Mobile Datafeeds

[mike_01]

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Hia,

Was wondering if you use the datafeeds of mobile phone merchants from the variants available at the Affiliate Networks or use the direct links from the merchants.

I did tried going through the mobile phone feeds from the affiliate networks and found that many of them do not carry complete information necessary to do the price comparison. :scared

Would be really nice if anyone of you can point me to the direct datafeed URL's for different merchants.

Feel free to pm or post the details on the thread.

Cheers,
Mike...

[swifty7]

Hi Mike,

Mobilesplease have a feed with both Affiliate Future and Webgains. I can give you the direct locations, but you will need to add your own tracking in. What information do you need in the feed?

Drop me an email to Hannah@existem-am.com and we can have a chat about a few options for you.

Mobilesplease Affiliate Programme - Full programme description and sign up links here.

Hannah

[Richard@Dialaphone]

Hi Mike, PM sent.

[rich_crid4]

Hi Mike,

Mobiles.co.uk have a comprehensive feed available via both Affiliate Window and Affiliate Future.

If you email me at richard.cridford@mobiles.co.uk I can help you with the specifics.

Regards,

Richard

[mobiles4everyone]

Mike,

We use direct feeds for most, with a few affiliate network feeds. It's a matter of seeing what's available and if it isn't suitable then contacting the merchant to see what else there is.

If you wanted to affiliate with Mobiles4everyone then I could provide a single feed for all merchants in one format, around 300,000 deals updated every hour. If interested please PM for more info or email via the Contact Us page.

[mike_01]

Having gone through the data feeds for the mobile phone merchants where I have downloaded the feeds from the affiliate network areas, I have encountered the following issues.

Merchant - e2save
Issues;
1. Contract Duration Not Available for all plans.
2. Model Number not available for all mobile phones and there are blank fields in the same column.
3. No categorization for prepay/contact/sim free deals.
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Merchant - mobilephonecentral
Issues;
1. All plan names/handset names not available.
2. No separate field for gifts. All mixed in a single column in a format like "BlackBerry 8120 Pearl Pink on with £320 Instant Cashback. Minutes plus Texts per month. With FREE Next day delivery + 1 Month FREE Insurance."
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Merchant - Vodafone
Issues;
1. Fields are not in the proper format. Mobile phone names are available in a different column then the assigned one. (specification column contains many variation of texts).
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Merchant - Phones4u
Issues;
1. All handset names not available.
2. Incentive details are all scattered on the datafeed in various columns.
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It would be really nice if merchants/networks can offer a permanent solution or may be the direct link for downloading the datafeed from the merchants website.

I have already contacted people for mobiles.co.uk about the issues and expecting an reply.

Cheers,
Mike...

[futureweb]

This is a long standing gripe m8, the best workaround I have found is to use either Darren's feed (mobiles4everyone) or Richards (Urmob.co.uk)

I am working on a script that will take either feed and allow you to switch from one to the other at will.

I consider myself a pretty good developer, the work both Richard and Darren or any other like feed producer put in must be epic given the massive feed variations,so Hats off!

[rich_crid4]

Hi Mike,

I have just replied to your e-mail.

Any further questions please let me know.

Thanks,

Richard

[mike_01]

Hi Rich,

Thanks for the information.

I will get in touch with you if i face any further issues with the Datafeeds.

Cheers,
Mike...