They of course will have to migrate over everyone but given the hugeness of the eBay CJ program and the amount of coversation on the forums about ebay's program I dont think it will a difficult transition…

By: Jonathan (Trust)

Jonathan (Trust) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:22:30 +0000

They’re releasing a little more information:

http://developer.ebay.com/support/system-announcements/affiliates/Default.aspx

And then some in the affiliate section at the forum over at ebay.

By: eBay Launching New Affiliate Program | BlogOnExpo

eBay Launching New Affiliate Program | BlogOnExpo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:03:08 +0000

[...] eBay was launching a new affiliate platform that will go live on April 1, 2008. They also announced that eBay would no longer be running their affiliate program through Commission Junction. – Revenews [...]

By: Christopher Calvi

Christopher Calvi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:14:41 +0000

It makes sense for eBay (or other large online shopping destinations) to make a move like this – and it shows they are serious about affiliate marketing.

As eBay pushes more of its content to publishers across the web, having more control and eliminating the middle man is a logical next step.

-Chris

By: Sam Harrelson

Sam Harrelson — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:53:29 +0000

Hey Mike- I did a podcast with Kerri of CJ yesterday over on CostPerNews. Pretty interesting stuff given the month that CJ has had.

By: Brook Schaaf

Brook Schaaf — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:47:43 +0000

I haven’t heard the inside scoop but I imagine this is a blow to CJ. At the same time, it seems to have been coming for a while. I’m interested to see how this unfolds.

By: Christopher Calvi

Christopher Calvi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:04:37 +0000

Mike,

It looks like they're just giving some of that commission away in April ("You can receive an additional 5% bonus for all traffic tracked through eBay Partner Network in April 2008")… we'll see what happens in the long term.

-Chris

By: Mike Allen

Mike Allen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:45:03 +0000

I agree with you, Brook, that this seems to have been coming for a while. When eBay changed their linking structure many months ago that was a huge clue that more was coming.

Thanks for the podcast info, Sam.

Christopher, it is a good sign of support for affiliate marketing as you say. I wonder with the middle man eliminated will commissions increase?