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getagrip
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2007 23:12 · Edited by: getagrip
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A lot of people have discovered that eBay is a great way to earn money online. Most people know about the traditional methods of earning money with eBay by selling products via online auctions, but not a whole lot of people know about eBay's affiliate program.
What is eBay's affiliate program? It is a profit sharing program which pays you for referring clients to eBay. You can earn up to $25 for referring a new client to eBay, and earn up to 75% of eBay's revenue per sales transactions from existing eBay members.
There is a program called Build A Niche Store (BANS) that displays live listings from eBay on your website, which allow you to make money from eBay's affiliate program. You can also earn additional revenue from Google Adsense and other affiliate products you can promote from your Build A Niche Stores.
You are not going to get rich from your BANS websites, but some people from the BANS forum have reported earnings of $1,000 a month, and you can get started for less than $100. Some people even sell their BANS websites for huge profits after their BANS websites get established online.
After your initial investment, the only other expenses that are required for Build A Niche Store is a domain (website address) and web hosting. A domain will cost you less than $10 for an entire year, and you can get a web hosting account for less than $10 a month.
BANS does not require any technical expertise to get started, and comes with step by step instructions on getting your BANS stores up and running. Some people may feel a little bit overwhelmed when they set up their BANS stores for the first time, but if this happens, you can get help from the Adam and Kelvin, the two guys who invented Build A Niche Store. They offer excellent free tech support, and there is also a very helpful members only forum.
Having said all of this, I highly recommend Build A Niche Store, especially if you have not yet made any money on the internet...you have no idea how awesome it is to finally get that first sale, particularly when you have been ripped off in the past. I can honestly say that Build A Niche Store has been the easiest way I've ever made money online! 
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happywife
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2007 00:52
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That is interesting. I hadn't thought of that angle. I do have about a dozen pages on my chocolate site that contain related RSS feeds from ebay (chocolate apples on ebay, chocolate pretzels on ebay, etc.). I am an affiliate with ebay and get the commissions you mentioned above.
I always go through my own site's ebay links no matter what I am purchasing on ebay so that I will get that little extra commission myself. 
It would be clever to build a niche store with all ebay products. I'm sure it would be scary the first time, hoping you do each step correctly. You're right that it isn't a highly profitable venture, but the advantage is that once you have it set up, I suspect it runs on autopilot.
A good idea for someone to try who is just starting out and doesn't want to take the plunge into a full content site.
It was good of you to mention it.
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getagrip
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2007 01:14
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Quoting: happywife It would be clever to build a niche store with all ebay products. I'm sure it would be scary the first time, hoping you do each step correctly. You're right that it isn't a highly profitable venture, but the advantage is that once you have it set up, I suspect it runs on autopilot.
When you are doing your initial setup, all you are doing is uploading the BANS files to your hosting account, so its hard to mess that part up. If for some reason you don't get something right, Adam and Kelvin can identify it for you in a few minutes. After the initial set up, you just customize your store from there.
Yes, Build A Niche Store does run on auto pilot. Of course, it helps to optimize your BANS stores, and it helps to find good eBay niches without lots of competition - last time I checked, eBay has approximately 28,000 categories, so there are a lot of possibilities.
The great thing is that once you purchase your Build A Niche Store license, you can build an unlimited amount of BANS stores, so you can promote as many different niches as you want.
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happywife
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2007 01:17
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I wish there were more hours in my days!!! There are too many tempting things for me to try. Ugh!
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getagrip
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2007 04:52
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Quoting: happywife There are too many tempting things for me to try. Ugh!
Unfortunately, a lot of things out there are a total waste of money, but this is definately not the case with BANS.
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2007 17:21
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I just went to http://www.buildanichestore.com and it does looks
interesting.
I've heard the top ebay affiliate are making $100,000+/month. This
would definitely makes it easy to build your own store.
Gotta try this... 
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2007 19:15
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Yes, I do think I will consider this in the new year once some of my other projects get a bit more advanced and require less effort. I must remember this one.
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getagrip
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2007 22:35 · Edited by: getagrip
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Quoting: 040107 I've heard the top ebay affiliate are making $100,000+/month. This would definitely makes it easy to build your own store.
Well...most people are probably not going to make $100,000 a month with your BANS stores, as this would mean you are making LOTS of sales, and getting a TON of traffic. However, since you can get unlimited licences, you can put a lot of stores up and gradually increase your income.
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xlw064
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# Posted: 6 Mar 2008 18:51
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Is the money worth for building a BANS? Do they offer products like herbal things? I already have a website, can I build BANS using my own website? Thank you in advance.
