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BUILD A NICHE STORE (BANS) - Great for Newbies - Great for Pros

I rarely come across a product that I truly believe in and which I think is worth promoting. Well I found one and I wish to let you in on this well kept secret.

Yes, this is a long post, but, I want you to know exactly what to expect from BANS. Get a cup of coffee, light up a cigarette if you must, get comfortable and let's go!

I was hanging out in another forum one day and read a post about a product called Build A Niche Store, BANS for short. I had never heard of it. It was about a web site building tool to create dynamic eBay affiliatestores. Although anyone can use the eBay affiliate tools to load eBay listings on their web site, BANS makes the process of creating dynamic stores super easy. No technical knowledge required (no html, no MySql, no PHP knowledge required.) If you can follow easy to read instructions, you can setup a dynamic store very quickly.

Right now, Bans can be setup to access USA, UK, Australia and Canada eBay listings. When you setup your store, you choose which files to upload based on the country you choose.

BANS costs $97.00 - Here is what I got for my money:

1. Your Licensed Copy Of BANS. The BANS web site builder is bug free, user friendly and quick.

2. The BANS User Manual. This is where Newbies really benefit. Step by step instructions on how to setup a hosting account, how to choose a domain name, how to join the eBay affiliate program, how to install your BANS store to upload files to your domain name, CHMOD certain files, create a MySql database, and finish the installation process. Once this is done, you learn how to login to your store to choose a template, create a home page, place ads in the ads area, create, change and delete store pages, create, change and delete content pages.

The first store may take you a couple of hours to setup. Once you've done it once, it only takes 30 minutes to have another store up and running.

Once the store is setup, you can modify the css file to give it your unique touch. There are tutorials to show you how to do this and it's all done while logged in to your store.

3. An Unlimited Site License. That's right, for 97 bucks you can create as many stores as you wish. So far I've setup 4 stores. The more stores you create, the more money you will make.

4. Professional Template Layouts. Right now there are 9 layouts to choose from. You choose the layout and modify the css file to change the look you wish to achieve. If you're PHP savvy, you can change anything you wish to change to create a truly unique store design, but, there is no need to do this as the layouts are very nice as is. If you wish to do something and don't know how to do it, just ask in the helpful and user friendly forum. For example, I wanted a flash logo but didn't know how to incorporate it. Adam, one of the BANS developers and Shane, a friendly tech guru both provided me with the code I needed and the instructions as to what files to change in order to do this.

5. Access To The BANS Member Area. This means available tutorials, a forum filled with motivated individuals doing the same thing you are doing, and much more. What do I mean by "much more?" There are many tech savvy people who have setup blogs which teach you how to incorporate a site map within your store, how to do research on eBay to find successful niches, how to read statistics found in the cpanel to key in on how your sites are doing, teach you how to modify files to add navigation other than what is already on the templates and so forth. There are some very smart people using BANS and they love to share their knowledge. God, that's what I love about BANS, people helping people and having fun doing it.

6. Free Updates For Life. The initial $97 is all you have to pay for life. Go ahead and create a million stores if you wish. No additional BANS fee. That's more than Awesome!


Visit Build A Niche Store and click on the "Customer Stores" link to view examples of customer stores or to purchase this great tool. One of my sites, Chinaglance happens to be one of the customer stores displayed. This was a bit of good luck for me because now I get free back links plus the thrill of having my store used as an example.

What You Need to Run a Store:

1. A hosting service. I use Hostgator because it is very compatible with BANS. For example, I don't have to deal with changing the CHMOD settings when creating stores using Hostgator, but, I did with Lunarpages. Yes, I changed my hosting service to Hostgator and love it. They offer 24 hour support by phone, mail or chat. Love that chat feature for quick answers.

2. Become an eBay affiliate. This is done through Commission Junction. When signing up to Commission Junction, please do not say that you plan on using incentive advertising or they will reject you on the spot.

