Comments on: eBay policy change will affect Hubbers and Lensmasters

By: Glen

Glen — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:49:55 +0000

Thanks for the heads up there Fluffa!

Though where they’ve mentioned in the blog… “EBay tells us this new policy will be applicable to many big community sites like Squidoo (and lots of other places on the web, too, like HubPages and Typepad)”.

HubPages have been given the all clear. It’s business as usual. Both the Hubbers EPN and HubPages HQ’s EPNs can continue being used.

By: thefluffanutta

thefluffanutta — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:08:07 +0000

Squidoo have now posted something about this on their blog:
> http://blogs.squidoo.com/squidblog/2009/08/03/ebaychanges/

Bottom line: Lensmasters can still use (and make money from) the eBay module, but affiliates can’t post links any more.

By: Glen

Glen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:17:30 +0000

Great news. Thanks for that Tim! I missed that announcement.

I didn’t like HubPages and Squidoo’s chances, given the vague wording of the policy change, but between the two I thought Squidoo stood a better chance of surviving. So while Squidoo HQ are yet to hear, or announce, news about how they’ve fared, I take HP’s favourable news as a good sign for Squidoo’s chances.

By: thefluffanutta

thefluffanutta — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:17:13 +0000

HubPages have gotten word from eBay that existing EPN affiliates can continue to earn from links on HubPages after August 1st, and on an ongoing basis. There is no need to remove eBay capsules or take any action. Still waiting for the verdict on Squidoo, but I'm optimistic that it'll be fine there too.

By: Marisa Wright

Marisa Wright — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:35:53 +0000

Fluffanutta and I disagree on this – according to the new rules, you’re not allowed to share the revenue from your EPN account with other publishers. Which is what Squidoo does.

By: Glen

Glen — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:57:27 +0000

That’s what I would have thought. The way HubPages and Squidoo approach it are two different kettles of fish.

Though as Susan has mentioned, it should affect people using their own EPN links on their Squidoo lenses.

But… for the quickest way for that to stop people from using their own links, eBay would probably have to blacklist squidoo.com

By: thefluffanutta

thefluffanutta — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:45:09 +0000

Wow – that’s pretty big news for HubPages.

I don’t think Squidoo is affected because they publish their own links using their own EPN account on their own website. Who the content is created by and who gets the revenue isn’t any of eBay’s concern.

thefluffanutta

By: Susan Villas Lewis

Susan Villas Lewis — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:11:04 +0000

My understanding on Squidoo is that it will affect those of us bringing in eBay RSS feeds for use on our lenses. It came up in SquidU with a response from the eBay forum. So you can still use the Squidoo eBay module, but not a feed or link with your own EPN. Which bites given the extreme limitations of the eBay module. Sigh. Hate when a few black hatters mean they punish the rest of us.

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