Datafeeds...Tell them to stop!

flamingoworld · February 18th, 2004, 06:24 PM

CJ keeps sending me about 20 datafeeds for Backcountrystore every day...Most of them empty..I have twice contacted CJ about this but it keeps happening.
If I am going to use your feeds, I only want the ones with products in it.
I have my site set up to automatically process new feeds, and I can't go in manually every day and process the one good one.
So if it doesn't get fixed, BCS won't be included in my new site.

Gordon · February 18th, 2004, 07:08 PM

I told CJ to send you empty feeds Connie, after all the more people with empty feeds the less competition for me

Gordon YouTrek.com
All parasites are scumbags and should be treated as such....STAMP EM OUT!!!

Jorge - JRami · February 18th, 2004, 07:14 PM

It worked, glad to here that.

Jorge - JRami · February 18th, 2004, 07:16 PM

I'm sure an email to BCS will get cj's attention.

flamingoworld · February 18th, 2004, 07:21 PM

ha ha Gordon..like they would listen to a guy who wears Pauline's dresses all the time!

It is kinda hard to automate stuff when you have to have a script run thru 19 empty feeds before it processes one with products.

swampy_webber · February 18th, 2004, 07:22 PM

They send me two feeds for BCS that contain data once a week along with about a half dozen that are 4k each (I think empty) I also wish they'd fix it.

Also, they have had to re-create my feed a couple of times and have created a new 'folder' for me in the FTP account. I now get three different notifications that my feed is ready each week. It's not a big problem but I wish they'd clean that up to..

Add it to my wish list.

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
--Mark Twain

7-days · February 18th, 2004, 07:26 PM

Forget the CJ feeds...I've found they are rarely up-to-date for most CJ companies and are very limited. When possible, get the feed directly from the company. You won't be sorry.

Ron - 7 Days A Week Marketing

tarev · February 18th, 2004, 08:29 PM

cj datafeeds are still good for merchents that do not offer feeds, as long as merchents make sure they include categories because feed with no categories is as good as no feed.

Harry Hovak
http://www.affiliatesignup.com

buy_online · February 18th, 2004, 10:09 PM

You did email or call Bryan, right?

Fred

Are you sure the nurses know you're using the computer?

flamingoworld · February 18th, 2004, 11:22 PM

I have contacted BCS before and CJ, but it keeps happening.

Bryan Rhodes · February 19th, 2004, 09:50 AM

Connie,

I'll see what CJ can do to stop sending out the empty feeds. I think I can set them so they are only available to our test group.

What we plan to do with the extra product catalogs is have a catalog for each of our unique categories. The empty files are waiting for a change in the CJ interface, an improvement on the way affiliates view product catalogs, before they can be used the way I have planned.

Bryan

Bryan Rhodes
Affiliate Marketing Manager
BackcountryStore.com
Phone: (435) 657 2468 ex. 116

[This message was edited by Bryan - BackcountryStore.com on February 19, 2004 at 01:12 PM.]

7-days · February 19th, 2004, 09:56 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>What we plan to do with the extra product catalogs is have a catalog for each of our unique categories. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That would be great!!! Can't wait.

Ron - 7 Days A Week Marketing

SandraR · February 19th, 2004, 11:03 AM

Wonderful,

Personally I simply delete the empty feeds and use the one you send me in email!

SandraR

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flamingoworld · February 19th, 2004, 01:07 PM

Thanks Bryan. CJ said they couldn't do much, as I am set up to get all feeds for all my merchants, and if they change things, I will manually have to notify them anytime I add a new merchant and need the feed.
Personally I like signing up for new merchants and automatically getting the feed, or dropping merchants and automatically having the feeds stop.
I want everything automated, and your 20 or so feeds are the only thing screwing that up.
So it ends up I just don't get your feed processed and added to my website.
So if you want in, you gotta do something.

flamingoworld · March 6th, 2004, 07:54 AM

PLEASE!!!
I am not gonna use BCS if I keep having to manually go in and find the one feed out of 14 that has products in it!
This is crazy!

