Well … it’s that time … time to post my earnings for my eBay EPN (BANS – “Build a Niche Store”) niche stores for March and April 2010.
Not amazing … not horrible. LOL. Again, I still haven’t taken the time to try to figure out what they (eBay) is looking for in this affiliate program. I haven’t done anything at all to my stores. I did however do a small amount of advertising on some free classified sites in April and I can see it probably helped a little bit.
Here are the numbers:
March 2010 = 533.86
April 2010 = 672.78
Looks like I’m going to have to do some work on these sites here soon. My buddy, Mark, over at Niche Store Builder posted: ePN Users Pay Attention – Significant Update for You! Yep … EPN making changes for us again. *sigh*
I’ve been very busy working on my SEO/Google Positioning business for offline local businesses and that’s going pretty well. I’ve also started my new site about Fitness at 40 and that’s been a really fun distraction. LOL I’m working out and eating healthy and I’m fully committed to losing all of my extra fat and to being healthy and strong.
Hope you are all doing well with your online businesses. Let me know if you need some help and I’ll do what I can. Also, do let me know if there’s something specific you’d like me to blog about and I’ll do my best to get it up here on the blog. *SmiLes* Suzanne
So … you still a niche store person? Are you still using BANS? How about EPN? Amazon? Let us know what you’re up to and how your stores are performing ok?
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45 Comments
Mark - Niche Store Builder
on 11th May, 10 01:05pm
Very good on those earnings still Suzanne!
I nudged away from ePN a few months back and will always have the “I Quit” feeling, which I HATE… but just couldn’t take their constant change and fear anymore! LOL
I still have a few residual links to the sites, but put a lot of focus on CPA, Amazon, adsense, etc. Its been a few rough months, but the payoff is starting to show.
BTW – GREAT job on your other site! (Fitness site)
Mark
Suzanne
on 12th May, 10 05:05am
Mark ~ Well I know you aren’t alone … many jumped ship after all of the changes EPN has put us through. I guess since these sites were never my main focus and aren’t supporting me financially I’ve just keep them in tact. I know there are/were many who were making thousands of dollars per month and they relied on EPN to pay the mortgage and bills so it’s understandable that they’d need a more reliable “vehicle.”
I’ve thought over and over about adding a few more stores just to get it up in the $1,000 – $1,500 range but the changes keep coming and I’m not sure it’s worth the work involved. LOL
Thanks for the feedback on my new site … I really enjoy it so that makes it totally fun. I don’t really have a passion for any of my niche sites so that makes the link building/article marketing and such very boring LOL but this one should be a bit easier to manage.
*SmiLes*
Color Printing Flyers
on 11th May, 10 11:05pm
I have never earned a thing around here so I’d say that is pretty decent. I am looking forward to getting some cash from my own ventures soon.
Suzanne
on 12th May, 10 05:05am
Well … what are your “ventures” and what could I help you with? I’d love to see you make your first dollar online
Kennenlernen
on 12th May, 10 04:05am
Yeah good job making that paper
I tried this myself but never was succesful. So now I’m focusing on different ways.
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Suzanne
on 12th May, 10 05:05am
Yea, BANS/niche sites are not for everyone. I think I’ve done well with them because I spent several months studying SEO and I put in the time necessary up front on those sites.
What have you moved on to? Is there something I can do to help you? Let me know k?
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on 12th May, 10 10:05am
Hi Suzanne,
Help out a relative newbie to this kind of thing – what is a BAN? The only ones I know are pre-wedding announcements, and something that happened to me a while back when I got a bit loud in a pub!
Jen
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Suzanne
on 12th May, 10 10:05am
Hi Jen ~ BANS stands for “Build a Niche Store” and it’s a product that I used to build some niche stores … stores that are basically set up to showcase eBay auctions for a specific products … so for instance a store on vacuum cleaners … the product makes it easy (easier LOL) to set up the pages and dynamically “pull in” auctions from eBay for the vacuums I tell it to list and when visitors click on the eBay auction links I get paid by eBay.
BANS itself is … hmmm … out of business? or going out of business … or for sale … not sure … so I don’t really refer people to that product … but there are some other great products available if you’re interested in building some niche stores (I wrote about a couple here http://www.suzannefranco.com/niche-store-profits-earnings-september-october-2009-audio/).
