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StreetPrices Pricefile Specs and Feed Format

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We accept other shopping sites' feeds

We accept most major feed formats, as long as they include the make, model, price, url, and title or description for each item.

If you're already listing your products at another shopping search engine (PriceGrabber, NexTag, Shopping.com, etc), in most cases you can just send us the same feed, and have it live the same business day.

General information

What your file should look like

File Types
We prefer tab-delimited files. We accept data feeds as tab-delimited, comma-delimited, and pipe-delimited files, as well as Excel and XML files. Files in the following formats can be live the same business day: tab-delimited, comma-delimited (CSV), pipe-delimited, and Excel files. XML files are subject to a short delay.

File Names
StreetPrices has no file naming requirement; you can name it whatever you like.

Updates
There are two ways to update your price file.

You can upload your file via HTTP or FTP (you "push" the file to us). Or you can have us fetch your file from a URL or FTP location you specify (we "pull" the file from you). Our agents will use your newest file, as indicated by its server timestamp.

If you change your file format, or if you change the order of your fields, please let our staff know right away, to ensure a smooth transition to the new format.

Column Headers
These are helpful but not necessary.

Field Order
Your fields may appear in any order. Please do not change the order once established; it may cause your listings to stop working.

Changes
If your file format, field count, or field order changes, please notify our staff so we can re-configure your file.

Spam
Repeating an item in multiple records, overwhelming description fields etc. will stop the feed from being used.

Character Set
UTF-8 preferred. ISO-Latin accepted.

Sales Tax
So we can accurately calculate sales tax for your products, please let us know what localities you collect sales tax in. Please contact us via email or phone to set this up.

Free Shipping
Normally, shipping information is provided as part of your price file. However, if you offer free shipping on every product, we can configure your account so that every product is marked as having free shipping.

Tracking tags
If needed, we can write custom scripts to edit your URLs and swap in the tracking tags you use for StreetPrices. Please contact us via email or phone to set this up.

Product Page URL construction
We recommend providing direct links to your product pages in your price file. However, if needed, we can construct links to your product pages based on your part number, category, and an optional "URL construction plug-in value" you provide in your price file. Please contact us via email or phone to set this up.

Religious Holidays
If you need your listings switched off automatically to honor religious holidays, we will be happy to accomodate you. Please contact us via email or phone to set this up.

Fields

What you can include in your feed to StreetPrices

We accept the following fields:

Field Type Notes Example
price required

One dollar minimum, no currency symbol needed. The base price, before any taxes are added, and excluding any mail-in rebates, sometimes called the ex-VAT price outside the US. One currency per price file, trailing pennies required. Use a decimal point to separate the dollars and pennies.
Good: 100.00
Bad: 100 or 100.000 or 10e2 or 100,00

99.95
VAT price optional

For non-US feeds only, the price including value-added taxes.

Formatted just like the price field.

99.95
manufacturer name required

The actual manufacturer or the brand name. (If you are listing generic products, you may list the OEM manufacturer here, but you must then note that this is a generic product in the aftermarket field.)

Canon
manufacturer's part number required The manufacturer's part number (or model number) that is unique to this item.

StreetPrices will automatically standardize part numbers; there is no need to repeat entries with variations (such as changing the dashes).

Please do not customize or append to the manufacturer's part number.

LC-46D64U
product description required

A short product description to be displayed with your listing (up to 200 characters) and used for search. If you have no product description, please put the product title in this field.

Text only, no html.

See also the optional fields additional product description, even more product description, and product title.

Please do not include spam or market your company in this field; this may cause your listings (or your entire file) to be suppressed while the issue is fixed. Marketing text is allowed in the marketing statement field only.

Factory refurbished 46" LCD HDTV with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, 15,000:1 contrast ratio, PC compatible, NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuners, 3 HDMI inputs, and USB 2.0.
additional product description optional

Use this field to add more descriptive terms for this item. This will help power StreetPrices search. Also, if the text in the primary product description field is under 200 characters, some of the text in this field may also be displayed. Please do not spam this field or use it to market your site; this may cause the item to be delisted.

