I will be offline for a few days

There are gremlins running amuck in my computer.  I’ve put off dealing with them but the weird and funky things my computer is doing is finely getting to me.  So, I’m going to roll up my sleeves and reformat my computer. This is something I do about every six months or so.  I hate it,...

10 Days After Starting 30 Minute Backlinks Test

  As you know, on April 19, 2008 I started my test of 30 Minute Backlinks. It has now been 10 days since this test began. The stats now include a section for how much each site has earned. Yesterday one of these sites got its first commissions. This is the fastest I’ve made commissions for any...

When to Send Visitors Away from Your Site

In a recent post, How to Add External Links Alphabetically to Your Site’s Sidebar, I give instructions for adding links to a site’s sidebar. This particular set of instructions will send visitors away from your site when one of these links is clicked, instead of having a new window or tab...

How to Create eBay Affiliate Links

You can easily create eBay affiliate links for use in your niche stores or elsewhere. When eBay’s affiliate accounts were still with Commissions Junction (CJ) you could create affiliate links using eBay’s Flexible Destination Tool. Now that eBay has moved their affiliate program from CJ...

How to Add External Links Alphabetically to Your Site’s Sidebar

I recently wrote about how to add external links to your sidebar menus. Those instructions tell you how to add external links that are either above or below your Site Navigation menu. Since that post I have learned how to add external links to your sidebar menus so that they show up alphabetically...

I Added Two More Free Templates

Today I created two simple, clean templates.  They are primarily white with a subtle splash of colors to give them character.  I’ll add more in this style soon.  Rochelle

How to See What Items Earned You Affiliate Commissions

Are you struggling to figure out what eBay sales generated commissions for you? I am. As much as I like the new eBay EPN program I think seeing what sold is not great. Fortunately for Build A Niche Store (BANS) user there is a super easy way to find out, thanks to BANS forum member sonjay. Sonjay created...

Three Days After Starting Test of 30 Minute Backlinks

  My test of 30 Minute Backlinks started on April 19, 2008 so it is now three days into my test. Here are the most recent stats: . Site #1 – Minimal Promotion Date URL purchased: 04/07/2008 Date toolbar submitted to shareware repository: 04/19/2008 Date of first backlink: 04/19/2008 Number...

How to Add External Links to Your Site’s Sidebar

Someone recently saw a niche store that included a link to an external web site in the Site Navigation sidebar menu. He asked if I know how to do this. I do and am sharing here because I’m sure there are more people who would like to do this, too. This mod came from Pip on the Build A Niche...

How to Add a ‘Contact Us’ Form to Your Site

  One thing I’ve been putting off is adding a ‘Contact Us’ form on my niche stores. Sure, I could do this fairly easily by simply adding a ‘Contact Us’ link and including my email address. But if I do this I risk having spam harvesters collecting my email address and filling...

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