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We finally made PS this month and noticed that one of the benefits is $200 in keyword banners per quarter. Does anyone here take advantage of this benefit?
How do we get the banners started?
~Kallie~
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I'm bumping this to see if anyone answers who knows about this program. I am curious how this works but I am not a powerseller and have not received any offer. One local dealer I talk to at live auctions says the free banners have greatly increased his sales.
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I think that's the program at www.ebaykeywords.com
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I am a powerseller and have used the keyords in the past, but have never been offered $200 of free ones per quarter. Where did you see the offer?
Of course, I haven't received a newsletter in a donkey's age. Do they still send them?
Jill
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I'm a powerseller and I have never seen that offer either.
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It is in the Power Seller portal.
If you are a Bronze or Silver you receive a 1 time 50 credit on keywords banner.
Then the next one up get 50 a month and finally the highest sellers get 200 dollars per month.
I can't link to it, but if you sign in to the PS portal you can see it.
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I used my free $50 the month before last and I'm not a powerseller:
eBay Keywords Promo
The promo code is ebay123 - it's good for first time users of the program and has been there for several months, that I know of, but have no idea how long the promotion will be going.
I had marginal success with it - you need to really keep watch on your keywords as far as what is not only getting you looks but click-throughs, and I set my cost per click pretty high (since it was free) so I would get ranked higher than my competition.
I don't think the program works unless you are (a) on top of it ALL the time and (b) are eBay or a major marketer.
I also believe one of my competitors at the time came in and searched our like-keywords, then clicked repeatedly on my banners, so my account funds were used up.
All in all?
Interesting to use your free $xx, whatever the amount to see what keywords your bidders are using to find you. Otherwise? Useless and I wouldn't pay for it.
/my ranting opinion on eBay Keywords
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Here's the text from the PS benefits section where its mentioned.
Exclusive Offers
eBay Co-op Advertising - reimbursement for your advertising efforts
eBay Keyword Ads - FREE banner ads up to $200/quarter
Value Center - special values from other companies
Healthcare solutions for the PowerSeller and their employees
Invitations to eBay events - i.e. VIP admission to eBay Live and eBay University
There isn't any mention as to deifferent levels receiving different amounts of free banner ads.
I'm very confused and the ebaykeywords site is down. I checked there the other day and there was no activity on my account to indicate a credit of any sort.
Thanks for your help.
kallie
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Les. . . thanks for the information. I will try that code out later tonight.
~Kallie~