SandraR · March 6th, 2004, 09:06 AM

Connie it was only 12 this week, stop exaggerating.

Ask him to send you one in email that is the only one I use anyway!

SandraR

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flamingoworld · March 6th, 2004, 09:26 AM

I got 14 including the one good one. So I guess they want to torture me more.

Nothing can ever be easy or logical...

SandraR · March 6th, 2004, 10:00 AM

Connie look in your email - I sent you my 12 since you so enjoy the extra feeds.

Everyone make sure you send Connie all your BC feeds

SandraR

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tbracken · March 8th, 2004, 12:47 PM

Hi Connie,
I'm really sorry about the datafeed problem you're having. I have checked into this with CJ and at this point there is nothing that can be done. The product catalog feature is a system that they are still working on. As it stands right now if you are receiving a datafeed from CJ it will send you all of our catalogs despite the fact that the majority of them are empty.

Thanks,

Thomas Bracken
Affiliate Marketing Coordinator
BackcountryStore.com

February 18th, 2004, 07:08 PM	#2
Gordon pph Expert! Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Edmonton Canada Posts: 5,813	I told CJ to send you empty feeds Connie, after all the more people with empty feeds the less competition for me Gordon YouTrek.com <font color=red size="1">All parasites are scumbags and should be treated as such....</font><font color=blue size="1">STAMP EM OUT!!!</font>

February 19th, 2004, 09:56 AM	#12
7-days Outsourced Program Manager Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Affiliateville, USA Posts: 8,080	<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>What we plan to do with the extra product catalogs is have a catalog for each of our unique categories. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That would be great!!! Can't wait. Ron - 7 Days A Week Marketing

February 19th, 2004, 11:03 AM	#13
SandraR Newbie Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 3,266	Wonderful, Personally I simply delete the empty feeds and use the one you send me in email! SandraR <font size="1" face="Arial">\| SSAN & AIM: SSanAssistance \| MSN & Yahoo: SSan_Assistance \|</font></p>

March 6th, 2004, 09:06 AM	#16
SandraR Newbie Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 3,266	Connie it was only 12 this week, stop exaggerating. Ask him to send you one in email that is the only one I use anyway! SandraR<font color="red"></font> <font face="Arial" size="1">ArtGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">AutoGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">BookGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">CleanGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">GameGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">GiftGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">PetGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> </font><font size="1" face="Arial">\| SSAN & AIM: SSanAssistance \| MSN & Yahoo: SSan_Assistance \|</font></p>

March 6th, 2004, 10:00 AM	#18
SandraR Newbie Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 3,266	Connie look in your email - I sent you my 12 since you so enjoy the extra feeds. Everyone make sure you send Connie all your BC feeds SandraR<font color="red"></font> <font face="Arial" size="1">ArtGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">AutoGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">BookGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">CleanGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">GameGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">GiftGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> - </font><font face="Arial" size="1">PetGoodies</font><font face="Arial" size="1"> </font><font size="1" face="Arial">\| SSAN & AIM: SSanAssistance \| MSN & Yahoo: SSan_Assistance \|</font></p>

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February 18th, 2004, 06:24 PM	#1
flamingoworld ABW Ambassador Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 5,129	CJ keeps sending me about 20 datafeeds for Backcountrystore every day...Most of them empty..I have twice contacted CJ about this but it keeps happening. If I am going to use your feeds, I only want the ones with products in it. I have my site set up to automatically process new feeds, and I can't go in manually every day and process the one good one. So if it doesn't get fixed, BCS won't be included in my new site.

February 18th, 2004, 07:14 PM	#3
Jorge - JRami Outsourced Program Manager Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 3,367	It worked, glad to here that.

February 18th, 2004, 07:16 PM	#4
Jorge - JRami Outsourced Program Manager Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 3,367	I'm sure an email to BCS will get cj's attention.

