How to Build an eBay Website
Affiliate marketing is one of the ways that people make money online. Affiliate marketing is getting paid to promote goods or services for another company. For instance, an affiliate marketer who is a member of the eBay affiliate program earns commission any time someone clicks on one of their links and purchases something at eBay.com. One of the easiest ways to make money as an eBay affiliate is to build an eBay website.
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Things You'll Need
- Computer
- Internet access
- Domain name
- Hosting plan
- eBay affiliate site building software
Instructions
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Choose a niche for your eBay website. A niche is a specific topic that a website is about. Affiliate sites are more successful if they fit a niche. Examples of a niche for an eBay website are golf supplies, iPhone accessories and collectible coins.
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Select and purchase a domain name. The domain name is the name and web address (URL) of the website. Use a name that reflects what the website is about. For instance, an eBay website that sells collectible coins should contain the words "collectible" and/or "coins."
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Purchase a hosting plan for your website. Website owners pay hosting companies to store their website files on their servers. Paying for website hosting is akin to paying rent for a storage unit.
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Purchase an eBay affiliate website building software. This software will enable you to plug in a few snippets of code (such as your affiliate ID number) into the software in order to "automatically" build an eBay website that is unique to you and your affiliate partnership with eBay. BANS (buildanichestore.com/purchase.php) and EZ Affiliate Website Builder (ezaffiliatewebsitebuilder.com) are the two most popular eBay website building software among affiliate marketers. Do a little research to determine which software is a better fit for your needs.
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Install the eBay website building software on the your host's server, according to the READ ME file included with your software.
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Insert your affiliate ID code and the eBay product category numbers where needed. Choose your layout and colors for your eBay website. Click "Publish," and your eBay website will be live to the world wide web.
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