On April 2nd, I wrote about updating your eBay affiliate links to the new eBay Partner Network format. I will admit that even though I was aware of the deadline of April 30th to get my links updated, I was not very diligent in getting this project done. I was extremely happy this morning when I logged in to the Partner Network to update 5 more campaign ID’s and saw a post on the blog stating that the deadline has been extended to May 31st to get the affiliate links updated. This is when their contract with CJ ends, so be sure to update your links early to make sure you get paid what you have earned. Any sales from CJ links will not be credited after May 31st, even if the click through occurred before the deadline.
For the most part, I use eBay links on my Squidoo lenses such as the one I built for Nintendo DS Skins. This type of lens is very successful for me when it comes to making money. Before now, I didn’t know which lenses were making the most money for me because I was using one campaign ID for Squidoo, but now that I am having to go through the work of updating my RSS feeds anyways I am setting up a new campaign ID for every lens that I use eBay links on. I know I could receive the same results by adding a custom ID to my searches, but that would create an extra step needed by having to download my results to Microsoft Excel to see where I’ve made the most money.
It’s bad enough the casino’s have infiltrated the lives of people around the world to the point where we don’t just have to deal with them on vacation, but in our everyday lives, but what the heck is the deal with making odds for TV talent shows?
I was just doing a little research for my Andrew Johnston Squidoo Lens when I came across this article from My Park Magazine. They are making odds on who will win Britain’s Got Talent, if Amanda Holden will cry when Andrew sings during the final, and if he will have a number one single this year. Does society need to put odds on everything? When will it stop?
Do I think the government needs to step in on something like this, NO? I don’t believe in government regulation. I think the bookies should take a look inside and really take a look at what they are putting odds on. Will it happen? I know the answer is no. There is a reason that these people are bookies and not book store owners. They don’t care who gets hurt when they are trying to make a living for themselves.
I hope Andrew Johnston doesn’t realize that there are odds out there on him; imagine the kids at school then if he doesn’t win. I can hear it already “My mom can’t afford to buy me new shoes anymore because she put our life savings on you to make Amanda Holden cry and you didn’t” and then a big fat pow in the face.
If the people that bet on this type of thing would just stop, the bookies would possibly stop wasting their time with odds on this type of thing, until then, I guess I have my blog to rant on.
We bet you thought this blog was dead, I was just on vacation with no access to a computer. I know this isn’t a real post, but I thought I’d write about the fact that I signed up on the Million Blog List while I was thinking of a better post to write. That’s it, that’s all I have for now; I’m numbers 528 and 529.
If you’ve been visiting my site for a while, you know that I am a big supporter of Big Crumbs and it’s one of the very few referral programs that I participate in. Now that it’s the 5th of April, I can be 99% confident that all of the March earnings are up to date and post about my results this month.
It’s not quite as good as February and no where near January, but it’s still extra money in my pocket. I think part of the drop could be due to the economy, but I still wish Big Crumbs would email it’s members a reminder to shop every 2 months. I think this would be unintrusive but yet enough to keep members coming back. This is about the same time-span that Ebates uses for reminding their customers as well.
My direct referrals have jumped by 10 this month so I’m now at 67 and starting to realize that 1,000,000 directs may be pushing the goal, but I’ll keep trying. I’ll be looking at smaller goals along the way as well so here’s to 100 in two months.
Are you a gambler looking to get some things off of your chest or do you have a loved one with a gambling problem? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Drop me an email at BKayCarter @ gmail.com.
Writing about your problems is a good way to really dig deep inside and figure things out. We want to help as many people as we can.
If you earn some of your online income from the eBay affiliate program, make sure you start to update your links now. For the whole month of April, eBay is offering a 5% bonus on top of regular earnings for sales made through the new Partner Network. I use a ton of eBay affiliate RSS feeds on my Squidoo pages so this will be a major undertaking for me.
My first take on the eBay Partner Network is pretty good, they do force you to enter a website upon registration, but if you self host your own blog I would enter that URL, even if you don’t use affiliate links on that blog. I have to admit that I was a little worried when they said I needed to be approved, but my approval was emailed to me within a couple of minutes.
When I was using the CJ eBay affiliate links, it was always a pain to see which Squidoo lenses were making my sales. This was my fault for not setting up a new website ID for each lens. I’ll be correcting this by creating a new campaign for each lens. Since I have to go through and update each feed, I might as well fix this to track my sales better.
Have you started using the eBay Partner Network? Let us know what you think.
