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How to See What Items Earned You Affiliate Commissions
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Rochelle in 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 a script that you install on one of your sites. Then, each time you want to know what items got you commissions, you download the transactions from eBay and enter this information into the script on your own site. Why should you want to do this? Because no prying eyes will be able to see what items are making you money and no harvesters will collect this because everything is done on your site.
Don’t worry if this doesn’t make sense. Check out sonjay’s script on her website and try the demo to get a better feel for what I’m talking about.
Rochelle
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Very cool – I’ve been dying to know what’s selling. Thanks!
I am surprised that this feature isn’t available from eBay but I am also thankful that someone took the time to create a tool to do the trick.
thanks for the link Rochelle
Rochelle,
Thanks for the link.
This script is brilliant.
I’ve already got help from Sonjay through BAN’s forum.
He/she is a genius in my eyes, or ‘just’ a very good programmer
Hi there, the script is very good,
Although i use this site to upload my transaction reports
http://www.myepnreport.com/
Ildiko,
Agreed! Sonjay is one of the BANS forum’s best members! She is quite brilliant and very willing to help.
Kevin,
I’ve seen the site you posted a link to but don’t use it because I don’t know if they are harvesting information. They could very well be looking for high earning items and then creating sites from them. You do the work and they create new sites from your work.
Please know I don’t know if that is true but I prefer the script Sonjay created because no one sees the details of my reports but me.
Rochelle
@ Rochelle – please read the privacy policy on myepnreport.com. We absolutely DO NOT harvest any info from the reports. There are much easier ways to find out what’s selling on eBay by simply using the API.
Kerosene,
Although I hadn’t read your privacy policy I would still shy away from sites that offer this servcie simply because a statement in a privacy policy wouldn’t put my mind at rest. If site owners have no scruples then they wouldn’t have any problem with posting that they don’t harvest information but do so anyways.
I wasn’t stating that your site does collect information. I apologize if I offended you.
Rochelle
It’s nice to see that folks are being creative, but really, what is wrong with the tool we’ve already been given by ePN? The transaction download report (go to your reports page, click on the blue link Transaction Download, then choose text or excel) shows all of this info:
Event Date
Posting Date
Event Type
Amount
Program Id
Program Name
Campaign Id
Campaign Name
Tool Id
Tool Name
Custom Id
Click Timestamp
eBay Item ID
eBay Leaf Category ID
eBay Quantity Sold
eBay Total Sale Amount
Item Site ID
Meta Category ID
Unique Transaction ID
What more information could you want? And it’s just between you the affiliate and eBay. No worries about uploading to anyone else’s site or downloading someone else’s program.
I have no reason to doubt the honorable intentions of those who created the tools mentioned in the discussion, but I’d just as soon stick with ePN’s reports…..
Sallie,
There is nothing wrong with the information EPN provides. And, I agree that I do not want to use a tool that could potentially share my information with another site.
But, the reason I like this tool is because I install it on my website and run it from my site, and it makes seeing what was purchased super easy. I like saving time, and this tool allows me to find out information about what my commissions are coming from much quicker than if I do it on my own through EPN.
Of course, you do not have to use it if you prefer to look it up on your own. It is simply meant to assist you with doing this, that’s all.
Rochelle
Understood, and I agree that saving time is a good thing. I would still have to do my own calculations because my acru is different (as sonjay notes in the “fine print”). When I have a bit of time I should give it a try to see if it would save me time or not.
BTW, I continue to enjoy nichestorestrategies and will be checking out your latest venture with script critics – sounds like a great idea!
I finally had a chance to try this script. You are right. From the posts about it I did not realize just how much time is saved. And it does feel secure. Thank you!
Sallie,
Glad you like it!
Rochelle
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