Googe Affiliate Network: Improved Datafeeds Delivery.

In the past, if you needed datafeeds form Google Affiliate Network (former Performics) you had to e-mail such a request to the support. And in some cases, you would have to wait indefinite amount of time before your request was processed. My first request was processed about 6 months to the date I requested it and only after I commented on a prominent affiliate’s blog about the issue.

I believe there are few things that each affiliate should have easy and free access too. Some affiliate networks have done it (PepperJam Network, LinkConnector, Share A Sale and now Google Affiliate Network), some still have ways to go (CJ and LinkShare).

On October 11, Google Affiliate network has upgraded the user interface by adding and option to subscribe to datafeeds straight from the interface:

You can specify which advertiser’s datafeeds you would like to receive:

Configure the “delivery method”:

Currently you only can configure one FTP account where all your datafeeds will be delivered to. So I highly recommend to choose file names carefully. At the time of configuring the delivery method, I have chosen to name my files after the advertiser’s ID. It is probably want cause you any problems if you have one or two merchants datafeesds. But it will save you a lot of time if you subscribe to large number of datafeeds.

I have got hoocked on datafeeds about two years ago. They give you an opportunity to develop websites with thousands of products. I yet to code my own website. Until now I have been using products like Affilistore and WordPress Datafeed Import.