Promotion for eBay.fr affiliates in September!

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Dear William Leach,

It's the start of term and the time to get back to business. We want to help you to maximize your earnings during this busy time. The eBay France affiliation program is therefore offering you an exceptional opportunity to increase your payout by up to €12500!

The Concept

Try to, from September 1st to September 30th include, ramp up sufficiently the total number of qualifying transactions (based on those generated from July 1st to 31st 2008) , OR reach the highest threshold and get the corresponding bonus !

Qualifying transactions for the eBay Fr program are new active users and first bid or buy-it-now, (see eBay FR program details). This promotion is applicable to both types of qualifying transactions. See the according grids below:

Bonus structure

New active users Bonus:

Earn a bonus depending on the difference between new active users generated in July and September 2008, according to the following grid:

Additional New active users (September vs. July)	Bonus €
from 20 to 49	€100
from 50 to 99	€500
From 100 to 199	€1000
From 200 to 499	€2000
From 500 to 1199	€5000

If you generate more than 1200 ACRUS in September, regardless of the difference with July, you will earn the maximum Bonus of €10 000. This is not additional to the new active users table above.

First bid/BIN Bonus table:

Additional New active users (September vs. July)	Bonus €
from 20 to 49	€100
from 50 to 99	€500
From 100 to 199	€1000
From 200 to 499	€2000
From 500 to 1199	€5000

If you generate more than 10000 first bid/BIN in September, regardless of the difference with July,If you increase both your July new ACRUs and your July first BID/BIN performance in September, you will cumulate both bonuses!

If you increase both your July new ACRUs and your July first BID/BIN performance in September, you will cumulate both bonuses!

The eligible period for this promotion: from September 1st 2008 to September 30th 2008.
Reference period fro this promotion: from July 1st 2008 to July 31st 2008.

These conditions apply to both existing publishers of the eBay Fr program on eBay Partner Network, and new publishers joining the program before October 1st. For new publishers, every qualifying transaction generated in September will be considered as additional.

Examples:

Example 1: Publisher already registered to the FR program on ePN before July 31st.

• July 2008 : You have generated 50 new ACRUs and 500 first Bid/BIN.
• September 2008 : You generate 100 new ACRUs and 1500 first Bid/BIN
• For new ACRUs, you've increased your performance by (100-50=) 50, you will earn the corresponding Bonus of €500.
• For first Bid/BIN, you've increased your performance by (1500-500=) 1000, you will earn the corresponding Bonus of €200.
• Your Total Bonus for September will be: €200 + €500 = €700!

Example 2: already registered to the FR program on ePN before July 31st, reaching the threshold of 1200 new ACRUs :

• July 2008 : You have generated 500 new ACRUs and 2000 first Bid/BIN.
• September 2008, You generate 1200 new ACRUs and 5000 first Bid/BIN!
• For new ACRUs, you've reach the threshold of 1200 ACRUs, you will earn the corresponding Bonus of €10 000. this is decorrelated from the increase in ACRUs between July and September.
• For first Bid/BIN, you've increased your performance by (5000-2000=) 3000, you will earn the corresponding Bonus of €500.
• Your Total Bonus for September will be: €10000 + €500 = €10500!

Example 3 : New publisher of the eBay Fr program on eBay partner Network, joining the program after August 1st , 2008.

• July 2008, you were not yet registered to the eBay Fr program on eBay partner Network
• September 2008, you generate 500 new ACRUs and 2000 first Bid/BIN
• For new ACRUs, you've increased your performance by (500-0=) 500, you will earn the corresponding Bonus of €2000.
• First Bid/BIN, you've increased your performance by (2000-0=) 2000, you will earn the corresponding Bonus of €500.
• Your Total Bonus for September will be: €10000 + €500 = €10500!

No need to get in touch with us to be eligible for the bonus - you're already automatically included. The bonuses you earn will not show up in your account but will be paid out in October 2008.

Please do get in touch with any questions you have

Thank you very much,

The eBay Fr affiliate team

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