Getting Accepted on Ebay Partner Network

by Jack Humphrey on May 13

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A Blog Success member asked recently how to best go about getting accepted into the Ebay Partner Network.

Sounded like a great excuse to whip out the new Utility Poster 3.0 and get to work!  (if you can call this work, lol)

Ebay tends to favor ecommerce sites more readily than others, but there are ways you can better ensure that you get approved in their network.

Below you will find resources and posts from people who have experienced the Ebay Partner Network application process first-hand and who have tips to share…

The Basics

7 Tips for Getting Accepted into ePN – eBay Affiliate Network …

A friend of my oldest son Mark sent me an email ealier this week, asking what kind of tips I could provide for getting accepted into the eBay Partner Network. … EbayPartnerNetwork recently referred to this link as a good guide for getting accepted into EPN: 7 Tips for Getting Accepted into ePN – eBay Affiliate Network | The Niche Store Builder | Tips &… What is your website url that you used to apply? [...] Reply – Quote. # 13 July 2009 at 12:40 pm …

Publish Date: 06/20/2009 13:35

http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/7-tips-for-getting-accepted-into-epn-ebay-affiliate-network.htm

How to signup to join the Ebay Affiliate Partner Network

I have heard of people that were previously signed up through commission junction, have now been rejected by Ebay’s new policies. All I can do is give you my tips on how to get accepted into the Ebay Affiliate Partner Network. These following comments are not Ebay Affiliate rules, … (This is just a guess). It is tough to get accepted into the Ebay Affiliate program but it is worth it in the end. And if you do get rejected they welcome you to re-apply in the future. …

Publish Date: 10/30/2009 10:20

http://www.tips4pc.com/Ebay-tips/how_to_signup_to_join_the_ebay_a.htm

How to Get Accepted by Ebay Partner Network

From what I’ve heard, it does matter where you live as far as getting an Ebay Partner Network account. If you live in Nigeria, you’re probably not going to get accepted by Ebay very easily. If you live in North America, or most parts of Europe, or Australia, …. When you’re ready to apply for EPN, remove all, or most of, the advertising from your site. Right now you have quite a bit of other advertising on the site and that is one thing that may be a deterrent to them. …

Publish Date: 02/12/2009 12:04

http://www.wpcontempo.com/how-to-get-accepted-by-ebay-partner-network/

How to Get Accepted By Ebay Partner Network Part 2: A Quick …

How to Get Accepted By Ebay Partner Network Part 2: A Quick Introduction to Common Sense. I guess you could call this a sequel to my original post on getting accepted by EPN, which I wrote on February 12th of last year. …. This doesn’t just apply to people trying to get in to EPN, this is just for MMO in general. If you’re going to run EPN on your site, run EPN. If you’re going to run AdSense, run adsense. If you cant sell enough dog leashes via EPN to make the site …

Publish Date: 02/15/2010 13:54

http://www.wpcontempo.com/how-to-get-accepted-by-ebay-partner-network-part-2-a-quick-introduction-to-common-sense/

Latest Buzz on Twitter

RT @Affilorama Ebay partner network will no longer allow affiliates using 302 redirects http://bit.ly/cYq1k7

By AndrewPupols at 05/13/2010 4:01

Ebay Partner Network Videos on YouTube

eBay Partner Network (Overview)

Obviously no one has put up a video on best practices for getting accepted to EPN.  Looks like an opportunity!

Take Aways

What surfaces in the information above are some basic, common sense tips for getting accepted in the Ebay Partner Network.

  • Ebay is stingy, picky even, about accepting new sites in the network.
  • They want to see a serious site and are actively avoiding brand new, not-so-content rich sites.
  • They like ecommerce sites more apparently.
  • You should build your site out a bit before even applying.  Don’t bother with a newborn site.
  • Get links, rankings, and a good base of content up.
  • Get accepted by applying with your best, oldest, and most mainstream site.
  • I applied and got accepted with this site.  It is old, chock full of content, and obviously run by a real person.  Don’t submit a “made for Ebay” type site – it won’t get accepted.
  • Take your time on the application.  A real person obviously reads them and they need to know you’re serious, for real, and not a splog builder.
  • Join BlogSuccess and learn how to build REAL blogs that have no problem getting accepted into programs like EPN.
  • Use a program like the one I am using on this post to quickly backfill a new site with quality, relevant content and get more trackback links.

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  • http://psiphonconsulting.com/workshops/wordpresstraining.html Bee@Wordpress Training

    I love your use of Utility poster to create a quality blog post. It probably took you all of 5 minutes to do it! This is great! I now see the power of using this software. My only question is, how did you get it to print such long summaries? My summaries are much much shorter than yours.

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      B – I just dragged and dropped from the results in UP. It depends on what you search – and find – how long the excerpts are I guess. I haven’t found any short ones yet like you mention but I suppose that could be a factor in some niches and what Google returns for new posts?

  • http://candlesbook.com/shopsite_sc/howtomakecandles.html Janice Dugas

    What a great post! I have an eBay store and I think it is a great site but it can be so hard to get approved with the eBay Partner Network! A friend of mine has tried and she wasn’t able to get approved!

  • http://www.michaelhelton.net Mike Helton@list marketing

    Hey Jack,

    This information is going to help me a lot. I applied to EPN and got denied. I discovered the real reason for that denial in your information. I’m going to take your advice and revamp my website and re- apply.
    .-= Mike Helton@list marketing´s last blog ..How List Marketing Builds Higher Profits =-.

  • Glenn

    Can I use UP to boost my back links for a WPMage site?

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Whenever you use UP in a new post, pings are sent out to the blogs you are linking to, so yes, this will improve backlinks on any type of blog over time.

  • http://www.autosales.com Auto Sales

    Thanks for the information, I have submitted multiple times with to no avail.

  • http://www.epnapproval.com Lynn@epn approval

    EPN can be difficult to get into, but very worthwhile.
    .-= Lynn@epn approval´s last blog ..Get EPN Approval – Buy a Professionally Designed Website for EPN Approval =-.

  • http://diamondsolitairependant.org Mary West

    I recently got accepted after being rejected last year. The sites I submitted to them this time were shopping style sites rather than informational. Hope this helps.
    .-= Mary West´s last blog ..Discount Diamond Solitaire Pendant =-.

  • http://chronictinnitus.org/blog @ChronicTinnitus

    Hi Jack,

    Great post, which I found during my review of the Blog Success members area (following my sign up three days ago).

    I’ve used Zemanta before but I reckon that UP and VUP will give me the edge that I’ve been seeking.

    Thanks
    Chronic Tinnitus
    .-= @ChronicTinnitus´s last blog ..Treatment Of Chronic Tinnitus =-.

  • Abhi Arora

    Thanks for the information, I have submitted multiple times with to no avail.

  • Abhi Arora

    I love your use of Utility poster to create a quality blog post. It probably took you all of 5 minutes to do it! This is great! I now see the power of using this software. My only question is, how did you get it to print such long summaries? My summaries are much much shorter than yours.

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      I think the summaries depend on the information somewhat, but they are also just pulling from Google, so you can do a search in Google Blog Search and see the length of the summaries there as well to verify that they are probably just short for some googley reason. UP just takes what Google gives it.

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