Affiliates and The 1p Auction

If you have tried to boost your feedback by buying 1p ebooks, or seen just how many ebooks there are for 1p, you may wonder why they are doing it. They will be loosing money for each time an item sells.

Well, there are many different reasons why this is done. One which I will discuss now, is one which I have been having success with - afilliates.

We all know ebay's unique ability to generate traffic. Online marketing is all about traffic, get it anywhere you can!

Now, here's what I have been doing with my 1p auctions. Getting traffic to affiliate websites. I will sell for example, ('where to download mp3s for free'). For the 1p, I will sell the ebayer a link which I email to them (my afiliate link). This takes the buyer to a website which charges say £20 membership fee for free music downloads (nb - completely legal). If they buy this membership, (and they don't always), then I will get a percentage, say 50%. Thus I've actually made £10 from this 1p listing.

Not a bad profit (15 pence to list are only costs).

To find a good affiliate program, run a google search!