The News Review:
- Auctiva CE: eBay Changes Triggered Move to Pay Model
- Markey Eye: King-Size
- eBay Adjusts Affiliate Program to Reign in Seller Tools
- Budget carrier AirAsia’s profit jumps 26 percent
- Bunny Bingo launches three new games
Auctiva CE: eBay Changes Triggered Move to Pay Model
AuctionBytes Blog
According to Schlicht Auctiva generated close to half of its revenue through the eBay affiliate program. eBay acknowledged earlier this week that it had changed the program to stop payouts to seller tools. Schlicht said that was “the biggest contributing factor” to Auctiva’s new business model. He said he had wanted to announce the change on May 1st but had been waiting for eBay before moving forward. With 20 percent of eBay listings using an Auctiva feature there has been a big reaction in industry blogs and forums about the change from the timing (30 days notice) to the rates – and to the reason for the switch from free to fee.
Markey Eye: King-Size
Broadcasting & Cable
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eBay Adjusts Affiliate Program to Reign in Seller Tools
Auctionbytes
ther seller tools providers who are enrolled in the eBay Partner Network (ePN) affiliate program include InkFrog AuctionSound EZLister. net Iwascoding My StoreCredit Seller Sourcebook and AutoRevo. Seller tools providers enrolled in ePN are welcome to use traditional affiliate marketing methods to generate revenue and then use that revenue to fund their seller tools eBay said. Allowed are loyalty sites portal sites and deal sites that operate by getting traffic from elsewhere on the web “well outside of the eBay buying flow. ” Vendio’s Dealio Auctiva’s KickItBack as well as FatWallet and MyPoints are acceptable programs – as long as they drive incremental traffic from other places on the web. eBay said the affiliate marketing channel needs to be focused on traditional affiliate marketing. Seller tools providers need to be able to focus on providing great seller tools that provide a benefit to the sellers and managing the listings and merchandising.
Budget carrier AirAsia’s profit jumps 26 percent
Forbes
The carrier which lost money in the previous quarter after unwinding fuel hedges and interest rate swaps related to aircraft loans said it is now buying fuel on the spot market and enjoying low prices. As of March it said it has a fleet size of 74 operational aircraft and has expanded capacity by 19 percent as it launched seven new routes in the first quarter. AirAsia said its Thai affiliate posted its best quarterly profit of 298 million baht ($8. 5 million) during the January-March period thanks to increased sales as its rivals scaled back and canceled flights. Its Indonesian unit is still in the red but losses have narrowed by half to 37 billion rupiah ($3. 2 million) it said. Copyright 2009 Associated Press.
Bunny Bingo launches three new games
Casino City Times
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