BANS and the webshit they produce
I’ve been seeing more and more of this so I thought I would chip in my 2 cents. There is a company out there called “build a niche store” or BANS. (No that’s not an affiliate link) They produce software that allows someone with little or no web experience to set up their own “niche store” using eBay’s affiliate program. Now, this in itself is not a bad idea. If you read my blog, you know I have several of these sites and push the ebay program in general. But the fact that it’s such a great program and so many people have done well off of it makes it easy to entice and exploit people trying to make a buck. Which I also don’t have a problem with, what’s that saying, “there’s one born every minute?”
Problem is, all these sites look like shit. I’m sure the owners are making some money, but come on. Take the site that inspired this post, Modified Car Auctions UK. Nice niche, nice idea, HORRIBLE site. These guys need to go pick up a php book and go visit the ebay developers site and save themselves some money and us some sore eyes.
Update: Ok, time for a little egg on the face. The site I used as my example above is in fact *NOT* a BANS site. Nevertheless, my point never was that BANS is a bad site or that the people that produce it are scamming people. My point is please don’t litter the web with MFA or in this case MFeB crap. Take your time, do it right, and make a ton of money.
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