Text only, no html.

The first DSLR to take video footage, the Nikon D90 is a great excuse to buy a shiny new SLR camera.
even more product description optional

Use this field to add even more descriptive terms for this item. This will help power StreetPrices search. Also, if the text in the primary product description field plus the additional product description field is under 200 characters, some of the text in this field may also be displayed. Please do not spam this field or use it to market your site; this may cause the item to be delisted.

Text only, no html.

The Rebel XSi has a 12mp CMOS sensor, a black body, and comes with a red balloon.
product title

This product's title, if not shown in the product description field.

Sharp 42" LCD TV with Built-in Ice Maker
product URL required

The link to your product page or checkout page for this item; URLs must start with http:// or https:// . StreetPrices merchants must support shopping carts and credit card transactions. Linking to your product page (instead of your home page) dramatically increases your conversion rate.

http://my-shopping-site.com/my-product.html
condition required IF

IF the item is not new and factory fresh,
THEN its condition must be stated here. Allowed values are: open box, refurbished, used, or reconditioned . For generic or after-market items see the aftermarket field.

open box
aftermarket required IF

IF this item is a generic alternative to the product listed in the make field and model field,
THEN this aftermarket field must have a value of "yes". (For OEM (non-generic) products, this field should be left blank.)

For generic products, use the OEM values in the manufacturer field and part number field, but be sure to mark them as generic using this field. Failure to do so may result in the item (or whole feed) being de-listed until the problem is resolved.

If you wish, you may also provide us with the actual manufacturer and part number in the optional actual make field and actual model field.

yes
actual manufacturer

If this is a generic product, and you are using the OEM make in the manufacturer name field, you may optionally enter the actual manufacturer name here.

Be sure to mark the product as generic in the aftermarket field, in addition to giving us the actual manufacturer name in this field.

GeneriCo
actual model

If this is a generic product, use this field for the actual part/model number of generic replacements for OEM items.

Be sure to mark the product as generic in the aftermarket field, in addition to giving us the actual model name in this field.

15200K-O
in stock

StreetPrices recommends listing items that are in stock. If items listed are not in stock, StreetPrices requires merchants to take backorders. If this field is used, please be as accurate as possible. Field values can be: Y, N, Back Order, the actual inventory count, or the date the item will be in stock, in YYYY/MM/DD format. A negative number indicates the number back ordered.

15
category

This is a freetext field to help us place your listing for this item. It is not necessary to know StreetPrices categorization scheme to use this field.

Use broad category descriptors such as: Consumer Electronics, Office Supplies, Computer Parts etc. You may also use the freetext subcategory field and sub-subcategory field to give us more specific guidance. (Alternatively, you can use the category path field.)

Consumer Electronics
subcategory optional

This field is for more free text to help us place your listing. Use descriptors such as: Televisions, Camcorders, or Digital Cameras.

Digital Cameras
subsubcategory optional

This field is for even more free text to help us place your listing. Use descriptors such as: LCD, or SLR.

Digital Cameras
category path

This is a freetext field to help us place your listing for this item. It is not necessary to know StreetPrices categorization scheme to use this field.

Put your full category path in this field, for example Consumer Electronics : Digital Cameras : SLR : Accessories . (Alternatively, you can use the category field and optional subcategory and sub-subcategory fields.)

Consumer Electronics
ground

This field is for fixed price ground shipping for this item.

If you have ground shipping costs that vary by location being shipped to, contact StreetPrices staff for free construction of a custom shipping cost calculator.

If you have special ground rates for Alaska, Hawaii, or California, you may break out this field into the Alaska ground shipping, Hawaii ground shipping, California ground shipping, and other ground shipping fields.

2.99
ground shipping, Alaska optional

Use this field for flat-rate ground shipping to Alaska, if it differs from your normal ground shipping rate.

19.99
ground shipping via UPS optional

Rate for ground shipping via UPS, if you have multiple ground shipping methods.

19.99
ground shipping via FedEx optional

Rate for ground shipping via FedEx, if you have multiple ground shipping methods.

