Originally posted by: Dain
It's not entirely clear what the percentage is especially because they've recently change how it works. They use some kind of algorithm to gauge the "quality" of the referral (they call it Quality Click Pricing) and base in on that. So I'm not 100% sure what it will end up being, but I think it's around 3-5%.
I think I've generally seen improved numbers since they changed the program to "quality click"... this may be due to the inclusion of paypal in the scheme, but it's a bummer in that I can no longer tell which campaign people are linking from or what they are buying. The "transaction report" feature doesn't report anything anymore... so you have to take their word on what they care to pay you, basically. Their stance seems to be that it's all too complicated and they don't see any reason to quantify it for affilates anymore. It's kind of amazing how much ebay can get away with keeping a secret
as far as the new scheme goes, and what the terms actually are.
I also tried to find out how long the cookie lasts after someone links to ebay, because I've always wondered about that. Technically there is a certain time frame after linking to ebay where people can browse around and make a purchase with the referring site still making a commission... but I can't seem to find that information anywhere.
