Make Money from Ebay Without Selling

I guess most readers believe the only way to make money from the eBay auction site is to sell items and hope to make a profit. But this is very wrong. There are many people quietly making a very nice income from eBay, quite legitimately, without selling a thing.

I am talking about the eBay Affiliate Scheme. In my opinion, this is one of the best affiliate schemes on the Internet today as it is one of only a few I've experienced that realistically offers you the chance to generate a regular worthwhile income.

Quite simply online businesses set up an affiliate scheme to encourage people to send business in their direction. Some affiliate schemes pay for each click you generate on an advert and others pay a percentage of any sales you generate.

The eBay scheme now pays their affiliates a percentage of the fees eBay earn on any sales made to a person you have directed to the eBay site. It also pays quite generously for any new active accounts opened as a result of your introduction to the eBay site. The exact benefits will depend on the overall volume of business you introduce.

You may think you need a website to earn from this scheme but you'd be wrong. Many affiliates use simple email to generate clicks. Others use pay per click search engines and other invest in Google Adwords or similar contextual advertising techniques. The simple fact is, if you generate a click to eBay from your affiliate link, you can earn a share of revenues for any new active accounts and sales made to existing account holders within seven days of them arriving on eBay.

Rather than duplicate the effort. Take a look at the eBay affiliate scheme pages yourself and I'm confident you will be impressed by the excellent ideas, support and potential eBay offer.

The author is a moderator at Pheebay forums.