If youve been on the web for a while, the chances are that at some time or other you will have taken part in an affiliate program. They generally work by giving you a URL to send people to their site that contains your affiliate number, and then giving you a small amount for each person who comes in using your link and signs up or buys something.
eBay’s affiliate program follows this basic formula, but with a few twists.
It pays a lot. Each user who follows your link to eBay, signs up and then bids on anything within 30 days will earn you $20. Most affiliate programs will only give you something like 10% of the users first purchase. Whats more, for each existing eBay user who clicks through from your site and then places a bid or buys something, youll get 10c.
You can be your own affiliate. If you just link to your own auctions with your affiliate link number from your own website, then youre getting money without sending buyers to anyone except yourself. There arent many affiliate programs that can say that.
So Where Do I Sign Up?
You can visit eBays affiliate program at http://affiliates.ebay.com/. Once youre there, just click Join the...