Let me know how I can help. *huGs* Suzanne
Richard @ Get More Affiliates
on 12th May, 10 11:05am
Personally I use ePN but not the BANS software. I like the way I am able to very quickly fill up a site with “content” from the auctions that can be good for attracting longtail keyword traffic from the search engines.
But earnings aren’t great on a per-click basis so I am slowly trying out different monetization strategies which I hope will earn me more money from the same number of visitors.
Suzanne
on 12th May, 10 12:05pm
Hi Richard … I started to transition over to EPN without the BANS but just never invested the time … but I also use other tools (see comment above) … are you doing anything with Amazon?
Dennis Edell | Direct Sales Marketing
on 12th May, 10 01:05pm
I’m still getting my own stuff in order first; coming along nicely though.
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Suzanne
on 14th May, 10 10:05am
How do you and how do you monetize now and how do you plan to monetize?
Dennis Edell | Direct Sales Marketing
on 17th May, 10 11:05am
Is that one question? Could you simplify a little?
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Suzanne
on 17th May, 10 01:05pm
Geez! 10:05 a.m. I’m certain I wasn’t drunk when I wrote that! What the??? LOL … How are you monetizing now and how do you plan to monetize in the future?
Dennis Edell | Direct Sales Marketing
on 19th May, 10 10:05am
LOL I need to hang out with you sometime, you’re fun.
Aside from affiliate linking a post here and there, i am not currently monetizing.
I also can’t tell you of future monetization…yet. And both for the same reason.
If you haven’t been followin the blog lately, the gist is, there’s a BIG shake up coming, yes again, lol.
Wait for it.
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Chad
on 13th May, 10 05:05pm
Congrats! Your montly numbers are certainly nothing to sneeze at – very well done, and inspiring!
Chad
Suzanne
on 14th May, 10 10:05am
thanks Chad … do you have niche stores? do you have an online business? need any help with anything?
Jason Acidre@free SEO software
on 14th May, 10 12:05am
well, at least you have a 138.92 increase in revenue for a month, I think that is something you can be naturally happy with, even it’s small it’s still a gain. perhaps you’ll just need a little push to have further progress
but as for me, google adsense has still been very consistent (as long as contents are constantly added) and clickbank is definitely a good source as well.
Suzanne
on 14th May, 10 10:05am
I have some sites where I’d love to use AdSense and I know it’s supposed to be very easy to set up but I just haven’t taken the time to learn about it LOL … soon though
Jason Acidre
on 16th May, 10 09:05pm
Just try using adsense on your sites that have substantial and very informative contents and insert the ad within the article. the background and border color of the banner should also be matched with the color of your article’s background, as if it was really included in the article. It’s quite effective, as explained by some experts that this method hypnotizes readers LOL. Blog about it once you have tried adsense. I’m pretty excited on how you can make it work in the future. Keep me posted, I’ll be back soon
Jämför smslån
on 14th May, 10 09:05am
At the end of the day, we all want profits rather than loss. You’re doing great in my opinion. When I started on eBay and affiliate marketing, my weekly checks were paltry compared to yours!
Suzanne
on 16th May, 10 10:05am
Are you still doing anything with eBay?
Jorgen Sundberg
on 14th May, 10 09:05am
Well done on incresing your earnings Suzanne! What are you goals for the next 12 months?
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Suzanne
on 14th May, 10 10:05am
Hi Jorgen ~ Truthfully I’d like to be earning more like 2k/month with the niche stores … so I’d have to add about 5 more stores and do some work (backlinks, article marketing, classifieds, etc) … really it wouldn’t take more more effort … I’m just pulled in so many directions right now (internet maketing A.D.D. – it’s a problem LOL) … how about you? How do you monetize? What are you goals?
Mark - Niche Store Builder
on 14th May, 10 10:05am
Hey Suzanne –
If the sites you have are well indexed, well traveled, and already doing good, I would dispute what you are saying about adding 5 more sites, and instead, add 5x more of the most popular pages, on the existing sites!
