All Entries Tagged With: "phpBay Tips"
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 [...]
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 [...]
Make Your phpBay Images Clickable
If you are using the column layout with phpBay, you will have noticed that the images are not clickable. This is standard in the current release as some users considered this to look spammy. I don’t know about you, but anymore I feel that it is fairly standard practice to be able to click on [...]
Use PhpBay To Make An eCommerce Type Site
In my phpBay Pro Site Build Series, I said that I would include a second tutorial to make your site look like an e-commerce site. I could go ahead and create this series however there is already a great tutorial online for accomplishing this over at Eureka Diary located here: http://eurekadiary.com/139/phpbay-start-to-finish-tutorial I have some extra [...]
Removing The PayPal Icon From Your PhpBay Listings
Some phpBay users like to get rid of the PayPal icon (the “P” under the auction title) in the listings on their sites and this is how you remove it. Log in the the cpanel of your hosting account, click on File Manager and navigate to the folder that holds your phpBay installation. Usually this [...]
The Debate – Large Site vs Small Site
I have had several email questions asking my recommendation on whether to build a large content driven blog using PhpBay Pro or building a lot of smaller, niche driven sites. The only way to answer is that it really depends on your chosen niche and the business model you choose. Is it a fad or [...]
Adding A Privacy Policy To Your PhpBay Site
I haven’t talked about this before, but it is something all of you need to be aware of. If you display Adsense or eBay auctions on your website, you may not be aware that both companies require you to have a Privacy Policy on your site. As well, many affiliate networks and individual programs require [...]
