Add-On Releases - Rewrite eBay To ShoppingAds

Rewrite eBay To ShoppingAds

*** Please be aware that a member has had his ShoppingAds account deactivated through the use of this modification. (See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=113) ***

Description:
Adds ShoppingAds prefix to posted eBay links.

Request:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=144207

Installation:
All the installation information is in the package.

Changes:
2 Plugins
1 File

[Dismounted]

It should already work for 3.8.x.

[DieselMinded]

Good because i already have it installed and im trying to update all my mods to 3.8 before i move to 3.8 on vbulletin , amazingly i ahve been able to update about 1/2 my mods to 3.8 versions already Sweet !!!

[Paul M]

Sadly (like many others I suspect) I got this today ;

Hello,

In the final hour of evaluation, it has been determined by eBay and ShoppingAds that your account must be deactivated. We know that many of you have been working back and forth with us to try and improve the situation, and we thank you kindly for your efforts. Unfortunately, as warned (that there were no guarantees), we had to take this course of action.

We thank you for your partnership up through this point and wish you the best of luck.

We are in the process of making an aggressive case on your behalf to eBay of having you paid for February’s earnings, and will let you know as soon as we hear back. If you will be paid it will occur on April 1st, 2009.

As for our ads- we strongly suggest that you take down our ad code IMMEDIATELY as you will no longer be paid for hosting them.

Thank you,

ShoppingAds.

Therefore I have now removed this mod. Nice while it lasted, Thanks DM.

[Dismounted]

Will leave this mod up (maybe for a few days, maybe more) - so people can get it if they want, or fetch uninstall instructions.

[SuperJETT]

Really strange because I specifically asked them last week if having this mod installed was ok and they said it's fine because the links still say Ebay. This was on March 3rd, and they paid me as usual on the 4th.

I do have a Shoppingads banner on all thread pages.

I can see Ebay's thinking, they are going to get the traffic from those links anyway, why pay SA a commission?

[Reece^B]

Just out if curosity, that e-mail doesnt say anything about a 3rd party modifcation?

How do you know that we can't use this mod? This mod is what earns most of my revenue!

[SuperJETT]

Here's my contact with them from last week:

This is the first notice I've had of needing to contact you. I did read the guideline update, and feel that I'm within the guidelines.

www.mysite.com is where I run the ads, at the bottom of all threads above the quick reply box. http://www.mysite.com/showthread.php?t=51395 just scroll to the bottom of the thread. It's a standard Shoppingads banner. I switch positions with the Adsense ads at the top periodically as well.

I also have the rewrite mod installed to add my shoppingads referrer onto links posted and the links still appear like the original showing ebay in the text: http://www.mysite.com/showpost.php?p=674384&postcount=1

I don't have an ad showing on the front page, only on the forum pages currently.

What do I need to change if anything? Is the link rewrite mod not allowed? Shoppingads works very well with our forum and I'd like to keep running them.

Thanks, myname[Quoted text hidden]
ShoppingAds Support <support@shoppingads.com> Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:07 AM To: SuperJETT
Hi there,

I apologize if it’s the first communication and therefore for the “urgency” of the tone. Unfortunately, there are a number of publishers for whom this is about the 5th, so it required a sternness as you could imagine.

Thank you kindly for following up. You are all set now and in good standing- as you’ve always been.

Thanks.

I specifically asked about this mod and they said everything is fine and I'm still a client as of today with revenue coming in daily.

[Reece^B]

I really want to find out, can we use this mod?

Honestly can't see why it puts anyone out of pocket!

[SuperJETT]

Originally Posted by Reece^B

I really want to find out, can we use this mod?

Honestly can't see why it puts anyone out of pocket!

Ebay makes less. If a link is posted and clicked and an action taken, then Ebay gets all of the fees. If you use the rewrite, then they have to share a portion with Shoppingads (then you get your's).

I can see how Ebay would have a problem with it, though SA told me it was fine to use.

[DieselMinded]

[high]* DieselMinded Uninstalls [/high]

i got this email on the 3rd

Hello,



You are being contacted as a final attempt to keep you within our network. Either you have not yet informed us where you are currently running our ads on your site, or the site you have indicated



a) Does not have our ads running on it currently
b) Throws an error/ Address not found



If this is the first email of its kind that you are receiving, we apologize but unfortunately we are down to the wire and need this information as quickly as possible.



Please indicate to us IMMEDIATELY which url/s you are running our ads on, and where on the site we can find them. Note that it is in your best interest to be running ACTUAL banners generated by Shoppingads. If you are running links generated by ShoppingAds, they must have the word “eBay” somewhere within the link content. Your referrer url’s (the url’s from which your ads/clicks are coming) must NOT be hidden or cloaked, it is against our TOS.



Note as well that the submission of a URL is then followed by a final evaluation, in which we determine whether your site is up to network quality. Failure to respond with a valid URL currently running our ads may result in termination and possibly loss of commissions.



Thank you kindly for your cooperation, we hope that this is the last email of this kind.



Thanks again.



**********************
ShoppingAds Support
www.shoppingads.com
Monetize your site with live merchant listings

I replied

yes im running your ads they work great , view them on any showthread page

Thank You ,

they then replied

Hi there,



Glad to hear it. Thank you for following up. You’re all set for now.

And the next day i got paid , So i uninstalled this mod to prevent from being black listed