There was a time not too long ago that a program was created that used eBay auctions as content. All the user had to do was install the program on a webhost, plug in a few category numbers from eBay and the script would automatically. Needless to say, the Build A Niche Store program became an instant hit with Internet Marketers.
In that time frame, BANS was the easiest program to use to make money online with eBay auctions. Whats more, Owners of the program could also use other ways to monetize their sites for added income. Programs such as Adsense and Bidvertiser were popular as was affiliate marketing products.
Then after about a year or so, a dark cloud came over the Owners of BANS sites. Google suddenly and without warning started delisting BANS sites from their search engine. BANS sites that were once sitting on the front page of Google for profitable keywords were no longer to be found. Some sites went from making 20 thousand a month to nothing as these sites lost their rankings.
Shortly after eBay took its affiliate department in house, they started letting many of their affiliates go. Some of these affiliates were making full time incomes from their BANS sites. Again, no real reason was given as to why this happened.
So is the BANS program still a viable vehicle to make money on the Internet? I think it is. However, Internet Marketers need to keep in mind that a BANS site should be built like any other site. It must have good content to be useful for the Internet user. Without it, new sites run the risk of ending up like some of the old ones. With no rankings and no affiliate products to make money.
So can money still be made with BANS? Sure. The Owner should keep in mind though, that any site needs quality content. Some users are now using other programs such as PHPBay to monetize their sites with eBay auctions. Other scripts have come along that does everything that BANS does and a little bit. Now days, beginners are limited to just using the Build A Niche Store program.
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