How to make money from eBay without selling anything? How is this possible? Well, let me explain.
You don’t need a product that you have to list on eBay to sell to make money. You just have to promote eBay products on your website.
Actually, this is not only applicable to eBay. You can make money from hundreds of companies who has an affiliate program.
There you go, this method is called affiliate marketing. Who will benefit from this type of Marketing?
The company who is running the affiliate promotion.
- It is actually saving the company a lot of money from running advertisements which the company has to pay sale or no sale, whereas it will only pay commissions to affiliates when a sale is made.
You as the affiliate because you earn the commissions on a sale.
- You can make a full-time income out of this.
The buyer will benefit most from this program.
- He or she will pay the same cost if the product is bought through your website. No extra cost.
The bonus? You gave them more detailed information on that particular product that they want to buy.
You helped them make a sound decision on the right product to buy. People always search for product reviews on the internet before they buy something.
That is your selling point as an affiliate marketer. You have to write product reviews promoting a specific eBay product.
The individuals searching the internet for that particular product review need to see your product review first. That is the reason it is crucial that your website should be on the first page of Google in the keyword search result.
Then you should have a relevant and honest review, so the buyer will be convinced to buy it through your website. Sounds a lot? No?
All of this can be learned if you have proper training. That’s why you need a good platform to learn all of this.
Assuming that you have a running website with a good traffic, you can proceed to the next step to start making money from eBay Partner Network or EPN.
This kind of business is very cool because no physical selling is required. You just have to post different kinds of banners, and you are in business.
Simple and so easy to do, and the approval is easier than Amazon. The enrollment process is straight forward.
Your banners will be up and running in no time at all. The good thing also is eBay Partner Network pay by Paypal. I like this better than Amazon checks.
Enroll at eBay Partner Network.
Post eBay Partner Network Banners on your Website.
This is the easiest part. You just have to select a banner and post it on your website. There are a lot of choices on how you want your eBay banner to look like; you just have to select.
You can also place the banner anywhere on your website. On the eBay Partner Network website, you can select which ones you like.
The eBay banner will give you commissions on any item on eBay that your visitor buys as long he entered eBay through this banner on your website before buying on eBay.
A Sample of an eBay Partner Network Banner
Please click to proceed to my eBay resource page for more information.
Write a Product Review on Your Website.
On product reviews, you will help the visitor to decide what specific product to buy by giving them all the information they might need.
It would include the best brand of the product they are searching for, the best model, for what specific use the model is for and of course, you have to give them information where to buy it.
The Specific Product Banner (the TV) will be posted on your product review page. This is your link to eBay.
This is how you monetize your review. Once you gained the trust of your customers, they will click on the banner (the TV), and they will get redirected to eBay.
If the customer buys the product or any product on eBay you will get the commission.
Post a Specific Product Banner on Your Website.
A specific product banner is a banner featuring a particular item on eBay. A specific product banner is intended for specific product reviews.
However, if the customer decided to buy another product while he entered eBay through this banner, you will still get the commission.
Product reviews convert more sales than other methods. You can put any specific product banner on your website. There are millions of products on eBay.
Imagine the earnings potential you will have to all these products as you have the eBay Partner Network banner on your website which applies to all eBay products.
Then add the specific product banner for your product reviews. That’s a whole lot of ways to earn money from eBay. Remember you are not physically selling anything at all. Bear in mind that once set up it will run on automation.
I have to do a step by step presentation here because a lot of people are having a hard time posting a specific product review banner from eBay.
Remember product reviews are more converting than just the eBay Partner Network Banner. You also have to remember that this banner that you will create will also serve as an eBay Partner Network Banner.
It means it has two purposes,
- one to convince your customer to buy the product you are reviewing through your product review,
- the second purpose is when the customer, once inside eBay through this link/banner and decided to buy another product, you will still get the commission. What if you are just promoting a low priced item and your customer buys a high priced item instead? Aha!
Now let’s go over the process.
- Go to eBay homepage and search for your item
- Download the picture
- Click description in the middle of the page, and you will find this on the right side of the description
- Highlight and right click to copy
Log in to your eBay Partner Network and fill up the spaces.
- Advertiser- eBay
- Select Program to apply- eBay US
- Link type-Item ID
- Enter Item ID- The Number you got from eBay homepage
- Enter your Campaign ID- The one you have when you enroll in EPN
- Then click generate link.
