Some of our users run into problems setting up new feeds with the channel activation wizard. A lot of these errors come during the field mapping section of the wizard. I wanted to share a helpful hint that I use to set up the field mappings.
The first thing I do is go to the Catalog Tab and then to the Import [...]

Yesterday I had the privilege of speaking with my PriceGrabber.com representative, Olga Zaklis. After updating each other on the weather in our respective locations (75 degrees and sunny as always @ PG) we started discussing the economic forecast for the upcoming holiday season. Contrary to popular opinion Olga had some hopeful pointers to give me [...]

Here is the email that many of you may have or have not received from Shopping.com of the latest addition:
Shopping.com has several projects underway that will change the face of product listings at shopping.com. While most of these projects are still shrouded in secrecy, we will need your help to make sure that when they [...]

We all love a good Buy One Get One deal, right? Well, you can also get a similar type of deal with advertising on the CSE’s. Many of the major CSE’s have affiliates that they also submit their advertisers too. Here is a list of a few of them.

Shopping.com submits products to Dealtime.com and Ugenie.com
Pronto.com [...]

Let’s go Tampa Bay Rays!!!
I just had to get that in before the FeedPerfect talk commenced =)
The FeedPerfect Team has implemented a new feed category update tool that is being used by our account managers and tech support folks to keep our CSE taxonomies as current as possible. As we all know proper categorization is [...]

I came across this awesome top ten list which is “Oh So True in So Many Ways.” Enjoy!
 
1. Not tracking properly
2. Not reading the specs, assuming the specs are correct
3. Assuming your data feed is up and running
4. Not including unique IDs (MPN, UPC, ISBN)
5. Bidding (like you do on PPC engines)
6. Going ga-ga over [...]

Nextag has opened up some new categories to advertising merchants. They are:
Electronics/GPS Devices
Electronics/Accessories
Gifts/Gift Cards
And with the good, some not so good news usually follows. Nextag has also raised minimum bids. Here are the details:

New Minimum
CPC($)

Computers

   Accessories

$0.60

Electronics

   Accessories

$0.50

   GPS Devices

$0.80

   Televisions

$1.00

Baby

   Others

$0.25

Clothing & Accessories

   Jewelry & Watches

$0.50

       Watches

$0.60

   Men

$0.30

   Women

$0.30

   Men’s Shoes

$0.35

   Women’s Shoes

$0.35

Home & Garden

   Furnishings

$0.35

   Home Improvement

$0.35

   Kitchen

$0.35

   Lawn & Garden

$0.35

Other [...]

Hey Gang!
In the lane the snow is glistening…..actually, it’s not even Halloween yet but our beloved Comparison Shopping Engines are getting tuned-up for the oncoming Christmas rush. Earlier we talked about CSEs upping their cost-per-click rate cards. Today I’d like to turn your attention to an interesting offer that Shopzilla has made available to their [...]

Due to the spike in shopping around this time of year, the CSE’s (Comparison Shopping Engines) take advantage of this opportunity to make some (more) money for themselves as well. To all of the veteran CSE advertisers you probably already know this, and to the newbie’s, well this is some information that I thought you [...]