Wordpress PhpBay Website
How To Set Up A Wordpress Ebay Website Using phpBay
If you want to create niche sites, one of the easiest and most effective ways to monetize them is by adding ebay listings to your site. If you already have a WordPress.org site you can quickly and easily add dynamic ebay listings to your site with a plugin that integrates directly into the ebay affiliate program and displays listings beautifully within your site. If anyone clicks your links and wins an auction at ebay then you earn a %. If the visitor is new you can even earn a one time $25 payment for bringing a new client to ebay.
This plugin is called phpBay Pro. It is does have a cost of $49 $79,(price went up on 8/2/08) but it is easily worth that and after you read this page you might want to grab it at this price before it goes up again. What phpBay pro does is it allows you to integrating current ebay listings on your wordpress site super easy and very professional looking. All you have to do is in html view, click the 'phpbay' button and it inserts a line of code in. You modify the keywords results and it can be as simple as that. Those keyword listings on ebay will now appear where that line of code is. It can be as simple as pushing a button and typing in your keywords, although it is way more flexible than that! You can really lazer target down to very specific search results to give the most relevant listings to your traffic which in theory will increase your clicks and conversions.
What phpbay pro really does though is open up the entire marketplace of ebay to you. If people are buying it on ebay, then you have a potential niche market to profit from. Even more useful is if you already have a hobby wordpress site or blog you can monetize it with ebay listings. Let's say you love etch-a-sketch doodles and have a wordpress site showing off your best doodles ever. You could with the push of a button add etch-a-sketches for sale on ebay to your site and make money if someone wins an auction after clicking your link.
This page documents the step-by-step process of how to set up phpBay Pro software on a Wordpress site. phpBay Pro costs $79 but if you are serious about trying this out it is well worth it and you can use it on multiple sites.
We are always looking for new and innovative ways to attack niche websites, and when we saw the eureka diary's tutorial from the boys at wickedfire, and rgordon's phpbay tips site, we knew that we had to give this phpbay site a shot. If you're looking for a great way to make more (or any) money online, then phpbay pro lets you create niche websites on anything that you can buy on ebay.com.
WordPress phpBay Video Review
This video we provided is a great tutorial to show you how to use and set up a phpbay WordPress website. It is great for anyone who wants to learn how to install, run, and make money with the phpbay plugin.
Tools used to set up a phpBay Pro Wordpress niche website:
- domain name - we use GoDaddy but there are plenty
- hosting - we use DownTownHost Reseller Account ($14.95/month) but there are plenty.
- Wordpress (free) - use our Wordpress Setup Guide which covers the down and dirty process for getting wordpress set up, if you want a really robust wordpress kit you can check out wordpress goldmine which really goes in detail through exactly how to maximize wordpress and even the newest of newbies can use it.
- phpBay Pro ($49)
- unzip program - winzip/winrar
- eBay Affiliate Account - sign up here eBay Partner Network
- FTP Client - we use Ipswitch ws_ftp ($0.00) but also recommend Filezilla (free).
- Image editing software - Fireworks, Photoshop, MS Paint, etc.
These tools are the bare essentials you'll need to set up a phpbay niche site on wordpress. This list doesn't cover all of the tools, such as Wordtracker, which we use for extensive keyword research to help gauge niche potential.
If you're looking for a niche to pursue, here is a good video for using wordtracker to find keywords for competitive niches and there are some excellent free keyword research tools available at SEOBook. We also wrote a down and dirty guide to using wordtracker for keyword research.
If you already have a niche in mind or just want to get going, then proceed...
How to set up phpBay Pro on Wordpress:
- Purchase your domain, setup your hosting, setup your ftp client, then set up your Wordpress site. Use our Wordpress setup guide if you need help with this step.
- Get your copy of phpBay Pro ($49 one time fee with this link). Your copy of phpBay Pro allows you to make unlimited money making websites.
- Log in to your phpBay Pro members account.
- Click the download link then unzip contents of the phpBay Pro download to your computer.
- Open phpBayProManual.pdf and follow "Installation - Steps 1 and 2".
- Login to your Wordpress admin and activate the phpBay plugin.
- Go back to phpBayProManual.pdf and follow "Setting up phpBay Pro in Wordpress - Steps 1-5".
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