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getagrip
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# Posted: 6 Mar 2008 21:09
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BANS is definately worth the money! You can build a BANS stores in virtually any niche, as long as there are product listings for it on eBay. You can integrate BANS into your own website, or start from scratch on a new BANS website with a new domain - that is what I do.
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# Posted: 10 Mar 2008 22:07
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Thank you so much for your information, getagrip! I am very interested in that. If you can answer the following two questions, I'll appreciate it:
1. Do you recall that they offer herbal products there?
2. For one time fee you pay, do they offer you ebooks to learn or
else how does it work?
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getagrip
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# Posted: 11 Mar 2008 00:54
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1. You will have to check http://eBay.com to see if they offer the kinds of herbal products you are looking for. If eBay offers the herbal products you are looking for, then you can build a BANS store around that product.
2. They do offer an installation manual, which covers how to install BANS and some other things. However, you will learn the most from the BANS forum in terms of what to do AFTER you have your BANS stores up and running, but it is also very helpful if you run into any technical problems while you are installing your BANS stores, or if you have any other questions. You can also contact the BANS creators directly for any kind of support you need - they are VERY responsive to your questions!
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xlw064
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# Posted: 11 Mar 2008 22:56
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Quoting: getagrip 1. You will have to check http://eBay.com to see if they offer the kinds of herbal products you are looking for. If eBay offers the herbal products you are looking for, then you can build a BANS store around that product. 2. They do offer an installation manual, which covers how to install BANS and some other things. However, you will learn the most from the BANS forum in terms of what to do AFTER you have your BANS stores up and running, but it is also very helpful if you run into any technical problems while you are installing your BANS stores, or if you have any other questions. You can also contact the BANS creators directly for any kind of support you need - they are VERY responsive to your questions!
Thank you for your prompt answer! I'll definitely look forward to build a BANS store with my spare time.
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getagrip
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2008 05:01
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xlw064: Thank you for your prompt answer! I'll definitely look forward to build a BANS store with my spare time.
No problem!
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happywife
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2008 06:05
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getagrip: You can integrate BANS into your own website, or start from scratch on a new BANS website with a new domain - that is what I do.
Hi getagrip,
Will you pm your BANS store address to me. I'd like to take a look at your site to see how it is laid out, etc.
Thanks.
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mreyn
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# Posted: 21 Apr 2008 19:31
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I have many bans sites and am also bans addicted!! they make money, are quick and easy to set up and FUN!!!!
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happywife
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# Posted: 21 Apr 2008 19:57
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mreyn: they make money, are quick and easy to set up and FUN!!!!
How are you getting traffic to your BANS sites? I would assume you'd need a lot of traffic to get enough visitors to convert into sales.
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getagrip
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# Posted: 21 Apr 2008 20:26
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100% of my traffic is SEO, with my best site averaging about 16.5 hits a day for the month of April.
There are several different ways to generate a good income with BANS:
1. Build a few BANS stores and optimize them so they do well in the search engines.
2. Build a bunch of "basic" sites without optimizing them.
3. Build a bunch of sites and optimize them.
I prefer the second option, and I've been able to generate affiliate commissions of over $500 in a single month from my BANS stores using this method. New domains only cost $6.99 per year at 1and1.com, and it only takes me about 15 minutes to set up new stores, so it is both cost effective and time effective.
A lot of BANS users spend some time optimizing their stores which gives them more search engine traffic and more sales - I know of someone who has earned $2,000 a month from their BANS stores, and others who have earned even more - not bad for an initial investment of $97!
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# Posted: 22 Apr 2008 15:32
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Instead of buying several domains couldn't you just open the stores on sub domains? Are sub domains seo friendly?
-gabe
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# Posted: 22 Apr 2008 16:25
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Yes, you could do that...BUT, from what I understand, subdomains aren't as effective as they used to be. At one time, Google treated subdomains as seperate domains (or so I'm told), but rumor has it that this is no longer the case. That is something I plan to expirament with at some point, but you could always start off with that strategy and see how it works.
There are so many different theories floating around out there about what SEO strategies are effective and which ones aren't, that you just have to kind of test things out for your self, but if you set things up correctly, you should be fine either way you go, since you can customize your BANS stores to be very SEO friendly.
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# Posted: 23 Apr 2008 20:09
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I just joined BANS and should have my first store up tonight. Hope it does well.
-gabe
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# Posted: 24 Apr 2008 14:06
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25 Apr 2008 01:04 - Attached on merging:
BANS Stores do they work?
Have to say I am curious.
Is it worth the price? Are they easy to set up?
Has anyone noticed a decrease in traffic due to the May Ebay boycott coming up? Wonder if this boycott will affect niche stores?
And the big question..
Do you make money when people actually buy something on Ebay or click the link to the auction? Or both- how does it work?
