SingleFeed Blog

Last week, we began to offer feed support for Nextopia. We ran a webinar and have put together the presentation and some of the top questions in this blog post.

SingleFeed is branching out and now supports several new feed partners, including Nextopia. In this informational webinar you will learn about the features of Nextopia and how SingleFeed can deliver a data feed to power on site search functionality.

- How to setup SingleFeed to work with Nextopia
- Benefits of using a data feed provider to send feeds
- Features of SingleFeed & Nextopia’s technology
- Increase site performance by using an on site search solution

About Nextopia
Nextopia Software provides next generation search, SEO, and site navigation technology to online retailers so they can increase sales through enhanced user experience and shopper satisfaction. More than 1,000 retailing leaders trust Nextopia’s flagship product, eComm|Search. eComm|Search is an intelligent, eCommerce site search solution that enables retailers to leverage customer search and purchase behavior analysis and deploy sophisticated merchandising strategies. With annual pricing starting at $995, Nextopia provides a best in class site search solution for merchants doing over $1M in annual revenue.

How To Activate Nextopia within SingleFeed – http://support.singlefeed.com/entries/233467-nextopia-signup-instructions

This past week, we began to offer feed support for SearchSpring. We ran a webinar and have put together the presentation and some of the top questions in this blog post.

SingleFeed is branching out and now supports several new feed partners, including SearchSpring. In this informational webinar you will learn about the features of SearchSpring and how SingleFeed can deliver a data feed to power on site search functionality.

- How to setup SingleFeed to work with SearchSpring
- Benefits of using a data feed provider to send feeds
- Features of SingleFeed & SearchSpring’s technology
- Increase site performance by using an on site search solution

About SearchSpring
SearchSpring’s E-Commerce site search and faceted navigation solutions empower online retailers to unleash findability. Delivering the latest in search and AJAX technology, SearchSpring enables merchants to provide a rich and engaging online shopping experience. SearchSpring puts merchants in the driver’s seat of their site’s search feature by giving them control over every aspect of the software, including the ability to customize the look and feel. Fine grained control over field-level configuration options and the ability to manage synonyms and merchandising settings available inside the newly redesigned SearchSpring Management Console.

How To Activate SearchSpring within SingleFeed – http://support.singlefeed.com/entries/233521-searchspring-signup-instructions

SingleFeed now supports Magento version 1.4.x with a new version of our export module. The new module, version 1.1.1 will work for merchants who have Magento stores using any version of 1.4 or newer. We’d like to thank @unirgy for the community fix and for providing Magento support for our module.

If you’re a merchant using Magento and want to list on the comparison shopping engines like Google Product Search (aka Google Base or Google Shopping), Bing, The Find, or Shopzilla, then SingleFeed can help.

As always, we recommend installing any module in a development or testing environment and never on a production server. It’s always good practice to make backups to your store and database on a regular basis.

Download our SingleFeed Export Module for Magento today.

To learn more about SingleFeed and our solution, contact us today.

You may have noticed in the past few days that there are 4 new data feeds or “engines” which SingleFeed now supports.

SingleFeed has teamed up with a network of trusted site search providers who focus on site search, faceted navigation, and merchandising solutions for online retailers. Merchant’s who use Site Search and Personalization solutions can improve the relevancy of on site search results, satisfy shoppers, and increase sales and conversion rates.

Add faceted navigation and search filters, provide intelligent keyword and synonym search suggestions; all through your SingleFeed! SingleFeed can deliver a feed to any of the partners listed below for an additional $75 per month (introductory offer). We’ve chosen these partners, as they complete an offer that can help a wide range of merchants depending on their budgets and needs.

SearchSpring is an E-Commerce site search and faceted navigation solution which empowers online retailers to unleash findability. Delivering the latest in search and AJAX technology, SearchSpring enables merchants to provide a rich and engaging online shopping experience. SearchSpring puts merchants in the driver’s seat of their site’s search feature by giving them control over every aspect of the software, including the ability to customize the look and feel. Fine grained control over field-level configuration options and the ability to manage synonyms and merchandising settings available inside the newly redesigned SearchSpring Management Console.

With monthly pricing from $99/mo, SearchSpring provides a scalable, affordable site search solution for merchants of all sizes.

Nextopia Software provides next generation search, SEO, and site navigation technology to online retailers so they can increase sales through enhanced user experience and shopper satisfaction. More than 1,000 retailing leaders – including Abt Electronics, Crabtree & Evelyn, Scentiments, Karmaloop and Vintage Tub & Bath – trust Nextopia’s flagship product, eComm|Search. eComm|Search is an intelligent, eCommerce site search solution that enables retailers to leverage customer search and purchase behavior analysis and deploy sophisticated merchandising strategies. Retailers combine eComm|Search with Nextopia’s SEO tools, eComm|TrafficMaker and eComm|SearchCloud, to boost their natural search rankings.

With annual pricing starting at $995, Nextopia provides a best in class site search solution for merchants doing over $1M in annual revenue.

SLI Systems develops learning-based search and navigation technology for publishers, ecommerce and corporate sites that Searches, Learns and Improves the user experience. SLI Systems’ hosted site search and user-generated SEO solutions empower businesses to enhance customer satisfaction and help site visitors find the products and information they seek as quickly and efficiently as possible.

