So, I wonder if eBay will keep the link structure the same with the PID’s ect. in them? I think a lot of people are anxious about the change… maybe it will mean more money for affiliates? One thing for sure is CJ’s reporting does suck… I’m glad to hear that this should be good news, though.

I’m pretty excited, too. I’ve been having so many tracking problems with CJ, it’s not even funny. I like the fact that we’ll be able to sign up for multiple ebay locations all in one place.

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I’d be really interested in hearing some of the bad experiences you had with CJ and why, Shoe

ahh damn! I wonder what this means for all those BANS users (myself included) hmm I wonder how this will incorporate everyones ebays inhouse stores and scripts…

I am pretty excited, I wonder if there will be a big change in commission from CJ to inhouse

One thing’s for sure. Cutting out the middle man is a good way for one or both sides to make more money. Hopefully it’s the affiliate side.

The “eBay Partner Network” hmmm I love that name, could get you in trouble with a less than tech savvy wife or husband though… “Hey Hun, I’m one of eBay’s partners!” *slap*

I also received this email today and am very excited! Ebay is so large that I had originally thought it should have its own affiliate network. Hopefully there will be some better tools so that we (the affiliates) can customize our links!

Thank you thank you thank you for influencing eBay to drop cj!!

Cj is bad news for publishers, not only is their tracking not accurate, they also give themselves the right to drop anyone at any time WITHOUT NOTICE. That means, your ads are working, you’re driving traffic, but your click throughs are not being tracked, and they don’t even tell you about it. In the meantime you’re wondering why your links aren’t working.

Kudos also to eBay to drop that dead weight!!

Yes, this is great news.

[...] affiliates like Jeremy Shoemoney seem to welcome the news with open arms. After all, Ebay is not dismantling it’s affiliate [...]

I may actually use their program now. CJ was awful.

I’m curious to see what kind of impact this has on CJ/ValueClick. The eBay program has to be a significant portion of the revenue for them. This could really shake up things in the affiliate world if CJ looses their dominant position.

One scary thought is this… I wonder if we will get paid from CJ this month? :O

“eBay has always been their biggest earner. It will indeed be interesting to see now who will follow.”

I also wonder…

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great! maybe the interface won’t be so clunky.

I was going to try my luck in the eBay affiliate niche, I guess I’ll try it now.

Mr. Shoemoney, I have an important question. I signed up for CJ after I seen your picture of how much you made in your CJ account and thought that maybe you were also recommending them. Now you don’t care for them? Which affiliate program out there do you honestly think is the best. I haven’t made a penny with CJ and I sense something wrong with the tracking myself as no one ever clicks on anything.

Its about time but kinda bit late

Interesting, Ebay disconnecting w/ CJ.

intresting….

hmmm….

Jeremy, didn’t you mention some BIG APRIL FOOLS joke for this year?

Hmmm I wonder!?

I feel bad for valueclick shareholders right now - ebay must be their largest advertiser and this stock will fall faster than a wounded gazelle.

I guess it’s better late than never. I’m sure there are a lot of happy people out there because of this news. I wonder how much influence came as a result of that lunch? We’ll see how much this benefits everyone soon.
~Terry

[...] switch over but excited as well. There are already several blogs speaking about this topic as well. Shoemoney has been telling eBay to drop CJ.com: …what was the 1 biggest thing they could do to improve [...]

I think this is a fantastic move on eBays part. Cutting out the middle man is a smart business move and should make for a more effective affiliate program.

The incentive to switch early for an extra 5% bonus for the month of April in nice…and kinda removes that agitation I feel if indeed I do have to redo ALL my eBay aff links out there in the http://www.

Hopefully, the migrations will be smooth and eBays servers will be tough enough to handle the over-load…especially on April 30th

Great post.

Shoe, if you had a hand in this decision, THANK YOU!

finally !!! CJ report sucks !!! I think ebay alone will do a better job !!! Now I wonder whos next???? I hope buy.com and priceline will leave CJ…

I have seen some weird reporting with CJ for sure. I’ll have several days in a row where I make $40 or $50 each day from my eBay links and then I’ll go through a stretch where I’ll see like $3.15 or thereabouts for 5 days in a row. That freaks me out.

Will this affect Shoppingads inability to show relevant ads? I was getting all this traffic from my KWs being mentioned on the biggest show on national TV and Shoppingads is serving irrelevant ads for counterfeit purses and ipod cases ( i swear they must have some weird default that shows the worst items in ebay while hundreds of my KW items are available). After this I had to change all my eBay links to CJ. I would say 50% of the time SA serves up irrelevant ads. Then half the time it will correct on a refresh, but how may visitors refresh?

I’m curious about the BANS implication as some of your loyal readers did actually take the dive into the program. I have not seen any official word from BANS, but I’m hoping that it will be addressed soon.

Wonderful news. Thanks a ton!

This great news! It great opportunity to all!

I have yet to use CJ, so I guess I don’t care as much.

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“I’m curious about the BANS implication as some of your loyal readers did actually take the dive into the program. I have not seen any official word from BANS, but I’m hoping that it will be addressed soon”

The folks at BANS have stated that they’re on top of this and anticipate that the change over will go smoothly. They were informed of it ahead of time and are addressing the issues currently.

Wow. This is great news! CJ ca get very annoying!

I will like to know the how the partnership with CJ will affect Ebay

[...] don’t know if this had anything to do with Shoemoney’s cajoling but eBay is going solo and bringing their affiliate program in-house. They’re calling it the eBay Partner Network and launched a new blog about [...]

CJ links are so hard to track. I just hope their new program makes you sales easier to track. I had some success with the current program but stopped when I could not figure out through CJ which links were the successful ones even using their SID tracker code option. Look forward to seeing the new offering. Released April Fool’s Day I believe !

I hate CJ too, they ban members before giving check,also site cj.com is very slow.

Very nice work dude. It goes to show ebay listens to their affiliates. Very very nice.
I am sure you caused someone their job at CJ :)))))

best news i have heard all day

w00t!

Good news for everyone having issues for CJ.

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[...] this lunch Shoemoney pointed out that the CJ affiliate system was convoluted and unnecessary, and suggested that Ebay.com move their program in-house. On April 1 Ebay did this, and began [...]

This is great news!!!