Any info from anyone thats using the program sucessfully?
TIA
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getagrip
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# Posted: 24 Apr 2008 14:47 · Edited by: getagrip
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Hi Deanna ~ BANS is a great product, and I'm a BANS member myself - in my best month, I earned over $500 with my BANS stores.
I wouldn't worry too much about the eBay boycott - my stores are all getting plenty of traffic - when old Powersellers leave eBay, it just opens the door for new sellers to take their places. Also, because eBay raised their final value fees, it means more money for affiliates!
As far as making money with eBay is concerned, you get at least 50% of eBay revenue for sales you generate through your BANS stores, and you also get paid $25 when new members sign up for eBay, so its a great program. I've got more information about BANS if you want to check out my video.
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# Posted: 24 Apr 2008 21:08
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Hi Getagrip,
I took a peek at both of your video's both seem like good programs to get into.Which did you sign up for first?
WA seems like a good beginner course. I am new to the affiliate scene-so I feel it may be beneficial first?
On the other hand, I'm also an impatient person and would like to get my foot in the door and do better learning hands on.
Between the 2 programs, which would you purchase first?
TIA,
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getagrip
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# Posted: 24 Apr 2008 22:28 · Edited by: getagrip
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That's a really tough question, because both are great programs but have such a different philosophy. I think BANS is a lot easier than Wealthy Affiliate - there is a lot less work involved, and the sales will come a lot easier than they would with Wealthy Affiliate.
On the other hand, the sales you will generate with Wealthy Affiliate will pay a lot more than BANS (eBay) sales, and Wealthy Affiliate will also give you much better marketing skills, since BANS really doesn't cover marketing strategies outside of the BANS forum. Of course, you have to find the right niches on eBay to make good money with BANS - which Wealthy Affiliate shows you how to find...so, I would say check out BOTH if you could!
So, it just depends on you...both are great programs, but like I said, BANS is definately easier to make money with, although you will get out of it what you put into it - the more time you spend optimizing your stores and adding content to them (or building new stores in different eBay niches, which is what I do), the more money you will make, and if you do decide to go with BANS, at some point you should also check out Wealthy Affiliate (and vice versa), since Wealthy Affiliate will help you on the marketing side of things.
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# Posted: 25 Apr 2008 00:20
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I have heard positive things about it through friends. I hear it is great after you do allot of work, however if you are not prepared to do allot of work, working from home is probably not for you. They said it took a couple of month to see much of a profit.
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# Posted: 25 Apr 2008 01:32 · Edited by: getagrip
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Yeah - its definately hard to knock BANS, and this is a program that I'd recommend to anyone that I know who wants to start earning money online, and I have recommended it to both family members and friends.
As far as putting in a lot of work is concerned, I agree that the more work you put into your BANS stores, the more money you are going to make, although I don't think you have to spend a whole lot of time on your BANS stores to make a descent amount of money from them - maybe a few hours each week per store, although I usually don't spend much time on them other then setting them up, and then submitting them to search engines and directories, and also throwing up some advertisements on USfreeads.com.
Having said that, BANS is the easiest money I've ever made online, and I have not spent a lot of time on my stores - I'd probably make even more money with my BANS stores if I spent as much time working on them as I do in forums like this LOL!
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# Posted: 25 Apr 2008 06:48
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The recurring theme is that you have to promote it and compete.
Online stores is a huge catagory and not easy to get visibilty.
Be very careful here folks.
Warmly
Jeff and Sandi
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# Posted: 25 Apr 2008 13:05
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That isn't entirely true. As long as there isn't too much competition, BANS stores do well in the search engines because the content is constantly changing - eBay has auctions that are always ending and new auctions that are always starting, so you don't need to worry about suplicate content.
You aren't likely to get a lot of traffic for the "main" keywords to your BANS stores, but you can get traffic for the long tailed and less obvious keywords without promoting your store at all, and these keywords are very targeted. For example, here are some keywords that people have typed in to Google which the found my consumer electronics store:
aragon aurum for sale
1980 s vintage pioneer automatic turntable circuit
mini portable digital temperature sensor
pioneer pl-55x
nagra-sn manual
vintage grundig fm tuners
consumer eletronics wholesaler
ar 4x acoustic research
asr 880 amplifier class
1970 s pioneer speakers hpm100
Most of these are oddballs that I would never think of myself, but you can rank well in Google with these kinds of keywords, which are being typed in from consumers who are ready to buy - this is how you make your money with BANS, and this is how you can compete in the search engines.
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# Posted: 25 Apr 2008 18:44
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I just got my first 2 stores up last night. Now i'm in the process of marketing the stores. Really easy and inexpensive to do. I cant see not making some money with this program.
-gabe
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