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Working with the reports from Commission Junction

To correlate your link to the actual item that was sold on eBay, download a Commission Detail report from within the Commission Junction interface. To get there:
-- Go to http://www.cj.com/.
-- Log in.
-- Click on the "Run Reports" tab.
-- Click on the "Report Options" text link.
-- In the "Run Reports" section, below "Select Report Type", in the first pull-down menu, choose "Commission Detail".
-- Use the other pull-down menus to select the time frame, advertisers, and other criteria for your report.
-- Then click on the "Generate Report" button at the top right.
-- Go to the bottom right of the report.
-- Use the "Select..." pull-down menu to select the format for your report. Options include CSV (Comma Separated Values), Tab, PIPE, Excel, and XML.
-- Click on the "Submit" button.
-- A dialogue box will appear that lets you place the report where you want it.

When you open the report, you'll see a column labelled "Order_ID" (column 16 out of 18). This is used as a catch-all field, showing several pieces of information, and is sometimes referred to as "OID". The variables in this column are separated by semicolons, and are as follows (left to right): eBay User Id; eBay Item Id; Leaf Category Id; Click Date; Bid Date; and Record Id.

You can use the eBay Item Id (the second element in the Order_ID) to find the actual item that was sold in conjunction with your link. You can find this on the eBay site or through the eBay API.