New eBay Affiliate Program

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   AEvansposted 15 years ago

   Ryan , Larry someone please look into this affiliate program as it seems to rejecting everyone and that also includes me.

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      larryfreemanposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Hi AEvans,
      
      Did you already follow up directly with EBay?  What did they say?
      
      Thanks,
      
      -Larry

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      Eaglekiwiposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Hi AEvans ,
      I had this experience too ( registering then being rejected ) then I remembered a little tip or note Id read on maybe a previous page detailing how to fill in the application part ,so I figured I had probably done that wrong i.e: under company I think I had put wwwhubpages but it should have been 'my name' as above I had clicked 'Individual'.
      I suggest you go back and unclick a box maybe and reclick a different one.
      Hope that helps ,they accepted me after I fiddled around with my application.
      Mind you I didnt make any money before and I still dont ..hahaha....but perhaps it may help someone else.
      Good Luck.
      
      What does "page click '? mean:)

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         AEvansposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks bunches for the information I will certainly give it a try.

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         vangierkhoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

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   JYOTI KOTHARIposted 15 years ago

   Where is it ?
   
     Jyoti Kothari

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   JYOTI KOTHARIposted 15 years ago

   Thanks for info.
     Jyoti Kothari

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   JYOTI KOTHARIposted 15 years ago

   I, too, get much info.
   
                                     Jyoti Kothari

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   newsworthyposted 15 years ago

   I think perhaps the application itself may be stumping approval.  It would be good if an expert hubber could save a screen shot and post it here; showing exactly how-to fill it out.  Unless someone wants to hub it.  If the aformentioned field NAME prevented an approval, maybe others are doing the same thing. 
   
   After closer examination of the ebay affiliate application, I realize I dont understand the field PRIMARY BUSINESS MODEL  and maybe thats why I rec'd the rejection letter. 
   
   Should the BUSINESS MODEL field hold sub-affiliate or a paid model for a HP hubber? 
   The options are:  1)Paid Placement 2)Natural search/website 3)paid search 4)ad network/subaffiliates or 5)other
   
   Maybe the title of a new hub could be 'ebay application for dummies'.
   
   Also, this ebay application field:  BUSINESS DESCRIPTION has to be filled out.   I can imagine the endless possibilites for that one. (max 100 characters) "hubber"

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      Marisa Wrightposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      The instructions are here already:
      
      http://hubpages.com/help/ebay_partner_network

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      newsworthyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Moving right along, I read where Hubpages Guide will soon be available, for dummies.  Will this guide be available on hubpages website or actual book?

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   newsworthyposted 15 years ago

   Thanks so much for lending a hand, thats great!  I did a search but not there. I searched the forum. silly me!

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   relacheposted 15 years ago

   Recently eBay sent out a letter to all their affiliates about their programs in Singapore, Hong Kong and India.  If you are in one of those regions, most likely you are NOT going to be able to sign up....
   
   

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   webjunkieposted 15 years ago

   Unfortunately many countries suffer this problem with affiliate programs. This is due to fraud that is hard to prosecute, many companies over the last year or two are restricting there actives to the USA, after all we have the homeland security act where they can tape our phone calls, imprison people for year without charging them and lord knows what else.  I love living in a  free country, please let me know when there is one so I can move there. 
   
   PS: am I just a bit sarcastic today

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   lindagoffiganposted 15 years ago

   I think you got the impeached governor on your mind.

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    Forever Rogueposted 15 years ago

    I got a reply from eBay pretty quick - but it was a rejection.  How rude!  By looking at all these responses, I have to wonder if it may have something to do with the topics of our Hubs...???
    
    I don't know, just trying to make sense of it  - not that 'that' would make sense.
    
    Very disappointed, to say the least.  Obviously I will be removing my eBay ads from my Hubs.
    
    Living in Canada

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    scottyy11posted 15 years ago

    yes i have got rejected about 4 times from ebay, getting very frustrated. Guess I will give up.....................screw u ebay......hello  amazon

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       wakkaoakaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       i still havent been accepted by egay yet. amazon for the win!

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    mandybeauposted 15 years ago

    I am with them, and I have made didly sqwat to date..............
    So I personally would not bother with any of the Affiliate programmes based on my own experiences.
    I think that I have come to the realization that there are no free dinners.
    Today I write for the Hell of it.

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    livewithrichardposted 14 years ago

    I have tried a couple times too but keep getting rejected.  I even used the step by step guide to setting up an ebay affilaite account provided here on HP.  I think the HP staff should look into why there are so many rejections and help in this matter.  The loss of potential revenue is very discouraging.

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    lrohnerposted 14 years ago

    What did I do wrong? It's asking me to upload a txt file to my root directories?

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       livewithrichardposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Are you only aplying for hubpages or do you have other websites?
       
       If your only wanting to use it on HP then you can't upload the .txt file you have to check the box that allows you to explain why you cannot confirm.  Just explain that you are a contributor to the HP community, click update and wait until they get back to you in a few days.

