All along, the eBay affiliate program is under the CJ (Commission Junction) affiliate network. Starting on 1^st April which is a few days back, eBay’s new global affiliate platform known as eBay Partner Network has gone live and ready to accept registration. Affiliates who all along have been using CJ eBay links are advised to migrate to the new eBay platform.

This is indeed good news for eBay affiliates who have been clamoring for a separate network away from CJ. Under the CJ network, I was unable to sign up for the eBay US affiliate program. For those of you not familiar with the regulations, in order to sign up with a respective eBay affiliate program of a certain country, you need to be live in that country geologically. Some eBay affiliate programs like HK eBay and UK eBay is less stringent and allows you to register even though you did not live anywhere near or in these countries. Others like eBay US and eBay Canada and also eBay Australia where all the money are, they are virtually closed to people living in other countries.

But it seems from the new eBay Partner Network; I was able to get accepted to majority of eBay affiliate programs without any hitches at all except for eBay IT which is still under review.

All along, I was very keen to kick off some websites to tie in with the eBay US program for some time, but was unable to do so in the past due to the restrictions placed on affiliates from countries outside US. With the new regulations in place which I hope is not a mistake on my part in comprehending the new regulations, it seems that my wish have finally come through.