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A product feed is a file containing information about the products in your website's catalog. Product feeds are only used in affiliate programs of the Online stores category.

Publishers use product feeds that you provide to create price comparison services, online stores, affiliate stores, and email newsletters with product descriptions and images.

With own or ready-to-use parsers and plugins, they render the information as they need it and upload it to their ad spaces—forming their own product catalogs.

In the Admitad Partner Network system, feeds are updated every 6 hours.

Benefits of product feeds

Product feeds:

  • Help publishers timely update product info—e.g. price, availability, specs, etc.—on their platforms.

  • Streamline routine and make the program more appealing.

Creating and uploading product feeds

To upload a feed to the program, you need to do the following:

  • Create a product feed file containing data you need.
  • Share the product feed link with an Admitad Partner Network employee.

It's Admitad's responsibility to upload and configure feeds.

If necessary, you can add several feeds to your programs: in different languages, with different product categories, for different price categories, or in different formats (YML, CSV, etc.). In this case, a dedicated file should be created for every feed.

The feed link will be specified in the Product feeds field in the program's General settings.

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Preparing a product feed file

Please follow these recommendations when preparing a product feed:

  • Always specify links to product pages without UTM tags.
    After the feed is uploaded, Admitad Partner Network parameters will be automatically added to product links. If the links already contain tags, this may lead to conflicts and/or compromise publishers' affiliate links.

  • Upload images with the best possible resolution.
    This will make your products look more appealing on any device. Publishers will change image sizes if necessary.
    The minimum resolution is 250x250.

  • If possible, add all products from your catalog to the feed.
    The larger your feed, the more effective your ads.

Admitad Partner Network supports the following product feed formats:

  • YML (Yandex Market Language)
  • Google Merchant
  • CSV (Comma-Separated Values)

Click on a format name to see extended requirements.

  • To make sure a YML feed is successfully uploaded to Admitad Partner Network and processed correctly by the system, your file must meet the following requirements:

    YML format standard requirements

    The standard requirements for YML files are described in Yandex.Market Help:

    Admitad Partner Network's YML format requirements

    After the YML file is created, you need to check and refine it to ensure conformity with the Admitad Partner Network's requirements.

    Main requirements

    Make sure your YML file meets the requirements below.

    • Product ID matches product_id in the order info.

    • File encoding: UTF-8 or Windows-1251.

    • The following should not be used in the file:

      • Non-printable characters with ASCII codes from 0 to 31 (excluding symbols with codes 9, 10, and 13 which are horizontal tabulation, line feed, and carriage return, respectively)
      • Emojis and other Unicode special characters

    • Characters in the text are replaced with equivalent codes:

      Character in text Code for YML file
      " 
      "
      & 
      &
      < 
      &lt;
      > 
      &gt;
      ' 
      &apos;


    • Only periods are used to separate integer from fractional parts (correct: 2.56; incorrect: 2,56).

    • The file's MIME type should be application/xml.
      Feeds with other MIME types (e.g., text/xml or text/html) will not be uploaded to Admitad Partner Network.

    Markup specifics

    The following markup requirements should be met.

    • You can use the attribute available in the tag <offer> to indicate product availability (in stock or on request).
      Example: <offer available="true">;
      or <offer available="false">.

    • If possible, group products into categories so such grouping corresponds to grouping on your website.

    • Every product must belong to category, thus the element <categoryId> must only contain one value.
      If there are nested categories for some products, you need to add the attribute parentId for elemetns <categoryId> and specify the ID of the parent category in it. With that, in <categoryId> you need to specify the number of the category that characterizes the product the best. You don't need to specify parentId in the product description.
      Example:
      <categories>
      <category id="1">Books</category>
      <category id="2" parentId="1">Detective</category>
      <category id="3" parentId="1">Action</category>

    • If you don't use ReTag, exclude product duplicates and merge identical products with similar features (e.g., by color and/or dimensions) using <param name="Size">x, y, z</param> и <param name="Color">x, y, z</param> (see Example).

