Comments on: Affiliate Datafeed Database - The Guts http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:37:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: admin http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-58 admin Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:09:04 +0000 http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-58 @Brian, You bring up some good points. As it is right now, the garden datafeed has ~1400 products that are "instock". That doesn't mean that we can't use the outofstock sites - consider it "filler" material that can be scattered throughout the site to make the site unique to other related sites. Since this is the first pass of building a database site with this feed - it will only accommodate one feed. I'm working on setting it up such that the structure works with other products from ShareASale, http://www.linktator2.com/share , as they provide a common format for their datafeeds. With that said, the feed I have is the only one I found for the gardening niche ... Dave @Brian,

You bring up some good points.

As it is right now, the garden datafeed has ~1400 products that are "instock". That doesn't mean that we can't use the outofstock sites - consider it "filler" material that can be scattered throughout the site to make the site unique to other related sites.

Since this is the first pass of building a database site with this feed - it will only accommodate one feed. I'm working on setting it up such that the structure works with other products from ShareASale, http://www.linktator2.com/share , as they provide a common format for their datafeeds.

With that said, the feed I have is the only one I found for the gardening niche ...

Dave

]]> By: Brian http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-57 Brian Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:03:45 +0000 http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-57 One challenge is that all datafeeds are not equal and each datafeed will need to be input into your database structured numbering system. But if you can get 3,000 plus products from one vendor as fast as you did in the video, then this shouldn't be a major issue. One thing you did that is important is to not show "Discontinued" or "Out of Stock" products. So how can you automate an update system with each datafeed so products that change status with "In Stock / Out of Stock / Discontinued / etc." will then display or be removed from the website? Will your progam allow you to build multiple databases of products from various vendors and then extract certain types of products from various vendors and display just those products on one website? In other words, is your Garden website showing products from many different vendors' datafeeds or is your Garden website displaying products from just one vendor? One challenge is that all datafeeds are not equal and each datafeed will need to be input into your database structured numbering system. But if you can get 3,000 plus products from one vendor as fast as you did in the video, then this shouldn't be a major issue.

One thing you did that is important is to not show "Discontinued" or "Out of Stock" products. So how can you automate an update system with each datafeed so products that change status with "In Stock / Out of Stock / Discontinued / etc." will then display or be removed from the website?

Will your progam allow you to build multiple databases of products from various vendors and then extract certain types of products from various vendors and display just those products on one website?

In other words, is your Garden website showing products from many different vendors' datafeeds or is your Garden website displaying products from just one vendor?

]]> By: admin http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-52 admin Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:57:56 +0000 http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-52 @Chris, I wish it was easy! What I explained above and showed in the video took a couple hours to figure out - not to mention the years of experience to get there. Dave @Chris,

I wish it was easy! What I explained above and showed in the video took a couple hours to figure out - not to mention the years of experience to get there.

Dave

]]> By: Chris http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-51 Chris Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:30:43 +0000 http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-51 Hi Dave, You make it look so easy! I've always found PHP and MySQL databases a complete minefield! Looking forward to seeing the finished site. Chris Hi Dave,

You make it look so easy! I've always found PHP and MySQL databases a complete minefield!

Looking forward to seeing the finished site.

Chris

]]> By: James http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-45 James Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:57:09 +0000 http://www.davewooding.com/affiliate-datafeed-database-the-guts/#comment-45 This is looking really interesting Dave! There are a few people making datafeeds popular at the moment - I am sure yours will be effective. This is looking really interesting Dave!

There are a few people making datafeeds popular at the moment - I am sure yours will be effective.

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