How to Use Your eBay About Me Page to Make Money

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By A. Suzanne Wells
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Add your affiliate programs to your eBay About Me page.

Your eBay About Me Page is the only place on eBay users are allowed to place links to non-eBay urls. Are you using your eBay About Me page to its fullest potential? You could be making money by adding affiliate programs to your About Me page. Learn how to monetize this free web page provided by eBay.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Before you add anything to your About Me page, you need to understand eBay’s policy on linking from your About Me page. You cannot link to other auction sites, sites offering the same merchandise at a lower price, or sites offering merchandise not allowed on eBay. Check the eBay help section for the entire policy.
Step 2

eBay users may click on your About Me page to see what you are all about. You can add links for them to click on – links that will make money for you. The easiest affiliate programs to promote are programs for eBay third party services, such as template design sites, research tool sites, or auction sniper sites.
Step 3

Visit ClickBank to find thousands of information products that you can be an affiliate for. You want the affiliate products to relate to your product line since you are actually cross-selling or up-selling a product to customers who are interested in the items in your store. For example, if you sell pet supplies on eBay, add affiliate information products about dog grooming, dog training, or making homemade dog treats.
Step 4

You can also visit e-Junkie for a wide variety of information products to promote.
Step 5

Don’t clutter your page with too many links. Choose the ones that you think your customers will be interested in. If they don’t perform, change the affiliate products and keep fine-tuning the affiliate programs until you find some that work.
Step 6

Check the resources section below for more information on creative ways to make money with eBay.

Comments

goobshack said

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on 11/13/2009 A link a day just may keep the repo man away!

barbiecrafts said

on 11/7/2009 Thanks...How do you get more than one link on there? I have seen how people do this. 5 rr subscribed for more ebay info. thanks

followthemoney said

on 10/25/2009 More great information. Yes, I'm a jewelry designer and have an Ebay store and have been selling there for years. That said, I didn't know about putting my website on my About Me page. Great tips! I gave your article 5*****!

TurtleDog said

on 10/24/2009 The About Me Ebay page is my most neglected resource! I'm a very minor seller but this article will inspire me to set this up! Thanks so much. 5 stars! Recommended!