First EPN click revenue: $1.98 but 830 click-throughs

[debaser]

Well I started my site earlier this week and over the past few days have had traffic around a total of 2000 hits, 830 clicks through to my ebay ads.
My main form of advertising has been on blogs and forums related to my niche.

Although I'm happy that I've made some money (my first time on the internet :bigear: ), do you think that the amount I've earnt compared to my clicks through to ebay makes this niche not worthy of my time?

The products on my site are saturated with counterfeit items which people in the niche's community don't like, a lot of which are turning up on my site (via phpBay). I've set up a few fakes guides to help them out but don't know if it's enough. My main question is, would you guys/ladies reccomend I remain in this niche? Or would it be best to find something a bit easier to convert into revenue?

Thanks and I hope your responses are helpful for other people with the same dilemma

 

[Cut]

The cookie for a registered user lasts 7 days and the cookie for new registrations last 30 days. So the clicks you made this week could make you money 1-4 weeks from now.
Maybe a complete month will tell you if the niche is even worth doing it anymore.

 

[Benji49]

Sounds like you may have a bot problem.

Edit your robots.txt file to disallow bots following the clicks.

Something like:
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /item/
Disallow: /info/

That's for an old bans store. If you are running phpbay, trying googling robots.txt plus phpbay to find a way to disallow bots triggering the ebay clicks.

Oh, and just my opinion, the Louis Vuitton/Chanel/Whateverfashionlabel accessories niche for ebay is WAY oversaturated. Pick something else. Not jewelry either.

No, I'm not going to tell you a good niche. The last drop of human kindness just emptied from my soul.

 

[rgordon83]

bot clicks...

 

[debaser]

Thanks for your advice guys, gonna sort out the bots now and probably just wait it out.
Total earnings $6.63 now