Now you can preview the link ( the letters in blue) if it is correct, then copy and paste in on your post. As I have said, the codes are not working so do not use those.
A Sample of a Specific Product Banner
Please click to go to my eBay resource page for more information
Time to make money.
When your website visitor clicks on the eBay Partner Network banner or the specific product banner, that link will redirect the visitor to eBay. Once that person buys something on eBay, you get a commission. Isn’t that cool?
eBay charges the sellers selling fees. You as an eBay affiliate will get a percentage of the seller’s fee. The amount is about 50 % of the seller’s fees. On parts and accessories, it is about 70%.
Imagine how much commission you will get on big ticket items. They also pay you commissions on good traffic to eBay.
They call it Earnings Per Click as eBay will pay you if you drive good traffic to them. This additional process is extra income for you.
The percentage of commission on the Earnings Per Click varies a lot. Imagine having a potential commission on all the items listed on eBay?
That’s a lot of potentials. That’s an easy way to earn money while you are sleeping once you have your website with good traffic.
They will do everything in automation. You just have to make updates once in a while. This following is how eBay Partner Network will pay you. If your combined earnings during a month are over $25, you will be paid every month.
Additionally, you will be paid out at the end of the year, regardless of whether the combined earnings threshold of $25 has been met or not.
Before you can do all of this money making method, you must have your website. You can build your website for free. There is an excellent platform with a superb community where you can learn all these skills.
The training is very straight forward even beginners can easily follow. Remember online business is not Rocket Science.
There is only one platform that can teach you everything from building a website, keywords research, search engine optimization and the whole community will guide you in making money from eBay.
Wealthy Affiliate has all the tools you need to be successful in online business. Building websites these days are much easier than it was used to be. It is very much easier to work on WordPress.
There are stumbling blocks though for beginners, but with a well-structured training and an excellent community to support the beginners, it is not hard at all.
Anybody can build a website. It does not require any previous experience on website developing. Anybody who can use a computer can create a website.
It is a copy and paste operation plus using the keyboard for contents. I started without any knowledge of building websites, let alone about online business.
I just went through the training, and I was amazed at what I accomplished. It is an awesome feeling once you finish building your website from the ground up.
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Hey Belden,
Cool post. Great info! 🙂
I had no idea making money on eBay without actually selling anything was a possibility. So thanks for sharing that with us.
And that thing you mentioned toward the end of your post, Wealthy Affiliate, I’m gonna check that out. It sounds awesome. 🙂
Well, hope I’ll see you inside that program.
Cheers,
Julian
Hi Julian!
Yes, it is a reality to make money from eBay without selling anything. You just need a website with a good traffic. If you do not have a website yet, it is important to join an excellent platform to learn how to build a website and run an online business. There are so many scams online, and offering upsells every time you want to go to the next level.
In Wealthy Affiliate all they include everything for $47 a month, and you could get it like $29 a month if you go yearly subscription. A bonus offer of $19 for the first month is also available when you join. The community of online entrepreneurs they have willing to help each other is awesome.
Now if you want to try, just hide your credit cards because it is not needed. It is really free to try, and they will even give you two free websites on a shared domain just to try it out.
Thank you for the comments,
Den
Hi Den, thanks for the great information about eBay partnership program. I didn’t know they offer such things and I’d like to start trying. Do you only get commission when someone has bought something? Is there a fixed percentage?
I just wonder how it works…unlike Amazon, eBay has a lot of sellers and, if you promote a specific product such as a TV, can you get a commission when a buyer buys it from any seller? As long as it’s the TV that’s on your page?
Thanks in advice for your help,
Ray
Hi Ray !
It is almost identical to Amazon in terms of percentage but they have an additional Earnings Per Click which varies too much. The TV is just a sample if you want a specific product review.
You have to make your own link to a specific product.It is very easy to setup though. In Amazon it is ready-made, you just have to copy and paste the code, or the affiliate link, whichever you prefer. I don’t think you will get credits when your visitor buys another item. That banner on the sidebar is universal, meaning it all applies to all products on eBay.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Working at home as been the dream of many for many years, many today are making that dream a reality. With online business this is possible, all it takes is some work and some determination and the rest is history. I like the layout of your website and how you have broken everything down giving clear details. keep up the good work.
