NEW IDEA... Ebay Search Bar...

[SIGNGUY]

Jim,
I saw this on Oldgas.com, and was pretty cool... he had a link of some ebay auctions that where gas/oil related on the top of the page. there was also a spot on one of the pages where you could just put in the ebay item number of an auction, it it brought you right to that ebay listing. I know we often post ebay item numbers or link to auctions, but I believe he (the owner of Oldgas.com, Jim Potts) had posted that he gets Money for having this link?? so not only is it a nice conveince, but could help offset some costs for servers space, your time, etc.....

Just a thought, go to Oldgas.com to check it out and I'm sure you could contact the moderator Jim Potts about it, he seems like a nice enough guy.

Signguy

[dr galaga]

Over on the left do you see a section called Ebay Auctions under User Menu?  There is some soda stuff listed there.
Jim must have something up his sleeve! 

[halehouse]

I am not sure, but on oldgas they might also get a portion of anything that is purchased when the auction number is put into the eBay search that is on their site.  It doesn't have to be gas related.

[SIGNGUY]

Yes they do get a fee from ebay everytime an auction is won by using that link... The owner, Jim said in a post earlier this month that is how he affords to run the site... so it must be a pretty good deal? Free money is always good!

[Jim]

Surprisingly, I just started looking into "ebay.rover" as it's commonly called, I think, a few weeks ago...
I haven't had time to get back to it so I can see how things really work...
Currently, the query string cannot be too complex and "soda+machines" returns some extraneous items, but I will be looking more closely over the weekend when I'll have a little more time...

Thanks for the direction ! ! !

[collecture]

Jim,
Maybe try "cola+machine"?
That would cover RC Cola, Coca Cola, etc.

[loman4ec]

What about under categories. Colamachines.com used to go to the Banks,Registers,vending section.