Do any product feeds use barcode numbers?

[nick-harper]

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When trying to get items from different affiliate services such as aw, buyat is there a way to get the exact item?

If I use a data feed from AW, the only way I can get relevant items from buyat is to do a search and it doesn't always return the correct items.

Is there any way to do it a bit better rather than on names?

[Steven-AS]

is there a way to get the exact item?

Some networks allow EAN or UPC data to be included in feeds, however, not all merchants populate these fields which means when you search on EAN (or UPC) you will return at best a few matches but not all possible results.

[nick-harper]

Thanks.

What would the most effective way be?

There would be EAN and then UPC, then model number and then product name as a last resort..