March 9th, 2010 → 4:20 pm @ Eric Nagel
In step 3, we’re going to actually display the data saved in the database! So far I’ve held your hand along the way, but now I’m just going to point you in the right direction, because there isn’t one way to do this. Merchants handle categories in their datafeeds differently, so you’re going to have [...]
March 8th, 2010 → 12:59 pm @ Eric Nagel
By now, we have selected the niche and chosen a template, added some supporting files and created the database, and are now ready to populate the products table with actual products!
The first step, if you haven’t done so already, is to download the datafeed from the ShareASale website. While many merchants offer FTP access, and [...]
March 7th, 2010 → 7:49 pm @ Eric Nagel
The next step in building a datafeed website is getting the data into the database, but to do this, we need to build an administrative section to your website, and add some helper functions & files.
vars.php was a file seen in Step 1, which I use to store the mysql connection and other variables. Here’s [...]
March 5th, 2010 → 3:36 pm @ Eric Nagel
This is the first in a series of how to build a datafeed site. I’m building the site right now, and will share the experience with you.
This will be an intermediate to advanced method of using datafeeds to build a site. If you’re looking for a simple way to get started, go check out Pop [...]
March 4th, 2010 → 9:23 am @ Eric Nagel
I was listening to the “both sides of the tracks” podcast about Sports Marketing, Datafeeds and Traffic Geyser that Jason, Joe & I recorded earlier this week, and realized I forgot a point that I wanted to cover.
Joe was talking about a custom script he had written which generated tens of thousands of HTML [...]
January 26th, 2010 → 2:46 pm @ Eric Nagel
Prosper202 is a powerful affiliate marketing tracking software package, with the ability to give you your revenue, cost, and ROI on your PPC campaigns. But the true power is shown when you automate as much as possible.
I’ve previously written how to use the ShareASale API, but left it up to you to fill in the [...]
December 23rd, 2009 → 10:26 am @ Eric Nagel
Previously I have posted how to automatically get your revenue figures from ShareASale, Commission Junction, and PepperJam. Having that done, the next step to automate my P&L report was to get the advertising costs from Google using the AdWords API.
First, I had to set-up a MCC account and apply for a developer token. In about [...]
December 16th, 2009 → 1:56 pm @ Eric Nagel
Next in my series of affiliate network API programming examples, I’ve decided to tackle Commission Junction. The goal was to get a list of my stats from yesterday for one website, and store them in my custom tracking script.
CJ has two choices when it comes to how to interface with them: REST and SOAP. Since [...]
November 6th, 2009 → 11:25 am @ Eric Nagel
Hot on the heels of my post on how to use the ShareASale API, I recently wrote a quick script to get my Pepperjam stats & load them into my tracking database. Using the ShareASale script as a template, I was able to whip this up in about a half hour.
You can see an overview [...]
November 2nd, 2009 → 1:25 pm @ Eric Nagel
There are plenty of things you can do via the ShareASale website, including running reports, getting links, and keeping updated on current offers. But when you’re dealing with dozens, or hundreds, of merchants, you can really increase your productivity by harnessing the power of the ShareASale API.
To get started, login to ShareASale and open the [...]
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