A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about possibilities of using Ebay for link building and even list building.
Take a look at the result of my research:
Ebay For Link Building: Going Once, Going Twice… And It Works!
I wasn’t surprised to hear that not too many of you heard of this link building strategy before.
So fueled by your curiosity, off I went, exploring the possibilities of Ebay traffic generation.
Before I tell you what I found out, let me tell you WHY I think you should give this method a careful consideration.
By its very definition, Ebay is a huge marketplace where people come with their credit cards at hand.
Since most of us are working on making money blogging or any other online methods, this is a tremendous possibility to find laser-targeted traffic that is looking to buy exactly what we have to offer.
You want to sell, they want to buy - it doesn’t get any better than that!
Another reason to give Ebay traffic generation a serious shot is because not too many of your competitors are doing it.
In fact, I did an EXTENSIVE research trying to see if there are any resources out there talking about Ebay link building and traffic generation for bloggers and other online marketers and found NONE.
So it would be pretty accurate to say that we are entering unchartered waters here.
Let’s move on to the meat of the topic at hand though.
I thought that my research was so great that I decided to let a much wider audience in on it.
I published the results of my Ebay research over at BlogEngage AND even entered it in a blogging contest.
Now, I’ve tried this once before and my post never made it anywhere close to the top; I am planning to change it this time - WITH YOUR HELP.
Here’s what I would love for you to do, my dear readers:
1. Read my post:
Ebay Traffic Generation Strategy: Going, Going… and it’s yours!
2. Leave a comment!
3. Share it with the universe: tweet, share, bookmark - whatever your preference is.
4. Go and implement it! At the very least, create some pages with backlinks, but I would strongly suggest to explore it to its full potential.
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I can’t really say that I’ve had much success with ebay. With all the rule changes and poor customer service I’ve been kind of turned off from them. However, I’ve never used it as a strictly traffic source, hmmm…
Yesterday I saw your eBay page Tutorial.In this tutorial you mention the different style of work.how you create a eBay page.Really nice but it is easy to create eBay page for my personal website.If yes! so it’s nice to me and also my website.eBay is the Do-follow or no do-follow website
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I can’t be sure about Ebay as a whole, but about me page is DoFollow.
I like your Ebay tutorial - Thank you for Putting the lovely Ebay tool . I like your work
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It’s wonderful you’re teaching about using eBay for link building. I just traded tweets with another blogger a few days ago about our activity on eBay, and spoke to a client last night about their eBay strategy. Thank you for sharing your insights with us.
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Hi Vernessa,
I hope you this strategy can also help your business.
All the best,
Ana
Really good ideas, I’m definitely going to start implementing them, after all eBay selling was my first business
Hey Ana,
Who would have thought Ebay would be a great source of traffic? Thanks for sharing this with us and for the follow-up on your previous post.
All the best,
Mavis Nong
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I don’t remember what prompted me to do this research, Mavis, but I am glad I did!
Ana
I think I missed that original post, I’ll check it out to catch up some.
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Ana,
Read your post at BlogEngage and passed on the data. I like the idea of using different untapped traffic sources.
How is is going with BlogEngage? do you get backlinks and traffic from that site?
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I haven’t been paying enough attention to BlogEngage, to be quite honest with you, Sheila.
What I like about them is how active they are; it’s nice to see a community where bloggers actually know each other and interact accordingly.
Are you an active user? What’s your impression?
Ana
Ana,
I have not joined. But I have noticed several bloggers I like to follow participate. I will be checking it out. Thank you.
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Such a i am really impress for this information about the how to get the targeted traffic on your site… so thanks for the sharing this information with me….
You are welcome, William; thanks for coming by.
Ana
Hi Ana,
thanks for going into further detail about eBay traffic generation and money making. Awesome tips in fact. I would never have thought of eBay as a source of traffic, if not for you.
Take care
Oliver
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Hello Oliver,
I was also amazed the first time I learned about what we can do with Ebay.
Thanks for dropping by,
Ana
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You shouldn’t worry this time around, Ana!
Your post is a killer and I am pretty sure it will reach the top and stay there.
I must say that you keep finding new way of traffic generation and link building, you are doing a great Job!
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Thanks Alex, Glad to hear that from you.
Have a wonderful day,
Ana
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Ana, I already left a comment on your contest entry post over at Blog Engage, but I was so anxious to share your awesome tips about using Ebay for link building that I forgot to say - best wishes in the contest. So far you might be leading the pack
My daughter has an online clothing store and she is also selling some of her party dresses on Ebay, so this post comes at a perfect time for her.
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Hi Ileane,
Thanks so much for reading my entry post at Blog Engage and for sharing this blog. I really appreciate that. I’m also sure your daughter can make use of Ebay in link building aside from the usual selling stuff she does.
Regards,
Ana
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Ana:
I have been looking into this avenue as well. I have noticed it is pretty much UNTAPPED and could potentially hold golden nuggets for us. Well done pointing us in the right direction.
Untapped is the word, Lisa!
Thanks for finding your way to the contest entry; I really appreciate your support!
Ana
Anytime Ana! I included your post in a link for my new post as well..on this topic! I think you are one of the greatest assests to this community and I learn so much from you!
Thank You!
Will you be posting traffic generation tips about this?? I know you have been crazy researching!
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When I was 19 I used to sell a lot of stuff on eBay, I was even featured on a late night infomercial, lol. Back then they let you put links in your auctions and I used it to build a downline in a affiliate marketing program that paid people while they surfed. Funny looking back =)
I will hit your blog on the other page and lets get you to win that contest!!
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Thanks, Ray - much appreciated.
I used to be an Ebay fanatic, but never thought of it for traffic generation.
Looks like you were way ahead of me on that one!
Ana
Well, I had never thought about it in the context you wrote about, keep it coming, I’m a sponge =)
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