Bloggers and publishers are now just a widget away from making extra cash through both the Amazon and eBay affiliate programs.
SEATTLE (BusinessWire EON) May 10, 2007 --
Bloggers and publishers are now just a widget away from making extra
cash through both the Amazon and eBay affiliate programs.
Mpire today launched a series of revenue-generating widgets that easily
incorporate Mpire’s meta-shopping data into
Web sites, blogs and social network profiles, representing the first
time the affiliate programs of both Amazon and eBay have been
incorporated into the same widget offering. Code to the widgets can be
found at http://mpire.com/widgets.
Mpire’s collection of more than 75 widgets
gives free access to packaged Amazon and eBay shopping trend results
across 15 popular categories, such as entertainment, sports, fashion,
technology, games and youth/teens. Historically, consumers, including
eBay sellers, have had to pay a monthly subscription fee to find out what’s
hot or gaining in popularity.
By inserting these trend-tracking widgets that contain links to related
Amazon and/or eBay items, bloggers and publishers can drive traffic to
the two marketplaces, and in return, earn money from those companies
when users bid, buy or register.
For example, MySpace layout provider, Whateverlife.com,
run by 16-year-old Ashley Qualls, can offer her 300,000 daily unique
visitors widgets that track top selling 2008 presidential candidates,
iPods and teen clothing brands. Similarly, YouLookFab.com,
a fashion advice Web site, can embed widgets that track the sale of
jeans, handbags and dresses.
Other sites currently testing the Mpire widgets include eBay
Pop, eBay-Star Wars Celebration IV,
ProBargainHunter.com, and SexyWidget.com.
The widgets are also integrated with Blogger,
Movable Type, TypePad
and WordPress, and can be placed on MySpace
profiles.
“Widgets are changing and enhancing the Web
today, and some analysts are even calling 2007 the ‘Year
of the Widget,’”
said Matt Hulett,
CEO of Mpire. “Mpire’s
widgets offer packaged, compelling content for either editorial or
advertising space that can actually make money for bloggers and Web
publishers. These widgets continue to build on Mpire’s
core strategy of helping people make smart buying decisions and
providing what we feel is the most comprehensive shopping experience on
the Internet today.”
Widgets are Web-based interactive content tools that can be dynamically
embedded into blogs, social network profiles, auctions, home pages and
search sites, and to date, have primarily been used for brand building,
lead generation and monitoring auctions.
About Mpire
Seattle-based Mpire is a meta-shopping service that brings together on
its site thousands of online stores and marketplaces, such as eBay,
Amazon, Shopping.com, Target, WalMart and Gap. Mpire’s
universal shopping experience combines proprietary pricing analysis for
both new and used items, coupons and reviews, as well as distributed
shopping features such as the Mpire Plug-in, shopping-trend widgets and
Web service APIs. Founded in 2005, Mpire is backed by Ignition Partners
and former eBay executive Richard Rock.
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