- Find the most popular and highest earning pages. (Stats vs earnings)
- Write 5x more of each on the SAME sites (expand on the topics)
- Link the original pages, to the new ones. (drive more traffic to them)
Suzanne
on 16th May, 10 10:05am
Great idea Mark! And a lot less work LOL
wannabe
on 14th May, 10 11:05am
BANS … is an eyeopener for me. Never heard of this, but then again i am not really into selling stuff. But .. wow .. extremely interesting stuff. I will bookmark this page and i will start thinking about niche marketing
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Suzanne
on 16th May, 10 10:05am
Let me know if I can help … I have some posts about BANS you can use the categories in the sidebar
Jimvesting
on 15th May, 10 07:05pm
Looks like you are making some solid progress, though constant rule-changes have to be a big pain in the you-know-where. I checked out your Bikiniat40.com website and I really like what you are doing! I think that could be a big money maker for you well into the future. Keep up the good work!
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Suzanne
on 16th May, 10 10:05am
They are a pain in the a@#! That’s why I don’t put much (any) effort into them because I don’t ever want to count/rely on the income LOL They close people’s accounts without explanation in a moments notice *sigh* so I’m leery …
Glyna Humm
on 19th May, 10 10:05am
Suzanne – I am definitely a newbie to all of this stuff but it does sound interesting. How long have you been involved with ebay EPN stores? It looks like I need to do my homework:) Thanks for sharing!
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Suzanne
on 25th May, 10 10:05am
Hi Glyna ~ I’ve been with EPN for a couple years (2 or 3?) LOL I’d have to look it up … and truthfully I haven’t done much with them since I set them up. In the beginning there were a lot of changes and upgrades that went on so that was very disruptive and challenging (I was very new and a total technophobe!) so that’s why I didn’t build more stores than what I have. Let me know if I can help in any way. S
Jobs For Felons
on 20th May, 10 12:05pm
When I first started out online I started with ebay, the problem I had was the whole shipping thing, do they still require you to ship your own stuff or can you sell for other vendors?
As you can tell I haven’t been on ebay for a while, although amazon is working very well for me.
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Suzanne
on 25th May, 10 10:05am
With these sites I don’t actually sell my own products or ship anything … I am sending people to eBay to other people’s auctions as an affiliate. Make sense?
enculescu a.
on 21st May, 10 06:05am
i hope to raise my numbers next mounth
Daisy
on 21st May, 10 01:05pm
Not to shabby Suzanne!
I still have 2 BANS sites, which I’m converting to Wordpress/PHPBay this weekend. I now work with Amazon for my niche stores. Ebay has become to much of a hassle.
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Suzanne
on 25th May, 10 10:05am
Hey Daisy … yea, I hear ya … I know a lot of people are making a ton of money with Amazon and I just never seem to get any commission with them (well, nothing but pennies). I need to find someone who’s doing really well with them and interview them here on the blog LOL
Dennis Edell | Direct Sales Marketing
on 25th May, 10 05:05pm
Wanda & Paula from AffiliateBlogOnline.com – Thousands per month from Amazon – awesome people too.
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Dana
on 25th May, 10 06:05am
So, where can I get the tips to reach that good earning?
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Suzanne
on 25th May, 10 10:05am
Dana ~ do you have any niche sites? I am very good with SEO and keyword research so I believe that’s one of the reasons I’ve always made money with BANS/EPN. I did some promotion in the beginning (bookmarking, classifieds, etc.) and every once in a while I’ll do some classified advertising. I’m about to submit some articles for each of the sites so we’ll see how that does too. I suggest building backlinks too … directory submissions … Squidoo lenses for some of them … let me know if there’s something specific I can help you with ok?
build a niche store
on 25th May, 10 11:05pm
great post Suzanne!
not only from your post but also from many of your replies i got amazing points and cleared my self about BANS and EPN.
i have a site that have BANS software that help me in making my BANS so you can also check that on writing dynamixgate wordpress bay on google search
keep delivering some more good results
thanks and cheers
LifeInLens
on 14th Jun, 10 04:06am
wow, nice figures, i mean 500 to 600 is not bad at all, your blog is performing well, i never got such response..
Garry
on 22nd Jun, 10 05:06pm
Yeah, your numbers are quite good. I mean, I don’t know how long you’ve been at this, but those figures are nothing to sneeze at!
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Reagan from Postal Gold
on 29th Jun, 10 07:06am
It looks like you´re making quite a lot of money!! I am impressed! Congratulations Susan!
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matboard
on 17th Aug, 10 02:08pm
Wow! Look at your raking in the dough.