Follow-up on ways writers can make money online using eBay
A few days ago, I mentioned in a post about eBay, that I would have more to say later about how writers might be able to make some money online through eBay. This is that post. Not really anything spectacular, and some of you may be doing much better at this than I, but here we go.
First, assuming you have a blog or website of your own AND assuming you’re a registered eBay user, you need to join the eBay Partner’s Network (EPN). That’s what they’re calling their self-administered affiliate program now.
Now we get to the fun part for writers. If you log in and look around the EPN website, you’ll find a ton of tools with excellent instructions to help you 1) publicize eBay on your blog/website, and, 2) attract people to click through your links to register as eBay users and to bid on live auctions on eBay via the links on your blog/website.
And how do you suppose you get people to find your blog/website, find interesting and helpful links to eBay, and click those links so you’ll make money? By writing blog/website content to draw people to your site, to help them find just what they’re looking for, and motivate them to click through your website to eBay.
Is that whole idea clear enough, or have I obscured it? I ask because I’ve been involved in affiliate marketing (which is what this is) long enough that I take the “mechanics” of it for granted and probably leave gaps in my description of the process if you aren’t acquainted with affiliate marketing.
You have an incredible range of creativity in this whole process. There is virtually anything and everything your readers might want somewhere on eBay on any given day. Just for fun, if you’ve not used eBay much, and want a glimpse of the incredible variety of merchandise people buy and sell on eBay, here’s a link to a complete listing of eBay auction categories.
The “catch” to making money with eBay is that there are probably hundreds of thousands of people building websites and posting to blogs who are also members of EPN. Yet, given your writing skills and passion for writing, and given the huge diversity of items and categories of items being auctioned at eBay — well, I personally am discovering it’s worth the effort. Admittedly, my earnings so far have been tiny, but I have high hopes.
Why not give it a try yourself? Sign up, learn about the links and link building tools EPN offers, get busy writing blog posts and web pages targeting some of the great stuff on eBay your readers would like — and who knows what might happen?
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