So we weren’t all imagining problems with the EBPN tracking! Check out this thread at the EBPN forum.
We have also found a discrepancy in the way ACRUs were attributed to affiliates on Commission Junction vs. now with eBay Partner Network. Although on eBay Partner Network we use the same underlying tracking system as on CJ (ValueClick’s MediaPlex), when we switched to eBay Partner Network a small issue was introduced where some ACRUs, specifically those where users were confirming their e-mails and then activating via a bid on different days, were not always getting credited to the right affiliate. 
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Although we did thorough testing of our tracking system before launch (by eBay engineers as well as two outside companies that helped us build eBay Partner Network), like most other major advertising systems, now that we have some data on eBay Partner Network, we are bringing in a third party not involved in the original development to do a full, independent end-to-end test of our tracking system. This outside company has already begun to work with our teams. Their plan is to test some of the more basic things quickly and then finish the full test sometime in August. We plan to share the results of that test with you when complete, and will keep you updated as they complete different parts of their analysis.
no idea if they can make good on the errors that have past but at least they’re now working on the problem.
The latest version of WordBay v0.9 now has a minimum/maximum price option. This is great for filtering out lots of low cost junk.e.g. if you have a site selling cars you can now eliminate all the car parts without having to add a long string of negative keywords. This plugin keeps getting better and better, and it’s still free (but please consider leaving the 5% generosity so Mark gets something for all his hard work!) Thanks a lot Mark 
I haven’t added a ‘WordPress Plugin of the Week’ for some time but here’s one I can recommend. As you know I’ve been working with BANS and WordBay for my eBay affiliate stores but in the interests of diversifying I’ve been looking into the best way to market other merchants products. I wanted a way to market products from a range of affiliate sites e.g. Commission Junction, LinkShare, Pepperjam etc and I also like working with WordPress so I needed an answer to combine both. I especially like working with WordPress rather than a stand alone website and I didn’t want a site that was hosted by the provider of the script as some are. I like to be in much more control than that! In addition some of the methods are expensive! Continue reading ‘WordPress Plugin of the Week- PopShops’
It’s now been a whole month since the change to eBay Partner Network (EBPN) from CJ so how are you commissions? There’s been a lot of activity on the forums with many people reporting commissions way down since the change. There have also been a number of problems that people have experienced this month in addition to the change to EBPN. Many of us have had our .info domains deindexed, people hosting on GoDaddy had no auctions showing on their sites for nearly 2 weeks and then Hostgator decided to change everyones passwords for security reasons so some websites had errors instead of auctions. Continue reading ‘Commissions Down on EBPN?’
Finding a link exchange program that works and doesn’t give you lots of spammy links proved a challenge! I’ve tried many different ones and each one had some problems. Difficult code to install, irrelevant links (one gave me links to porn sites!)but I seem to have found one that works well and gives you relevant links.
Continue reading ‘How To:Exchange Links with Relevant Sites’
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