Hi Norman !
Online business is the only way to become your own boss with so little investment. Even making money from eBay without selling anything is achievable once you have a website. Wealthy Affiliate is the only platform available in the market that is the real deal. The training it gives is awesome and the community it has is the selling point.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Den,
You really spelled out the internet success process well and simply. I’m already a member of WA and I wanted to join again on your site. You have nice catchy phrase. If you don’t make money while you sleep, you’ll work till you die. I will always remember that thanks for the info.
Hi Forrest !
You just need a good platform and a good community to guide you to be successful in your online business. Wealthy Affiliate has it all. It will teach you how to make money from eBay without selling anything but it doesn’t stop there, as there are so many ways you can earn money from your website. Yes, if you do not make money while you sleep you will die working.
Thanks for the comments,
Belden
Excellent post on how to make money from Ebay without selling anything.
I think that people would never think that it would be so easy to make money in this way, without selling anything.
The only hard part would be building out a website to put your banner ads on, but as you suggest, it is not as hard these days as it was many years ago.
I don’t think people understand this either.
In fact, if people do as you suggest and follow the training at Wealthy Affiliate, they will build out there website and start making money in no time at all!
Great post 🙂
Hi John !
It is easy to make money from ebay without selling anything if you have a website with a good traffic. Wealthy Affiliate has a very good program for teaching beginners how to build a website with a good traffic. The training is top notch and they have a community of online entrepreneurs willing to help each other.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
I have a question. The Earnings Per Click is basically PPC Right? But thanks for the information. I actually was going to try with Amazon and see if I could make more money with them instead of amazon but it seems i went the wrong route. Thanks again for the information.
Hi Aiden!
It is a little bit different than PPC because it must be a good traffic before you get the credits unlike the PPC where you get paid per click.You can always join Ebay Partner Network anytime. I am an affiliate to both.
Thank you for the comments,
Den
I have recently begun creating a website through WordPress and have found it very easy to do so. I have since started to add Amazon links to my site. I didn’t know that eBay did such a thing so that is good to know. I like how you get commission as well.
Are they just banners though or can you link to a particular product that is always selling? Also can you chose which page and post you put the banner on?
I am very intrigued by this.
Hi Owain !
Ebay Partner Network is a good program. You can put a specific product banner on your website for your product reviews. You can put banners on widgets, posts or pages. They also pay for good traffic you drive to eBay. It is called Earnings Per Click. They are paying commissions thru Paypal. Commissions are almost the same as in Amazon.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
The title really catches my eye – as I always thought you have to sell something on eBay to earn money. So this is how to make money from ebay without selling anything? Now I know there are affiliate links there that with just a click, there’s something to make. It’s helpful that you recommended Wealthy Affiliates too. Thanks for sharing this useful tip!
Hi lilywong !
Ebay Partner Network is the name of eBay affiliate program. It is very good and I am making good commissions there. Yes Wealthy Affiliate provides the training and will show you how to make money from eBay without selling anything,
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Making money online has always been a dream of mine but I just recently discovered that affiliate marketing was a thing. Then it hit me, I can make money with my own website selling other people’s stuff, how can it get better. Well it can, because I have no schedule and I’m my very own boss.
Hi Aless !
Affiliate marketing is the way to go . How to make money from ebay without selling anything is basically affiliate marketing. You can be your own boss sitting on a white sand beach in a tropical country.
Thanks for the comments,
Den
Building a Website For Free? That’s always an useful thing to find, this website builder has a community behind and all that? Well my real question is if this community is really helpful or they are just a show?
They actually teach all those things? Building traffic for your site, how to use the right keywords? Or is just a quick video tutorial and that’s it? This is how to make money from Ebay without selling anything?
Sorry if I ask too many questions, but you got me interested here.
Ruben
Hi Ruben !
Yes you do have a lot of questions but it is good. It shows how interested you are. Wealthy Affiliate offers training on how to build a website for free. Wealthy Affiliate will teach you how to do keyword research.
Wealthy Affiliate will teach you search engine optimization. Wealthy Affiliate has a community of online entrepreneurs willing to help each other, try it for free and you will see what I am talking about.
This is how to make money from eBay without selling anything.
Thank you for the comments,
Den