Ebay Affiliate Program Botched?

Yesterday evening I received a disturbing email, which got me wondering just how secure my earnings in any affiliate program really were. This email was sent through CommissionJunction.com and not directly from Ebay.

Dear Christopher ********:

The eBay US affiliate program is experiencing a tracking issue that began on Saturday April 7, and may partially affect your ACRU and RevShare performance.  We expect to have this issue resolved shortly.  We will update you as soon as we have more information.

Thank you for your continued support of the program.

The eBay.com affiliate team

Essentially, this means that for the past 4-5 days my referrals could either be up or down. I'm not a big player by any means, but a few hundred dollars a month is enough to make me wince when I see an communicator such as this. Also, taking this a bit further, how has this tracking issue with the ebay affiliate program affected AuctionAds.com?

There has been no word from AuctionAds end, yet I don't quite understand how this referral tracking issue could only affect me.  Will Ebay Affiliate Publishers be owing money or will they be getting a fat check in the near future? My money is on the fact that any referrals lost, are just that, lost.

In the past 2 days I've served AuctionAds over 3,800 impressions, with more than 130 clicks, and earned just enough to receive payout. When the Ebay tracking issue is resolved, in any way, will AuctionAds be repsonsible for going back through Paypal and making adjustments with it's publishers? This tracking issue obviously does not effect everyone, but I'll be interested to see how it takes a toll on this new startup. 

April 12, 2007 · Filed Under Making Money, Web Development

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2 Responses to “Ebay Affiliate Program Botched?”

  1. Nails Blog V2.0 » Blog Archive » Follow-Up Ebay Bonus? on April 14th, 2007 12:10 am

    [...] regards to my previous post, it looks like the eBay tracking of ACRU’s is still botched, but a bonus may be headed our way.  Dear Christopher [...]

  2. Online Presence on April 16th, 2007 6:08 am

    I’ve been using AuctionAds for a while now. The performance and payout from it clearly depends on the keywords used. This is clearly something that I have been able to notice in the short span that I have used it for till now. Not sure if others feel the same…

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