eBay now offers free keyword-activated RSS feeds with your affiliate ID embedded. This is a golden opportunity for you to utilize Magic RSS to maximum effect. Below we display two such feeds embedded (embedded with OUR affiliate ID, of course!) and below that we give you details on how to create your own eBay Affiliate feed. It takes a couple of steps but after it's set up once, there you go!
This is an eBay feed presented in regular format
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This is another feed presented in BlogBox format
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Enter the criteria that you want for your feed. You can choose most of the standard options for search the search.
At the bottom of the search page before the Search button, there is an option for you to enter your Commission Junction or MediaPlex affiliate code - look for "Affiliate Tracking Information".
After entering your affiliate code, press the Search button.
Continue to refine your search with different keywords and options (see Notes below).
When you have finally reached the eBay Page with criteria for the results that you want to show on your own web page, proceed with the next steps.
Scroll to the bottom of the search results page and click on the little orange button labeled "RSS".
You will see a new page talking about feeds at the top and with the same list of eBay items showing.
Copy to your clipboard the entire page address from the browser address area at the top. The page address will start with "http://rss.api.eBay.com..."
You have now copied the feed address to your clipboard. Move to:
Set your settings. We recommend that you enter "10" for the item description length, and that you choose the "No Cache" option (or, reduce the cache time to one hour)
Create the include statement and insert it into your web page.
If you do not have Magic RSS installed on your server and you want to use the Javascript option instead, click the link to create the Javascript code and use that instead.
Notes
Notes: after you have entered your first search criteria on the eBay Advanced Search page and got the first results page, you can continue to refine your search. As far as we can see, your CJ affiliate code remains embedded listed in the URL as you continue to change options and click the search button again. However, to be on the safe side you may want to eyeball the URL you finally get to make sure that your affiliate ID is contained inside.
