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lol you may need to look a little closer. the ebay auctions he links to set an affiliate cookie on the user's browser. they are getting paid $xx per new ebay u
by omarchowdhury 18y ago
lol you may need to look a little closer.
the ebay auctions he links to set an affiliate cookie on the user's browser. they are getting paid $xx per new ebay user signup and/or a % of whatever purchases that user generates in ebay (they don't even have to buy a car... anything else in their ebay shopping cart that is bought will contribute revenue to the owners of the site)
you may think it's crappy but with 500k unique visitors, there's a decent amount of loot that was made
- vaksel 18y agoI meant crappy for the end user, why go to this site, if you can go to eBay directly. Or better yet go to Craigslist which has a ton more <$1K vehicles than eBay. And yeah they may have 500K uniques due to this promotion...but how many of them will come back?
- omarchowdhury 18y agonot every website on the internets is created to shake things up and change the world... this website serves a single purpose: get people to click onto the ebay auction and get an ebay affiliate cookie placed on their computer. it succeeds.
- callmeed 18y agoSorry, but I agree with vaskel. The PR campaign may have been a success, but the site/business as a whole does not seem destined for success–if in fact it's goal is to be a going concern. They may have generated some affiliate revenue, but now what? Are they going to keep doing cross-country road trips? I'd imagine that very few visitors will refer this site to a friend/family member for the exact reason vaskel stated.