People join because they want to. What's more, eBay manages most of its online advertising in-house. There is no agency of record. However, Matt was quick to steer the conversation back to affiliate related developments. EBay is really pressing forward on the creative front, offering affiliates the ability to link to specific category sections.
Search boxes are on the horizon too.
That program is still live and has grown to about 20,000 affiliates over the past year. Over the course of its first weekend with CJ, eBay signed up nearly 3,000 affiliates. Six weeks after launch more than 12,000 affiliates had signed up. Last week its CJ program generated an incredible 500,000-plus click throughs. We're just blown away at how quickly things are ramping.