February 18th, 2004, 07:21 PM	#5
flamingoworld ABW Ambassador Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 5,129	ha ha Gordon..like they would listen to a guy who wears Pauline's dresses all the time! It is kinda hard to automate stuff when you have to have a script run thru 19 empty feeds before it processes one with products.

February 18th, 2004, 07:22 PM	#6
swampy_webber ABW Ambassador Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: West Virginia Posts: 702	They send me two feeds for BCS that contain data once a week along with about a half dozen that are 4k each (I think empty) I also wish they'd fix it. Also, they have had to re-create my feed a couple of times and have created a new 'folder' for me in the FTP account. I now get three different notifications that my feed is ready each week. It's not a big problem but I wish they'd clean that up to.. Add it to my wish list. You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain

February 18th, 2004, 07:26 PM	#7
7-days Outsourced Program Manager Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Affiliateville, USA Posts: 8,080	Forget the CJ feeds...I've found they are rarely up-to-date for most CJ companies and are very limited. When possible, get the feed directly from the company. You won't be sorry. Ron - 7 Days A Week Marketing

February 18th, 2004, 08:29 PM	#8
tarev Newbie Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 36	cj datafeeds are still good for merchents that do not offer feeds, as long as merchents make sure they include categories because feed with no categories is as good as no feed. Harry Hovak http://www.affiliatesignup.com

February 18th, 2004, 10:09 PM	#9
buy_online ABW Veteran Dude Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,252	You did email or call Bryan, right? Fred Are you sure the nurses know you're using the computer?

February 18th, 2004, 11:22 PM	#10
flamingoworld ABW Ambassador Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 5,129	I have contacted BCS before and CJ, but it keeps happening.

February 19th, 2004, 09:50 AM	#11
Bryan Rhodes Outsourced Program Manager Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Location: Fort Gratiot, MI Posts: 655	Connie, I'll see what CJ can do to stop sending out the empty feeds. I think I can set them so they are only available to our test group. What we plan to do with the extra product catalogs is have a catalog for each of our unique categories. The empty files are waiting for a change in the CJ interface, an improvement on the way affiliates view product catalogs, before they can be used the way I have planned. Bryan Bryan Rhodes Affiliate Marketing Manager BackcountryStore.com Phone: (435) 657 2468 ex. 116 [This message was edited by Bryan - BackcountryStore.com on February 19, 2004 at 01:12 PM.]

February 19th, 2004, 01:07 PM	#14
flamingoworld ABW Ambassador Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 5,129	Thanks Bryan. CJ said they couldn't do much, as I am set up to get all feeds for all my merchants, and if they change things, I will manually have to notify them anytime I add a new merchant and need the feed. Personally I like signing up for new merchants and automatically getting the feed, or dropping merchants and automatically having the feeds stop. I want everything automated, and your 20 or so feeds are the only thing screwing that up. So it ends up I just don't get your feed processed and added to my website. So if you want in, you gotta do something.

March 6th, 2004, 07:54 AM	#15
flamingoworld ABW Ambassador Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 5,129	PLEASE!!! I am not gonna use BCS if I keep having to manually go in and find the one feed out of 14 that has products in it! This is crazy!

March 6th, 2004, 09:26 AM	#17
flamingoworld ABW Ambassador Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 5,129	I got 14 including the one good one. So I guess they want to torture me more. Nothing can ever be easy or logical...

March 8th, 2004, 12:47 PM	#19
tbracken Full Member Join Date: January 18th, 2005 Posts: 133	Hi Connie, I'm really sorry about the datafeed problem you're having. I have checked into this with CJ and at this point there is nothing that can be done. The product catalog feature is a system that they are still working on. As it stands right now if you are receiving a datafeed from CJ it will send you all of our catalogs despite the fact that the majority of them are empty. Thanks, Thomas Bracken Affiliate Marketing Coordinator BackcountryStore.com