WP eBay Ads – WordPress Plugin

35 Comments

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   amlan | April 3, 2010 at 6:45 pm

   nice plugin…i really appreciate…how can i add this in sidebar?

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     jw | April 5, 2010 at 1:53 am

     Currently there is no way to put it in the side bar. I look to add that feature in the next update. Thanks!

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   Dominik | May 14, 2010 at 3:38 pm

   cool plugin, didn’t know it existed. Of anybody wants some good tips for selling on ebay go to my blog:)
   thanks

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   VK | May 18, 2010 at 7:38 am

   I don’t think it works.
   I tried to add a custom field to the post like the example (copy and paste) and it didn’t make any difference. The plug-in needs better installation instructions because the instuctions in readme file is confusing.

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   jw | May 19, 2010 at 1:06 pm

   VK, did you follow the instructions on the following page?

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-ebay-ads/installation/

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   Scott | May 28, 2010 at 2:49 am

   I must be missing something as well.

   I’ve installed the plugin and it shows in the settings in the dashboard. I can also go to users and see the ebay campaign ID space (Left blank as I don’t have one, so it seems to have installed correctly.

   I’ve added [wpebayads] to both a page and a post to test and I simply get a blank page.

   I’m using WP 2.9.2 and an Artisteer designed layout. I have disabled all plug-ins, returned to the default theme but still have not had any luck.

   Any suggestions?

   Cheers, Scott.

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   jw | May 28, 2010 at 2:38 pm

   Scott,
   Have you setup the custom field on the post page? You must enter a custom field called ebay_search and then set the value to what you want the ads to show.

   thanks

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   Scott | May 29, 2010 at 2:00 am

   Hi JW.

   Yes I have a custom field. I have the following info;

   Main Page body I have “[wpebayads]”
   Custom field “ebay_search” and field “painting supplies”

   Any further suggestions?

   Thanks, Scott.

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   Germany Bert | May 31, 2010 at 8:07 pm

   Does not work in WP 3.0

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   jw | June 7, 2010 at 1:34 pm

   Scott,
   Are you using it on a page or a post? I never tested it on a page so that may be the problem.

   Thanks…

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    jw | June 7, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    Bert,
    The current version of WP is 2.9.2

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    Scott | June 8, 2010 at 1:31 am

    I just tried it in a Post instead of a page and it works so it appears you cannot create a page to display the products. This is a shame. Perhaps you could incorporate it into any future version as i’m sure it would be a great addition.

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    advertising | June 9, 2010 at 11:09 am

    That’s a very good idea.

    And it’s pretty easy to install.

    That would be great if we were able to put it in a side bar. Please consider it for further releases.

    But any way, thank’s for sharing such great plugin.

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    Rechargeable Knife | June 28, 2010 at 11:11 am

    I am just getting into wordpress and how to use plugins etc. I have not as yet tried Ebay on my sites but would like to do so at some point. This plugin looks really good.

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    Chris Gray | August 1, 2010 at 9:59 am

    Please make this work with pages as Scott said.

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15. 

    sarina | September 21, 2010 at 9:43 am

    http://www.naltar.com a growing e-mart on the web

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16. 

    Maxwell | September 28, 2010 at 9:14 am

    Is this plugin updated because I am planning to use it on my upcoming sites

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    Maxwell | September 28, 2010 at 9:17 am

    I dont why my last comment didn’t get publish..please tell me if this plugin still works with the latest version of wordpress

    Thanks

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    jw | October 1, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    I just upgraded this site to the latest version of wordpress 3.0.1 and the plug-in still works.

    thanks

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    Pieter | October 20, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    I’m confused. Do I enter my eBay Publisher ID or Campaign ID? I’d guess both of them would be required?

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    jw | October 26, 2010 at 3:00 pm

    All you need is your Campaign ID. The Publisher ID is hard coded. You are welcome to look through the code and replace the Publisher ID with your own.

    thanks

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    Pieter | November 3, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    Thanks for your reply.

    So it’s not against the ToS of the eBay afiliate program to use a different Publisher ID?

    Also, is it possible to insert two different searches in one post?

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    jw | November 8, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    I don’t think it’s against ebay ToS. For one ebay limits the amount of calls per a publisher id per a domain so that’s how the control it.

    It is possible to search for two different items per a post. Just how you would search on ebay for two different things. For example….

    (lamp,”bedside table”) – OR – brackets apply logical OR (also AND/OR I think) to all items in the brackets, whether single keywords or phrases, i.e. this will find all items with either “lamp” OR “bedside table”.

    more info here….
    http://pages.ebay.com/help/search/advanced-search.html?fromFeature=Advanced%20Search

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    same day flowers | December 11, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    This plugin could save my a lot of time. Anyone tried it with the thesis theme?

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    eCarsBay | January 8, 2011 at 9:14 am

    Great plugins

    Thanks a lot!

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    q292u | January 18, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Hi. Bit of a problem.
    I have the plugin installed, and accessed via php code in the template.
    The problem is that when I click on a category or tag, only some of the posts are displayed. The last post returned will be missing everything after the plugin call, and there will be no “older entries” link.
    Commenting out the wp-ebay-ads code returns behaviour to normal..
    Suggestions?

    Oh, and it always says dollars, regardless of the actual currency.. eg GBP..

    Shame, as it’s a good plugin.

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    Drew Makar | May 19, 2011 at 8:08 pm

    Hi JW – Thank you for the plug in.

    Are there any options to override the plug in parameters within a blog post rather than in the settings section?

    It would be helpful to pass any of the parameters in the Settings section of the plugin using custom fields like the ebay search field.

    Does that functionality exist?

    Thanks!

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      jw | June 23, 2011 at 5:21 pm

      Drew,
      Sorry that functionality doesn’t exist. I did intend on adding it when I was writing the plug-in but just didn’t get around to it. If I can get some free time down the road I’ll try to add it. I’ve got a lot of other projects going right now so I can’t promise anything.
      Thanks

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    Webnuggetz | July 1, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    I am using the plug in on our site. When I add a ebay field to a post it causes a huge empty space before the ebay products start to show. Any way to fix this?

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      jw | November 2, 2011 at 1:56 pm

      Webnuggetz,
      Not sure what’s going on. All I can guess it’s something in your css or theme causing the space. I haven’t seen that problem before.

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    bilal | November 22, 2011 at 11:47 pm

    i am trying to activate the plugin, however i always recieve the following error:

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error

    ( ! ) Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\wamp\www\wp-content\plugins\wp-ebay-ads\wp-ebay-ads.php on line 891
    Call Stack
    # Time Memory Function Location
    1 0.0037 587992 {main}( ) ..\plugins.php:0
    2 2.7687 31204328 plugin_sandbox_scrape( ) ..\plugins.php:148

    As anyone else had this problem, any solutions?

    Thanks!

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      jw | December 8, 2011 at 5:51 pm

      Nope, that’s a new one on me. Not sure what’s going on.

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