Are you an affiliate looking for a way to beef up your blog? Do you want to add a “shop” to your site, but feel that you are not “technical” enough to do so? If you answered yes to either one of those questions, then you need to check out our “Make-A-Page” tool! The ShareASale […]
Datafeed Additions / Changes / Upgrades
There are a couple of things I want to point out on datafeed changes we made… 1. We increased the allowable upload limit on the Merchant end from 8 per month to 31 per month for all Merchants with standard size datafeeds. 2. We added a “Feature Utilization” graph to the Datafeed Search. This tool […]
Affiliate Interface Timesavers – Checking when Datafeeds are Updated
Hey everyone, we added a quick feature to the FTP Datafeed server, that will hopefully save you a little time in determining which Datafeeds have been updated, etc… 1. In the root directory of your FTP account, there is now a file for every day – named yyyyMMdd.txt 2. There will be files for the […]
Datafeed Maintenance Window – July 31st to August 1st
In order to refresh datafeeds in accordance with our new network specification (http://blog.shareasale.com/2009/07/07/datafeed-specification-and-format-changes/), there will be a Datafeed Maintenance Window this coming Friday July 31st beginning at 7PM CST and lasting until approximately 7PM CST on Saturday August 1st. During this window: Datafeeds will be unavailable for download Datafeeds will be changed over to the […]
Datafeed Specification and Format Changes
On August 1st we will be implementing a change to the format of datafeeds hosted on ShareASale. These changes have been engineered so that they should only affect you if you want them to. Merchants will be able to continue sending old formats, and the fields will all be placed at the end of feeds […]
Target Affiliates within the ShareASale Network
One of the most effective ways to target Affiliates within the ShareASale Network is through the use of our “Featured Programs”. These are small advertisements in strategic locations throughout the Affiliate Interface which highlight individual programs and give those Affiliates a chance to learn more about the individual program. Recently, we’ve made a few changes […]
ShareASale Network Newsletter
FEBRUARY 2008 FEBRUARY 2008 Welcome to the inaugural edition of the ShareASale monthly newsletter! In each issue, we’ll introduce you to premier merchants within our network, take you through the trials and tribulations of both merchants and affiliates, and keep you informed of upcoming developments.We’d love to hear what you think! Feel free to contact […]
New Datafeed Format: Friday March 23rd
On Friday March 23rd we plan to release the new datafeed format to affiliates, with additional fields added to help everyone further work with these feeds. The current affiliate datafeed is: ProductID|Name|MerchantID|Merchant|Link|Thumbnail|BigImage|Price|RetailPrice |Category|SubCategory|Description|Custom1|Custom2|Custom3|Custom4|Custom5|La stUpdated|status The new order will be: ProductID|Name|MerchantID|Merchant|Link|Thumbnail|BigImage|Price|RetailPrice |Category|SubCategory|Description|Custom1|Custom2|Custom3|Custom4|Custom5|La stUpdated|status|manufacturer|partNumber|merchantCategory|merchantSubcategor y|shortDescription|ISBN|UPC Which means, the following 7 fields are being added to the end […]
Merchant Focus: PlumberSurplus.com
Spring Cleaning is almost upon us! And with spring cleaning comes the new household projects, remodel the kitchen, paint the garage, fix up the bathroom, and those all important YARD SALES!! Well who better to feature this week then PlumberSurplus.com (www.plumbersurplus.com). Some of the biggest projects are for the bathroom and kitchen, and part of […]
Who wants to learn? Special “Session” at the Affiliate Summit
One of my favourite aspects of my position is the ability to help affiliates learn and grow their businesses. I am constantly presented with questions regarding a range of topics starting with “How to become an affiliate”, up to how to integrate “advanced” methods. On that note, I would like to announce an upcoming special […]