eBay has perhaps the greatest collection of niche markets online. You can find the hottest and some of the most obscure items for sale on their site. It’s pretty amazing to wander through.

There are a lot of ways affiliates can take advantage of this. For one thing, in many niches they have something that will be attractive to your visitors. You can have a bit of fun and point out unusual auctions or some of the great deals available.

AuctionAds has gotten a lot of press. It’s one of the easiest ways to add eBay auctions to an existing site. You just tell it the keywords, and it sets up the ads for you. All you have to do is plug in the code, which is a bit of JavaScript.

Some people have had great success with AuctionAds. It can perform AdSense on some sites. Other sites don’t do so well. That is, of course, why you need to test everything.

Here’s a working ad from AuctionAds:

The keyword I chose was “home office desk”. How does it look to you?

Another popular option is BANS, or Build a Niche Store. This software helps you to build a search engine friendly niche store, using eBay to stock it. The software allows you to add relevant content to your niche. The site even shows you 30 real, working stores so that you can see what people have done with it.

Obviously, each of these has very different uses. But either can be used to add to an existing site. AuctionAds only works on existing pages, of course, while BANS is best for creating new pages. And yes, you can use it on unlimited sites and domains. No need for multiple licenses.

Just explore eBay. You may find a new niche you could enjoy marketing for, even if you don’t choose the eBay route to market it.

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