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What are the requirements to build a data feed?

The attached feed specification document below describes the data feed requirements necessary for building a data feed for Shopping.com.

SDC Feed File Specifications 2.03.xls

Below is a brief summary of what can be found in the above file:

Basic feed requirements
Feed example
Feed delivery
Feed updates
Feed format details
XML file requirements
Media file requirements
Taxonomy

Next review our category list or taxonomy included in the file above to select the best Shopping.com category for each of your products. For some categories you will need to include an MPN in the MPN field in the file. Check our category list to see if you will have to include MPNs for your products. If the MPN is required please include the manufacturer as well.

If you have a Prostores, Yahoo or eBay storefront you simply need to make some configurations on their end and on ours. Please use our knowledge base and search for the appropriate storefront.

Once you have created your product data feed you are now ready to upload it into the Shopping.com system.

Note: If you need the instructions on "How to upload your feed file", please search use the Help tabs knowledge base section to find those directions.

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