By now I would think that anyone that has Internet access, and especially those involved in affiliate marketing, have seen the news that Shawn Hogan, Brian Dunning, and Todd Dunning are being sued by eBay for cookie stuffing.
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Three men defrauded eBay in a “cookie stuffing” scheme that made it appear the men’s companies should be paid commissions, eBay claims in Federal Court. It sued Continue reading
I felt obligated to write a quick post regarding the ‘expiration’ of my ePN affiliate account recently. After a bit of uncertainty, my account was just reinstated. I had posted here that I my account had been canceled for no wrong doing on my part, and I was really concerned about what the final outcome would be. I didn’t want to believe that ebay would do anything other than the right thing.
Although it took about (6) days, I did just receive notice that they (the ePN Customer Support Team) and decided to reinstate my account, and I am again in good standing. I was able to immediately log back into my account, which I did, and everything was order, including the funds due me. It There wasn’t a lot of money involved, but it was money that I had earned, and I’m glad to see that I’ve lost nothing other than several days of time.
I know there where some others that that their accounts expired when I did, and I hope that if there were others in the same situation as myself, as far as abiding by the terms and conditions, will also have their accounts reinstated. I’ve got a all the respect in the world for the ePN team to stand up and due the right thing. Anyone can make a mistake, but it’s how you handle thing afterwards that decides what type of person (or company) you choose to be.
Hopefully I can now continue on what was looking to be a productive business venture with one of the leaders in internet business. It does look as though it will indeed be an eBay ‘Partner’ Network for me once again.
I really don’t have much of anything to offer in the way of information regarding my Ebay Partner Network (affiliate) account being canceled. I’m still just almost dumfounded over the whole thing, as many others are also (on their account, not mine 
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What is still the unbelievable aspect of the situation, is the fact that I’ve still yet to get a reply to my support request from (8-8-08)!! That’s ridiculous. The money I’ve lost (I’m sure) isn’t even a factor, I’ve actually not even thought about it for a couple of days, until now. I just can’t believe that a company the size of eBay, and as well known as they are, would allow themselves to get into this position.