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Old 11-30-2006, 10:40 AM
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Thumbs up New Datafeed Tool - FREE Beta - COOL!

Ya'all know I love datafeed tools. Well I'm happy to report about a brand new datafeed app called Exit39 that is in beta and right now and affiliates can use it for free. Like other datafeed tools, Exit39 allows you to put a merchant's datafeed of product pictures, descriptions and prices on your web site - with your affiliate ID embedded - instantly without any datafeed programming. However Exit39 offers several features that are unique compared to the other datafeed creation tools.

Most datafeed tools are designed to help you build a whole merchant store or a full page of products. With Exit39 could do that too. But Exit39 is targeted more toward using datafeed content to fill banks of ads on your site or in the sidebar of your blog. There is even a way to rotate the datafeed products within an ad bank which is pretty cool. Imagine a digital camera blog with a bank of 5 products deep in the sidebar to take up just a little space. The affiliate could load up 50 products from the datafeed into that sidebar spot and every page view would pull up a new set of 5 products. Fresh content on the fly! That's hot! (See example on the home page - hit refresh.)

Fernando, the developer, has incorporated some other interesting features that will be huge time savers for affiliates and make it easy for even newbies to use. He has developed skins to control the look of the ad banks. So affiliates with one easy selection can control the ad colors, size, and fonts to make the ads blend in or jump out depending on their preference. He also does a little thing that I think makes a big difference. Affiliates can use whatever phrase they want for the "call to action text". So if you want to say "more info" or "find best price" or "buy now" - you decide.

Many merchants have joined and more are coming. The system is free for merchants so get your datafeeds into Fernando. I see lots of the AMWSO affiliate programs have uploaded feeds and are ready to go. Check out the current merchants list here.

The other thing that's different than other datafeed apps out there is there is NO 4th click payment. You don't need to give your 4th click to the developer. This will work on a monthly subscription basis that Fernando tells me will be VERY affordable, but the price has not been made public yet.

Right now the system is in beta and IT'S FREE! So go check it out. See all the options and take it for a spin. If I was an affiliate, I would be all over this in a heartbeat!

If you try it or even just check it out let us know what you think! I also am in contact with Fernando, feeding him new ideas to make this even better, so if you have any bright ideas let me know and I'll pass it on.
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Old 11-30-2006, 11:31 AM
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Oh forgot to mention another cool tool. Here's a sample of one of the AMWSO programs - Emitations.

Merchant Keyword Clouds
http://exit39.com/u/cloud.php?merc=26

CLARIFICATION:
The Merchant KW cloud isn't to put on your site, it's a way for you to explore a merchants product line and a way of seeing the most popular products and KW.
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Old 11-30-2006, 01:07 PM
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Thanks very much for the post Linda. I signed up and became a member of your community just in case anybody has questions I can answer. We are contacting new merchants everyday and more and more feeds are being loaded. I'll be watching for comments and suggestions.
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Old 11-30-2006, 02:38 PM
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Hi Fernando,

Thanks for coming to help in case anyone has questions about your datafeed app. I think it's pretty cool and am anxious to hear some feedback.
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Old 12-01-2006, 01:16 PM
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Linda,

Glad I stopped by today (after several months absense) -- saw this post and decided to check out the new datafeed app. I'm going to give it a try.

Also, decided it was time to join the forum to participate instead of just an onlooker and yes, I introduced myself in the proper section just now.

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Old 12-04-2006, 09:45 AM
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I've been playing with this new tool.
It has a lot of promise I think.

At the moment, it's limited to a few merchants and bigger niches.
So, drilling down to deeper links is still something to wait and see.

And then again, maybe that's not the intent of the creators ... maybe it's a generalized tool, which is nice for newbie affiliates.

I haven't hooked it up to anything becuase it's not offering the niches that I want. For me it's too general, but others with super shopper sites could really tap into it I think.

Looking into the future ...$25 a month though ... not sure I'd pay that when I can buy software to do all my feeds for way less than the cost of a year's hosting.

If I didn't know how to use that software, then this would look pretty darn good to me.

Thing is though, I've spoken with many of the larger networks and many are working on bringing an easy solution to the affiliates for datafeeds as we speak.

So, Exit39 ... business advice ... find a way to set yourself apart from the pack because the big dawgz are close behind.

Might I suggest an affiliate program?
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by AffiliateGuild
I've been playing with this new tool.
It has a lot of promise I think.

Looking into the future ...$25 a month though ... not sure I'd pay that when I can buy software to do all my feeds for way less than the cost of a year's hosting.

So, Exit39 ... business advice ... find a way to set yourself apart from the pack because the big dawgz are close behind.

Might I suggest an affiliate program?
Bobbie,

Thanks for the feedback. We will have multiple pricing options to accomodate different needs. So watch for the launch for pricing information.

I am not sure what software you can buy that does what Exit 39 does. Could you share? I'd be curious to check it out.

I think the fact that we are not a big dog, already sets Exit 39 apart I think communicating with these networks has become harder and harder to do. Exit 39 is a service - not just software you buy.

And yes, most probably we will run an affiliate program at some point.

Great feedback! Thanks for checking it out, and hopefully we can hit some of those niches as we add more merchants.
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:37 PM
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I'm thinking that one of these days we should probably chat. Would probably be easier. But for now, you keep focused because you have a great service and I don't want to distract you ... yet.

But, I do want to chat with you eventually. I'll ping you.
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Old 12-05-2006, 06:19 PM
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Hey Fernando,
I sent Linkconnector your way. Heads up!
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Old 12-07-2006, 04:39 AM
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Hey Fernando,
I sent Linkconnector your way. Heads up!
Thanks for the heads up. I haven't heard anything yet.
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