19.99
ground shipping, Hawaii optional

Use this field for flat-rate ground shipping to Hawaii, if it differs from your normal ground shipping rate.

19.99
ground shipping, California optional

Use this field for flat-rate ground shipping to California, if it differs from your normal ground shipping rate.

19.99
ground shipping, other areas optional

Use this field for flat-rate ground shipping to other states, if you have different rates to Alaska, Hawaii, or California.

19.99
overnight shipping cost optional

The 1-day shipping cost for this item, if fixed. (If variable, please contact StreetPrices to get a free custom shipping calculator built.)

If you support multiple 1-day shipping options, you may break out the options in the FedEx overnight, UPS overnight, and USPS overnight fields.

39.99
overnight shipping cost via FedEx optional

The FedEx 1-day shipping cost for this item, if fixed.

Alternatively, you can use the general 1-day shipping field

39.99
overnight shipping cost via UPS optional

The UPS 1-day shipping cost for this item, if fixed.

Alternatively, you can use the general 1-day shipping field

39.99
overnight shipping cost via USPS optional

The USPS 1-day shipping cost for this item, if fixed.

Alternatively, you can use the general 1-day shipping field

39.99
2-day shipping cost optional

The 2-day shipping cost for this item, if fixed. (If variable, please contact StreetPrices to get a free custom shipping calculator.)

If you support multiple 2-day shipping options, you may break out the options in the 2-day FedEx, 2-day UPS, and 2-day USPS fields.

29.99
2-day shipping cost via FedEx optional

The FedEx 2-day shipping cost for this item, if fixed.

Alternatively, you can use the general 2-day shipping field

39.99
2-day shipping cost via UPS optional

The UPS 2-day shipping cost for this item, if fixed.

Alternatively, you can use the general 2-day shipping field

39.99
2-day shipping cost via USPS optional

The USPS 2-day shipping cost for this item, if fixed.

Alternatively, you can use the general 2-day shipping field

39.99
ground shipping surcharge optional

Fees on top of the ground shipping charge. (Handling fees, for example.)

1.20
product shipping weight optional

Use this field to enter the item's shipping weight, if you will be working with StreetPrices' staff to build a ground shipping calculator. Default is pounds; let us know if you'd like your account configured to use kilograms instead.

12.2
oversized product optional

Use this field if you are working with StreetPrices staff to build a shipping calculator, and you need to identify oversized products.

1 if oversized, blank otherwise.

1
image URL

This is for an http:// style link to an image for this item. This should be a non-watermarked public domain image. Please do not use images with merchant branding or phone numbers.

If you don't have an image for this product, leave this field blank instead of providing a "coming soon" image.

This link is not for logos — you may upload your logo on your merchant dashboard.

http://my-shopping-site.com/img/my-product.jpg
your part number optional

Your merchant specific part number or sku number for this item.

BHZ324-D
UPC optional

The UPC-12 or GTIN-14 for this item.

786936213843
ISBN optional

The ISBN-10 (or ISBN-13 aka EAN-13) for this item.

1890856401
TechData distributor part number optional

The part number from TechData.

12345
Ingram distributor part number

optional

The part number from Ingram.

12345
marketing statement optional

Custom marketing statement for this product, to be displayed beneath your product description. If there is text in this field, it will override any default marketing statement you've set on your Streetprices dashboard.

This costs 5 cents per click, on top of your normal click charge; a bold marketing statement is an extra 3 cents.

If you want to use the same marketing statement for every product, you can ignore this field, and set up a default marketing statement on your StreetPrices dashboard.

Please make sure that your marketing statement is accurate for each product. For example, mention "Free Shipping" only when the product is eligible for free shipping.

Up to 50 characters will be displayed.

Free shipping, and great customer service!

rebate

optional

Please include the amount of any mail-in rebate that you help your customers with. The mail-in rebate amount should not be included in the price field.

200.00

URL construction plug-in value

optional

If we are constructing product page URLs for you based on a template, this field lets you specify some information to plug into the template. This is only used in rare cases.

12345