SLI Systems offers site search solutions for serious merchants with over 500 products doing at least $3M in annual revenue.

Certona is the leading personalization and revenue optimization provider for multi-channel retailers. Certona’s vision is to intelligently and automatically optimize and personalize the entire visitor experience for each individual, across all touch points, including their web site experience, email, mobile, in-store, call center and social networks. Certona’s Resonance SaaS platform is trusted by over 225 top retailer sites generating over $20 billion online in 2009 and includes the #1 retailers in Apparel, Specialty, Office Supplies, Luggage, Skincare and multiple other categories.

Certona offers custom personalization solutions for sophisicated merchants doing over $5M in annual revenue.

Any existing customer of SingleFeed can activate these feeds by upgrading their service plan. If you’re a not yet a customer of SingleFeed but would like to know more, please contact us by filling out our Demo request form.

Thank you for your patience while we got this recording finished and published. We had to re-record some of the beginning audio.

Join SingleFeed and The Rimm-Kaufman Group to hear how to make the most of your Google Shopping and Google AdWords accounts. Learn about AdWords Extension/Plus Box ads, improving your data feed quality and customizing ads to improve click through and conversion rates.

In this webinar we will cover:

- Connecting your Merchant Center & AdWords accounts
- Creating AdWords Extension/Plus Box ads
- Optimizing & tracking your Extension/Plus Box ads

As you may know, Bing Cashback is being discontinued and will be replaced by a free shopping engine: Bing Shopping. Products on Bing Shopping have the potential to reach over 80M unique users who are making decisions on Bing.

We’ll have lots more information about the new Bing Shopping, but we want to make sure that all our merchants have the opportunity to get up on Bing Shopping as soon as possible.

If you are new to Bing, (as in never listed on cashback before), we just need you to fill out the form below so that we can get you up and running as soon as possible on the new Bing Shopping when it goes live on July 31st.  Because you are a SingleFeed merchant, we can get you pre-approved to help expedite your onboarding with them.

Bing Shopping Pre-Approval Form

If you’re a current Bing cashback merchant, you don’t need to fill out the survey as we’ll automatically begin sending your offers to Bing Shopping. You do not need to do anything differently, other than ensure all products are now being sent, since it’s now free to list on this engine!

Have you wondered how to make your Google AdWords ads more prominent and improve performance? It’s time to hook up your Google AdWords and Google Shopping accounts.

Create better performing ads like the one below.

Join SingleFeed and The Rimm-Kaufman Group to hear how to make the most of your Google Shopping and Google AdWords accounts. Learn about AdWords Extension/Plus Box ads, improving your data feed quality and customizing ads to improve click through and conversion rates.

In this webinar we will cover:

- Connecting your Merchant Center & AdWords accounts
- Creating AdWords Extension/Plus Box ads
- Optimizing & tracking your Extension/Plus Box ads

Title: Connecting Google Merchant Center with Google AdWords
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

Register Now

SingleFeed is a Google Merchant Center Partner and leading provider of data feed management and optimization services for small and medium sized merchants ranging from $250K-$20M in annual revenue.

The Rimm-Kaufman Group provides full-service paid search marketing & attribution management services. RKG clients range from startups to the Fortune-500 and include both marketers in retail, travel and finance.

A social strategy is much more than simply acquiring Twitter and Facebook accounts. Join SingleFeed and FastPivot to hear how to make the most of these powerful networks and sell more products.

Matthew Ledford, President of FastPivot, will share inside-information on how social media has worked miracles for many FastPivot clients. See specific examples of how merchants like WorldSoccerShop.com and YouthMinistry.com increased sales and grew their online communities.

SingleFeed has created a simple way for merchants to leverage their Facebook fanpages to sell products. All you need is a Facebook fanpage, a Google Merchant Center data feed, and 5 minutes. Be one of the first to see our brand new Facebook Application.

Title: Kickstarting your Social Strategy
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

Register Now

Start using Social Media to drive sales for your store today!

UPDATE: Link to the recording of this webinar.

If you are currently active on Shopping.com, please take note! On July 1, Shopping.com will release their new (and significantly different) feed specification. SingleFeed is already sending their newly required fields (Image URL, Manufacturer, Condition). However you should look over your import file for something that our system does not currently validate: image size. Shopping.com’s new spec requires that at least one side of the image be a minimum of 150 pixels. Any products with images that do not meet this requirement will not be displayed on Shopping.com or their network of sites.

Also, if you sell media, computers, or electronics, UPC or MPN will be required.

We highly recommend you spot check your Shopping.com account on July 2, just after the changes take place. Make sure your feed import history shows a successful last import, and look for any alerts in your account. While your in there, make sure your account is funded!

Stay up-to-date on these Shopping.com changes in the SingleFeed Support Portal.

Thanks!

Google’s VP of ecommerce, Stephanie Tilenius, gave the keynote at Internet Retailer this morning. All merchants need to pay attention to Google’s ecommerce moves. Check out our blog post over at Google Commerce Guide.