Ecommerce Industry News
eBay uses sponsored content to help generate traffic, and it’s found a way to put a pay-for-performance spin on the technique by using a new service from Izea called SocialLinks. Izea helps connect brands with […]
eBay warned members of its affiliate marketing program that they must comply with Germany’s pricing law when advertising in that country as of November 15, 2015. eBay sellers are already required to comply with the […]
eBay is turning to affiliates to help boost traffic in a promotion designed to attract new members. The eBay Partner Network (ePN) will give new affiliates who sign up double commissions for their first three […]
eBay is launching deep linking for members of its affiliate program. Deep linking is when a link on a mobile device attempts to first open inside a company’s mobile app rather than the company’s mobile […]
Developers and affiliates who use eBay’s API to help attract shoppers received a reminder from eBay last week. On February 28th, eBay is shutting down several calls within the Shopping API. Certain “finding” calls will […]
eBay will host a cocktail party to attract new affiliates at next month’s Affiliate Summit West (ASW) in Last Vegas. The three-day ASW conference includes an exhibit hall with affiliates, merchants, vendors, and networks, as well as […]
eBay’s affiliate program, the eBay Partner Network, suspended reporting capabilities, leading at least one member to think that affiliate tracking was also disabled. A spokesperson for eBay said tracking was not impacted. “We gave publishers […]
eBay suspended cashback campaigns in 2011 in order to evaluate the program. This year they’re back on a limited basis. Interestingly eBay scaled back its own eBay Bucks loyalty program as of January 1, 2014. We checked […]
eBay is rewarding its affiliate marketers to drive traffic to eBay Motors listings in a September promotion. Members of the eBay Partner Network must drive more qualified traffic to two eBay Motors categories in September […]
eBay addressed new allegations that its employees had assisted members of its affiliate marketing program engage in “cookie stuffing” before it reported two of them to the FBI for engaging in the practice. In an […]