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          lrohnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks Richard. I put Hubpages in there only because stupid me didn't see the little "Add URL" thingee. I've gone back to the domain validation page and explained about HP and gave them my other domains as well. Thanks.

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             livewithrichardposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             I did the same today, and now I wait again... It's not that big a deal but it would be nice to be able to take advantage of all the monitization methods allowed here.

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                lrohnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                I couldn't agree with you more!

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             pauldeedsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             You can activate eBay for the Hubpages domain:
             
             http://hubpages.com/my/epn_activation

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                lrohnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Thanks Paul, but my application for eBay didn't quite follow the guidelines you gave us. It asked us to upload a .txt file to the root directory of the server. My other blogs are on blogger, so obviously between HP and blogger, I couldn't do that. So I had to give them an explanation of my stuff and wait. And wait. And wait.

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    wordscribe41posted 14 years ago

    For those of us "newbies" who've been rejected by Ebay, is it worth trying to reapply?  It seems they really weren't accepting any new HubPages applications.  Has something changed?

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    bigmikehposted 14 years ago

    I suggest you read this thread before you go any further
    
    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/21642
    
    There are alot of issues at present.

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    blaise25posted 14 years ago

    Hi ;p
    
    I just had the domain activation code confirmed successful few days ago. I was about to set my affiliate code in Hubpages affiliate settings so I signed in in EBPN to copy my affiliate code. But then it says my email address not confirmed yet...that I have to wait for few days to log in again...
    
    How is that?

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       Carmen Borthwickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I had my eBay code confirmed, but it had to go through channels as we don't own our page, that's the impression I got anyway. After a few days I received an email stating I wasn't accepted for one of multiple reasons. Nothing specific, kinda like a guessing game.

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    shinujohn2008posted 14 years ago

    Ebay is better than amazon , their approval process is now taking long time.

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    Marisa Wrightposted 14 years ago

    Do the HubPages team have any more information on this?  It seems that contrary to what everyone thought, new Hubber accounts simply aren't being accepted by eBay.  Is that just an administrative hiccup or the official policy?

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       pauldeedsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       We've gotten some different messages from eBay recently and we do have some dialogue going with them.  At this point I think they still trying to work out internally whether or how they want to support models like HubPages.  When we hear something, we'll make an announcement - until then it's probably not worth applying for ePN using only your HubPages presence.

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    thranaxposted 14 years ago

    As long as the url in the account says "Confirmed" its all set correct?
    
    ~thranax~

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       Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       That's my understanding.  I don't think there's any problem for people who were eBay affiliates before the change.

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          thranaxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          kk ^_^
          
          ~thranax~

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    Marisa Wrightposted 14 years ago

    I just came across this post over at Squidoo, which states eBay have approved the continued use of their eBay capsule (which uses Squidoo's affiliate code and Squidoo distributes earnings to members) but that individuals are not allowed to use their own affiliate ID.
    
    They then state this will apply to other sites (like HubPages).  Is this a worry? 
    
    http://blogs.squidoo.com/squidblog/2009 … aychanges/

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       relacheposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Marissa, that post was from early August...  HubPages posts/info from later than then should be considered.

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    Natural Medicineposted 14 years ago

    Hi Relache, it's Deb/Flowergardener
    Earlier today Megan posted on the forum that they haven't heard anything from Ebay yet, but it seems like since lensmasters are getting a little 'ancy', they may start pooling the ebay commissions. I have no idea how they'll determine who will get what percentage. Should be very interesting whenever it happens.

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    prettydarkhorseposted 14 years ago

    I followed this step by step last week and they rejected my apps..dont know whether to review my apps and reconsider again, have to think about it, it seems they dont approve HP applicants,

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       darksideposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       This thread is two years old. Go over here to get a more recent update.

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    Marisa Wrightposted 14 years ago

    Maybe this thread could be closed with a note pointing out it's old?

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       advisor4qbposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I agree. I was freaking out thinking my setup for eBay is wrong!

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    B.C. BOUTIQUEposted 14 years ago

    I was given a confirmation code, wich I did correctly, but it wont let me log into the mail site yet or it has not given me my 10 digit code..do I need to wait or do it all over one more time, been trying to find that code for over an hour now and log in...it did not explain to me that I need to wait for that 10 digit code to be emailed, do I ..I need some expert advise on this one.
    
    Thank You

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       darksideposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Email the team_at_hubpages.com and let them know you've successfully signed up, as I think one of them (Fawntia?) mentioned in a thread if anyone got to sign up under the new system to give them the heads up.
       
       They might also be able to make sense of the problem you're having. It will also help them figure out new instructions for others wanting to apply.

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    Georgina_writesposted 14 years ago

    The system is swamped - my applicattion has been with thema week, but is still under review due to the number of applications!  They assure me it will happen soon.

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