All Entries in the "phpBay Tips" Category
Is EPN Still Worth Your Time?
Every day I see more and more posts, tweets, etc. about how being an ePN affiliate is not worth the time to earn a substantial income. People, this is absolutely NOT true! Yes, there are more profitable programs out there, like Amazon, there is still room for promoting ePN on your site. What is true [...]
Free Niche Site Templates
In my opinion, one of the hardest things to get ready for your niche sites are the templates for them. If this poses a problem for you as well, then head on over to Ben Johnson’s new site – GreatNicheTemplates.com You will find a nice selection of templates to use for WordPress, PhpBay, PhpBay – [...]
Change Background Color Or Hover Color In PhpBay Column Results
When you first upload phpBay to your site, you will notice that the background behind the products is solid white. This may not fit in with your template and maybe you want to change the color. The good news is that this can easily be accomplished. There are a few options you can choose to [...]
Free ECommerce Style Templates For phpBay
A lot of you who have phpBay follow the ecommerce site tutorial from Eureaka Diary I mentioned in a previous post. The tutorial itself mentions using and modifying the Limau Orange template. My good friend, Ben Johnson, has just made those of you who build your sites this way much easier. He has released a [...]
EPN Report Reader – PiggyBank Plugin for WordPress
Ever wish there was an easier and less time consuming way to check your EPN reports without having to login to EPN? If you host a WordPress blog, the good news is you can now display your EPN stats right in your dashboard. Alan over at psp-tubes.net and creator of the Search2Post plugin, has created [...]
phpBay Custom ID Explained
I see this question in different forums all the time and it seems some folks are having a hard time figuring out what the Custom ID is when setting up phpBay. I thought I would do my best to explain it. When you add your site in the Ebay Partner Network member area under Campaigns, [...]
New phpBay Search2Post Plugin For phpBay Sites
This WordPress plugin is exclusively for phpBay Pro users. If you do not yet own phpBay, I have a feeling what I am about to show you will make you want to get it. Alan over at psp-tubes.net recently released a new plugin called phpBay-Search2Post. If you use Wade’s search replacement code to search eBay [...]
Answering The BANS vs PhpBay Question
Since there are a great many of you who have figured out who I am, the question I am most asked is: Why is your blog dedicated to PhpBay instead of Build A Niche Store (BANS)? So I thought it would be best dedicate a whole post to the answer. It’s really fairly simple. There [...]
PhpBay V3.0.8 Released – Critical Update
If you own phpBay Pro, you should have received an email tonight from the developer about the newest important release of the plugin. If you are using any previous v3.x release, you need to go download the newest version and upgrade your sites as soon as possible. Just in case you did not get the [...]
Use StatPress To Track EPN Clicks
If you are using phpBay Pro and WordPress to build your sites, there is a neat little plugin that will track what items your visitors are clicking on when they are taken to eBay. It’s called StatPress and you can get it here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/statpress/ This plugin will track many things. Such as where your visitors [...]
Track Impressions On Your PhpBay Site
Sites built using software like phpBay or BANS use the RSS feed from eBay to display listings on your site. If you have noticed, when you run reports in your EPN account, it will show “0″ impressions however you may have 100 clicks, 20 bids and 10 winning bids in your report. Many have wondered [...]
PhpBay Pro V3.0.7 Released
PhpBay Pro V3.0.7 for WordPress has been released and is available for download. Just login to the store area with your given login credentials to gain access to it. This is another maintenance release and unless you need the new features, it is not necessary to download and install at this point. The update includes: [...]
