My affiliate test sites have been up for a few weeks now and the traffic is starting to build. The main search engines are crawling the sites and all but one are indexed. However, despite the growing traffic levels, only some traffic is converting.

Since the eBay affiliate program is comprised of several separate programs for individual countries, a key consideration was the geographic location of my visitors. I wanted to cater for four separate countries and naturally, needed to show the right listings to the right people.

One thing I have noticed is that only traffic for the United Kingdom has been converting for me. I am seeing plenty of US traffic and generating a lot of clicks, but no conversions. I have yet to find a solid reason why.

Sticking With What Works

Until I know for sure why my international traffic is not converting, all newer sites have been aimed solely at the British market. The headache of ensuring that visitors are directed to the correct eBay site seems unneccessary, especially if only one country is converting.

To help with indexing, I tried submitting one site to a few directories. It seems to have helped, but there is still a way to go before these sites attract sufficient levels of organic traffic.