eBay is Leaving Commission Junction

March 17, 2008 | By admin In Uncategorized |

Just as I am updating all my sites with the new privacy policy I just got an email from eBay this morning.

” We are excited to announce eBay’s new global affiliate platform: the eBay Partner Network.

The new platform will go live on April 1st, 2008 PST, at which point eBay will no longer be running its affiliate program through Commission Junction. Beginning April 1st, affiliates should register with eBay Partner Network and migrate their links from CJ to the new platform.

While CJ and ValueClick have been valuable partners to eBay throughout the years, we’ve decided to give our affiliate community a customized experience for eBay affiliates.

All the great tools and benefits of working with the eBay program will remain the same – access to the Editor Kit and affiliate API, the flexible destination tool, the great payout structure. In addition, the eBay partner network will provide several new features:
• Easy global registration to multiple countries simultaneously
• New, targeted banners and rich media creatives
• New landing page optimization and geo-targeting capabilities
• More detailed reporting capabilities for eBay’s programs

The eBay Partner Network and Commission Junction will run in parallel for one month through this process, so please plan to complete your migration by May 1st, 2008.”

So…. I am going to have to go through and edit all my sites once again come April 1st. So I decided to hold off editing the remainder of my sites until that date so I can do both the Privacy Policy and update the eBay links at the same time.

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3 Comments so far

  1. Frugal Dad on March 17th, 2008

    Bummer - this was one of the main reasons I signed on with Commission Junction. Without eBay there’s little reason to stay.

  2. Moms Cash Blog on March 17th, 2008

    Cool blog, I just found your site here and I like it ; ) You seem to be doing pretty well…

    I don’t think I like the idea of Ebay cutting CJ out. They seem to keep companies legit and the ways things have been going with Ebay lately…I am a little worried as to NEW RULES they may apply to us affiliates?! We will cross our fingers and wait I suppose.

    ~Moms Cash Blog~

  3. JW Thornhill on March 21st, 2008

    I just noticed your current debt and you guys are doing an great job!! Inspirational!

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