I've been in the Ebay Partner Network for 15 months or so - I joined right around the time they switched to their "Quality Click Pricing".
I never got a ton of traction - I was making about $200/mo and after some recent work backlinking, etc, I had a December of about $930 (and hit their bonus which would be 50% for that month. That was a one-time only deal so I do not include it in the above figure).
These sites are in the "used durable goods" niches so I doubt the Christmas season was the reason for the income bump - in fact, the sites were on track to do $700+ in January.
After that however I got booted. I have been appealing the case since 1/17 or so but they literally just don't listen. As far as I know I was fully compliant with their TOS and I was moving product for them - when I made $930 in December eBay's commission was $11,000. My EPC was over $1 for quite some time.
Consquently the sites are now useless. I have three that were the major earners and a few others. I suspect the domains are tainted and would need to be changed out to new ones. The niches are good though, and if someone wanted to buy the sites they could 301 the old domains to new sites.
Send me a message for more info and I'll explain further. I'm not looking for premium prices here...for obvious reasons...
And if you're in the EPN make sure it's not your only source of income - because it's just a matter of time until you are screwed.
I never got a ton of traction - I was making about $200/mo and after some recent work backlinking, etc, I had a December of about $930 (and hit their bonus which would be 50% for that month. That was a one-time only deal so I do not include it in the above figure).
These sites are in the "used durable goods" niches so I doubt the Christmas season was the reason for the income bump - in fact, the sites were on track to do $700+ in January.
After that however I got booted. I have been appealing the case since 1/17 or so but they literally just don't listen. As far as I know I was fully compliant with their TOS and I was moving product for them - when I made $930 in December eBay's commission was $11,000. My EPC was over $1 for quite some time.
Consquently the sites are now useless. I have three that were the major earners and a few others. I suspect the domains are tainted and would need to be changed out to new ones. The niches are good though, and if someone wanted to buy the sites they could 301 the old domains to new sites.
Send me a message for more info and I'll explain further. I'm not looking for premium prices here...for obvious reasons...
And if you're in the EPN make sure it's not your only source of income - because it's just a matter of time until you are screwed.