3. Buy BANS for $97.00.

4. Domain name. It is best to have a domain name for each store. I did setup a general domain name that would contain subfolders to various stores, but, it is not a good idea to do it this way. Anyway, you all know already that GoDaddy is the place to go to purchase cheap domain names.


How Much Money Can You Make?

The sky is the limit. You can sell anything on eBay, from memorabilia to cars and yachts. The more expensive the products you sell, the more commission you will make.

Here is the eBay break down:

Earn cash by promoting eBay’s unmatched value and
selection. You will be compensated for traffic you send to ebay.com in two distinct ways:

1. Earn between 50% and 75% of eBay's Revenue (not item sale price) on ALL Winning Bids or Buy It Nows (BINs) within 7 days of an affiliate action.

2. Earn $25.00 for each user who signup up to eBay. The amount accrues up to $35.00 based on the number of users who register.

Revenue Share & (Compensation)

eBay Revenue --------------- Compensation
$0 - $99.99 ------------------------ 50%
$100.00 - $4,999.99 -------------- 55%
$5,000.00 - $199,999.99 --------- 60%
$200,000.00 - $699,999.99 ------ 65%
$700,000.00 - $2,999,999.99 ---- 70%
$3,000,000.00 + ------------------- 75%

Active Registered User (ACRU)

ACRUs --------- Compensation
1 - 49 ------------- $25.00
50 - 1,999 -------- $28.00
2,000 - 29,999 --- $31.00
30,000 + ---------- $35.00


How to advertise your stores?

The same way you advertise anything else.
Squidoo
Craigslist
Article Marketing
SEO
PPC
Link Building


This product is too well designed and too good to pass up. I sold a $224.00 camera yesterday and made a commission of $4.82. What if I had sold a $20,000. car or a $6,000.00 snowmobile? Thus, the more expensive the item, the more you make. If the person who bought that $224.00 camera was new to eBay and had to register, I would have made $29.82.


The Key to Success - Create Highly Targeted Stores.

Take my discountdigitalcamerastore.com as an example. Everybody buys cameras. The questions shoppers may have when wanting to purchase a camera are:

- Do I want a regular or digital camera? The future is digital so I chose to concentrate on digital cameras.

- What type of camera should I get? I added an easy to understand guide to help potential buyers understands the basics of digital cameras to help them make an intelligent decision about which type of digital camera (point-and-shoot or DSLR) would best suit their needs.

- Which camera should I buy? If you look on most sites selling cameras, the choices are much too great. It creates confusion and most customers would easily get discouraged and come back another day when they had more time to search for that perfect camera. I make it easy for them by listing only the top 10 Point-and-Shoot cameras, the top 5 DSLR'S, and the best cameras for kids (didn't want to forget the kiddies and I thought it would make my site more family oriented.) Anyway, consumers want the best, so I concentrated on selling the top rated cigital cameras. Now if they are looking for a camera not listed in the navigation, they can use the Search feature to search eBay for that specific camera or any other products on eBay.

This store may not be as appealing for savvy photography enthusiasts or pros who want to do a lot of reading before making a DSLR purchase, but, it will grab the attention of your typical consumer who wants a top rated camera without the hassle of spending hours on the internet trying to figure out which is the best camera to buy.

Anyway, I truly believe in the BANS product and hope that you give it a try. This is a great tool for anyone wanting to make easy money. eBay is like Amazon, well known, respected, trusted and millions shop on eBay. Your role is to play middle man to make the eBay shopping experience targeted, therefore, easier for shoppers. That's why they will want to shop through your store instead of going directly to eBay.

I guarantee you that BANS customers are 100% satisfied with the BANS product and the customer support they receive which is excellent and quick. What is it that I read over and over in the BANS forum? That creating stores is fun and addictive! Don't forget that the most important aspect of having a successful store is marketing it. Build the store, start marketing it, reel in the consumers, and make it pretty when you have the time.

I hope you liked this post. It took forever to put it together just for you!