Which Ebay business model to choose?

[iamwhoiam]

I want to sign for the Ebay affiliate but which business model to pick? I would like to be able to use ebay plugin like phpbay. I don't have a website at the moment.

 

[kingfish]

I suggest you check into what phpbay requires maybe?...

 

[AdHustler]

you dont need a website for phpbay. All you need to do is buy the software, save it to a folder on your computer, wait a few months and the money pours in. No work required.

 

[thesilly1]

Wowzer. useful replies so far. I guess the answer quality is related to the question quality....

I'll bite though.

PHPbay is easy and highly recommended. You need certain things to make it work (which are all very simple). A host, a domain name and the plugin. Add content and ebay stuff. Boom. You've got a site. Some resources...

My blog should help you get setup with the host and domain.
Rgordon's blog about PHPbay should help
trigatch4's blog should help you setup the phpbay too.

If you can't make money using those three resources you're doing something wrong.

 

[argh01]

Actually, Narsticle is right. You don't need a website. Buy PHPBay Pro and then start hawking the thing through your affiliate link like this: phpBay Pro - Ebay Affiliate Software

 

[argh01]

I'm not sure what you mean about "which business model to pick." I have three different types of ebay sites; phpbay sites, mcjiffy sites and my own scraping of an ebay rss search feed.

The easiest one to set up was probably the mcjiffy one. The best looking ones, that look most like a "real site" are the php bay sites. The one that was most customizable but also the most pain in the ass to set up was the one I coded myself ( thus the success of phpbaypro and mcjiffy ).

I can't really brag about the buckets of cash that are rolling in because my niche selection / keyword selection skilz suck deliguy's balls. No matter what you pick, your projects are likely to pull in more money than mine if you can nail those things down.

Hint: "used louis l'amour paperbacks" isn't a great money-making niche.

Just starting out, I'd recommend wordpress + the phpbaypro plugin. That combination will give you the ability to easily add content and easily link to auctions.

 

[thesilly1]

Hint: "used louis l'amour paperbacks" isn't a great money-making niche.

I'm totally stealing that niche and going to DOMINATE it.

 

[argh01]

You don't have to steal it, I'll sell it to you!

 

[iamwhoiam]

Thank you for the replies. I asked because when I tried to sign up, I was presented with several business model to choose and being a newbie I was confused. But I am learning. Sorry some of you got offended on the simplicity of the question. I figured it is better to be stupid once than remain stupid by not asking question.

thesilly1 thanks for the links, useful.

 

[iamwhoiam]

I figured this out. Ebay model didn't matter. As far as phpBay, I didn't have the money to shell at the moment so I went with McJiffy.

 

[thesilly1]

Whatever works just start building

 

[iamwhoiam]

Oh I forgot to mention. Here is the proof of concept site. I am a newbie so it took me 5 hourse to figure it all out from (Ebay Dev ID and Affiliate ID signup, buying cheap domain and registering cheap domain, to find affordable hosting, to setting it up) It cost me about $20.00 a year.

fendi | Affordable

 

[coppings]

If you have a website and phpbay/BANS your business model is "Natural Search/Website".

The majority of eBay affiliates are this model.

 

[Greenfire]

Try them all or if not all then at least some of them.

 

[coppings]

Try them all or if not all then at least some of them.

For those of you who clearly have no clue what the OP is talking about, let me explain:

When you sign up for EPN, eBay asks you to choose a "business model". This is a drop down box asking you to categorize your online promotion methods.

THAT is what the OP is asking, which option to choose.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Thanks coppings. I couldn't have explained better. You took the words right out of my mouth.