PhpBay Site Build – Setting Up PhpBay Pro

If all has gone as planned, you should be ready to set up your options in phpBay Pro. At this point, we have installed WordPress as well as installed, activated the plugin and verified the license. (Part of the installation process)

Now we need to enter our settings for PhpBay Pro. You can also look at this as a review of the features of the plugin for those of you who may still be on the fence about getting it.

Log in to your WordPress admin panel, click on Settings, then phpBay Pro. The first thing you will be asked is to enter your affiliate settings. Just select the Affiliate Program you are using, enter your Campaign ID number for the site and the Custom ID for the site. (All found in your ePN account under "Campaigns") Now go ahead and click on Update Options to save this information.

Next you need to choose the preferred country you wish to build your site around. Currently, phpBay supports 15 different countries.

You will then have some basic options you can choose from with regards to showing listings on your site. Here are some of the options:

• Choose whether or not to display SEO urls instead of eBay rover links
• Whether or not you want to only display "Buy It Now" items
• Decide if you want to only display items with images
• Do you want to search titles and descriptions?
• Choose if you want to display items with Free Shipping only

The next section deals with visual display of items on your site and gives you another set of options. They are as follows:

• Do you want to display the eBay logo?
• Do you want to display sort options such as Newly Listed or Lowest Priced First?
• Would you like alternate row colors in your listings?
• Do you want to display a different hover or mouse over color?
• Do you want your listings displayed in columns instead of rows?

The final set of options are Advanced Options that can help you fine tune your listings on your site.

Here you can set a sort order for your listings such as Highest Price First, Lowest Price First, Ending Soonest, etc.

You can also set a minimum or maximum price limit for the listings you display. As well you can set the plugin to show only listings with a minimum and maximum number of bids.

If you only want to display listings from a certain seller, you can enter their seller user ID in this section.

You can also choose whether or not you want to use paging in your listings along with how many listings to show on each page. This can be a huge benefit to you if you are promoting a popular item.

And the last option lets you choose to display regional listings within a certain mileage of a zip code or area. Which is perfect for local or regional blogs.

Finally, click on Update Your Options. You are now ready to begin using the plugin.

Now let's go make our first post with listings embedded in it.