This is copy pasted from my blog, but since I don't get much visitors I thought I'd post it here so people can still read it.
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AuctionAds is basically an eBay affiliate program, but it does a lot of the hard work for you.
They’re my new favorite network, here’s why you should use it.
1. $10 payout. If you try it and don’t like it, at least you can wait till you hit $10 and get paid.
2. Snowball effect. When a user clicks an ad, there’s a cookie that expires in 30 days. If in 30 days the user wins a bid, you get commission. They can win any bid, it doesn’t have to be the one they clicked.
3. High CTR. Everyone knows the trick of putting relevant images next to ads which increases your CTR significantly. Well that’s not allowed, but AuctionAds technically does that automatically because the ads are displayed with a thumbnail of the product.
4. Relevancy. eBay is kind of like Google, it has everything. If your site is about doorknobs then the ads will be about doorknobs. *checks* Yes, there is doorknobs on eBay.
5. I lied, there’s only 4 reasons. Feel free to add your own.
The following is copy pasted from another forum but it will help you understand how earnings are calculated, take note they are just estimates.
1000 impressions * 10% CTR = 100 possible bidders
100 possible bidders * 50% BTR = 50 bidders
50 bidders * 10% AWR = 5 wins with commission
Now, how commission is figured is interesting. You get commissions on eBay’s revenue, which are the fees eBay earns on a winning auction. These are Insertion Fees and Final Value Fees. You can see how these add up here:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html
Your commission is a percentage of these fees, from 40 to 65% based on sales volume. AuctionAds is consolidated under one account, so I’d expect them to hit 57.5 to 60%.
So here’s an example commission:
Winning bid: $39.93
Insertion fee: $.40 (based on the start price of $1.00)
Final Value Fee: $25.00 * 5.25% + $14.93 * 3.25% = $1.31 + $.49 = $1.80
Total fees: $.40 + $1.80 = $2.20
Commission: $2.20 * 60% = $1.32
So, with this auction & the numbers above, 100 clicks COULD earn you 5 * $1.32 = $6.60.
You basically don’t need a lot of traffic to earn more money. Results may vary depending on your audience. If they’re too young then they probably won’t be shopping online as much as older teenagers or adults. It also depends on your keywords, tweak them until you are happy with the results.
I’m not joking about the keywords thing, play with them or you won’t earn anything! One last thing, you might not see results immediately because obviously not all auctions end in one day.
I hope that helped you understand AuctionAds a little better, and I hope even more that you start making some money.
