I gave AuctionAds a bad review earlier and I'd like to update a bit . Is it AuctionAds or Auction Ads anyway? Anywho, I gave Auction Ads a semi bad review but as I've thought about it more I've changed my mind, in some ways. I still think the compressed images of Auctions Ads ads look horrible. That hasn't changed.
As a designer I judge a lot of things solely on their looks but I want to give Auction Ads a fair review… and give it a bit of testing before I toss it totally.
Here's how I'm testing it further. I'm selling a site via eBay. I have some newsletter subscribers on the directory I'm selling and I get visitors to the site. So instead of linking directly to eBay, or the auctions I'm running I link to it via Auction Ads convert URL method which allows you to link to any page on eBay. I send out an email letting everyone know the site is for sale on eBay via the cloaked Auction Ads link. Ok,, so I've gotten some clicks so far but what I want to happen is someone to find my site or link, sign up for eBay, win the site for millions and I'll get a nice fat commission check from Auction Ads…
Still in testing of course but this lead to a lot of other ideas about sellers on eBay who have websites or newsletters that they can promote their auctions on.
With the eBay URL Converter feature of Auction Ads you can literally link to any page on eBay and turn it into an affiliate link. Run a fan site on Corvettes? or how about fancy China, or high-end electronics site? Do you have a newsletter? Why not link to eBay auctions with affiliate links? If you do or want to start promoting stuff for sale on eBay why not do it through Auction Ads? It can't hurt to try. You can even hide Auction Ads links like you do any other affiliate links.
What about PPC marketing. You could definetely advertise auctions via adwords, adcenter or YPN also in hopes of big commission checks. I haven't tested that out yet.
I'll get back to you after the auction is over to see if my idea paid off. Even though someone might not sign up to win a semi expensive site via the affiliate links, I need to test this method out before totally shunning Auction Ads. I think Jeremy would appreciate that. Who knows…
Want to run some of your own tests with your newsletter subscribers? Make sure you promoting something you know about on eBay and go sign up at Auction Ads.
I agree with you they need to fix the photos – making them look better should increase the CTR a bit.
I just signed up for AuctionAds and put the code on my site. So far nothing has shown up. Does anyone else have that problem sometimes with AuctionAds?
I just wanted to check if it’s a common problem or something is wrong with my setup.
That is an interesting idea you had. I also tested out AuctionAds early on, and found them to be too damn ugly to keep on my blog. I felt like they dragged the quality down way too much, and I am not a design freak.
Can you just use their links for direct PPC to get the full 5% commission skipping over the lower tiers? That is an awesome idea.
I’ve been swamped with work and more ideas so I’ve really given up on AuctionAds.
My test of using ppc to drive traffic to my auction didn’t work out as I would of liked. I paid for about $30 of traffic to drive around 200 more people to my auction and after all was said and done, the site didn’t sell.
I’d have to try it again hopefully with some better response but I don’t think I will.
The idea would definetely work if you put the time into setting up a ppc campaign and driving traffic to eBay using the AuctionAds URL converter.
You just plug in the url of any eBay auction and outcomes a link embeded with your AuctionAds affiliate url.
I see they redesigned their site and to me they did a poor job. It’s not clear even on the homepage how it would benefit you besides vague language like “increase ctr and generate more money”… How much money? It doesn’t even say in the FAQ section. To me that is hurting their business.
I can say that I’ve made money with AuctionAds though… approximately $2 in the past month.
Is that worth the space it’s taking up on one of my sites,, definitely not.
If you do any testing and find out some good info feel free to share it.