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I have a good news and bad news for you. The bad news is: most BANS owner does not make money! The good news is, I am going to lay out the exact plan how my partner makes easy moolah with BANS!

Ok, the key is, finding what the hot selling products are and promote ‘em! There are tons of websites you can use to identify the trends, here we go:

1. eBay
Find out what’s hot on eBay now:
http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html

Depending on your area, you can also check the hot selling products from respective countries:
http://pulse.ebay.co.uk - UK
http://pulse.ebay.co.ca – Canada
http://pulse.ebay.com.au – Australia

At the column “Category” there’s a drop down menu where you get to select and check out the top items in each category.

2. Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/ref=pd_ts_h – List of top selling products from Amazon. There are various categories on the sidebar. You can select your niche and check out the hot items.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/ref=pd_ts_m_h__ldr/203-7082884-8022344 - Popular items at Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/bestsellers/ref=pd_ts_b_ldr/701-5398607-3228316
- Popular items at Amazon Canada

3. http://www.ciao.co.uk/ssp.html list of most searched products in UK

4. http://shopper.cnet.com/4005_9-0.html list of popular electronic products

5. http://pricegrabber.com/home_mostpop.php list of popular products at pricegrabber.com

6. http://www.sharewareplaza.com/mostpopular_1.html list of popular products at sharewareplaza.

7. Yahoo! Buzz
http://buzz.yahoo.com
-Yahoo! Buzz publishes the most searched terms on Yahoo! Search engine daily. There are 6 main categories:
http://buzz.yahoo.com/actors/
http://buzz.yahoo.com/movies/
http://buzz.yahoo.com/music/
http://buzz.yahoo.com/sports/
http://buzz.yahoo.com/tv/
http://buzz.yahoo.com/video_games/

The buzz log gives you good ideas on the current trend. How would it help you? Think about the products that the searchers might be interested in. For example, celebrities autograph/posters, video games console etc etc.

8. http://hotsearches.aol.com
Similarly, AOL.com updated their most searched terms daily. The category includes electronics, gadget, celebrity, auto, movie, music, TV programs & vacation destination.

I can go on and on with the lists, but this is enough to keep you busy for a while. Here’s a tip: find popular online store, check their top selling charts and you will get an idea of the in demand products!

Niche selection is only the beginning. You need to drive targeted traffic to your store to make money! This is where most people fail! Read here to learn how to drive traffic to BANS store!

Well, not actually…

In another post I gave warning on Build a Niche Store(BANS) system. Now many people are wondering, if I am really making money with BANS , why the hell am I sharing my money making secrets. To all your whinner out there, here’s my story:

As you guys know it is very hard for me to apply to eBay affiliate program. However, seeing the potential of BANS I have some ideas on how to best monetize it. I share the ideas with a friend who owns Build a Niche Store and it works like gang baster! It made him nice pocket money. I talked about the strategies a little in a webmaster forum. Soon after, a guy approached me and proposed a joint venture. After few emails exchange, we’ve decided that I would promote his BANS store and get a cut from his commissions.

We went ahead to work on the project, from niche selection to traffic generation. Weeks later, the money started to come in. We built more stores and watch more $ coming in ! If memory serves right, the few BANS store has earned up to thousands in eBay commissions, BUT…

My partner started avoiding me, so to speak. He aint answering my emails and IM messages. He was supposed to Paypal the commissions to me, but didn’t do so. He just disappeared like that.

Til today I have no idea what is happening. I am screw, I think. What a lesson…!

I went ahead to apply to eBay affiliate program with no success. The whole application and appealing process is pain in the ass. Their affiliate program is managed by some clueless corporate executive. I decided to stop whinning trying and move on to other money making venture..

Since I wont be moentizing BANS, I decided to publish my strategies online. I am very confident that my methods work, only if you put it to work.