    • If you use ReTag, every product in the feed must have a unique ID matching the corresponding product's ID on the website. Otherwise, the upload will fail. There may be duplicates in the exported file.

    Required elements

    Make sure the YML file contains all the elements required by Admitad Partner Network.

    The elements in the file may be arranged in any order.

    Element Description
    <url> Product page URL.
    <price> Product price.
    <picture> Product photo. You might want to add several photos but don't use the array <pictures>.
    <categoryId> Product category ID (integer, up to 18 characters long). A product must only belong to one category.
    <currencyId> Product currency ID (RUB, USD, UAH, KZT).
    You can specify the general currency <currencyId>for the entire file. With that, the element is deployed within <shop> before the tag <offers>.
    <name> Product name.
    <vendor> Product vendor.
    <description> Product description.

    Additional elements supported by Admitad Partner Network

    If necessary, you can add some extra elements to provide publishers with more product details.

    Admitad Partner Network can only process the elements below.

    Element Description
    <oldprice> Old price (before a deal or sale).
    Examples: <old_price>, <price_old>.
    <typePrefix> Product group or category.
    <model> Model.
    <vendorCode> Product code, vendor code.
    <param> Product specs.
    <store> Availability at a retail store.
    <pickup> Reservation and pickup availability.
    <delivery> Delivery availability.
    <local_delivery_cost> Local delivery price.
    <sales_notes> Minimum order amount, minimum batch, advance payment, deals, discounts, and sales.
    <adult> Sex product.
    <barcode> Barcode provided by the vendor.

    YML file example

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1251"?>
    
<!DOCTYPE yml_catalog SYSTEM "shops.dtd">
    
<yml_catalog date="2016-11-21 11:01">
    
  <shop>
    
  <name>CompanyName</name>
    
  <company>CompanyName</company>
    
  <url>http://yourweb.ru</url>
    
  <categories>
    
    <category id="6">Jeans</category>
    
    <category id="7">T-shorts</category>
    
    <category id="27">Shoes</category>
    
    <category id="25">Bags</category>
    
  </categories>
    
  <offers>
    
    <offer id="12346" available="true" bid="21">
    
    <url>http://www.levi.com/RU/ru_RU/men-jeans/p/005011594</url>
    
    <price>6300</price>
    
    <oldprice>7300</oldprice>
    
    <currencyId>RUR</currencyId>
    
    <categoryId>6</categoryId>
    
    <picture>http://lsco.scene7.com/is/image/lsco/Levi/
    
    clothing/005011594-2013-spring-front-pdp.jpg</picture>
    
    <picture>http://lsco.scene7.com/is/image/lsco/Levi/
    
    clothing/005011594-2013-spring-back-pdp.jpg</picture>
    
    <picture>http://lsco.scene7.com/is/image/lsco/Levi/
    
    clothing/005011594-2013-spring-side-pdp.jpg</picture>
    
    <picture>http://lsco.scene7.com/is/image/lsco/Levi/
    
    clothing/005011594-2013-spring-detail1-pdp.jpg</picture>
    
    <store>true</store>
    
    <pickup>true</pickup>
    
    <delivery>true</delivery>
    
    <local_delivery_cost>300</local_delivery_cost>
    
    <name>Jeans</name>
    
    <model>501 Original</model>
    
    <vendor>Levi's</vendor> 
    
    <vendorCode>005011594</vendorCode> 
    
    <typePrefix>Levi's jeans</typePrefix> 
    
    <sales_notes>Spring sale!</sales_notes>
    
    <description>The unquestionable artifact of American culture that was the beginning, 
    
    501® Original Fit. Straight cut, slightly tapered at the bottom. 
    Signature button-front fly. Made of raw selvage denim, 
     these jeans are manufactured according to the original technology on old-style machines, 
     known for its smooth edges, fine detailing, and sturdy structure recognized 
     as a manifestation of the individuality that is further intensified 
    while wearing. Tested and trusted, original and simple, 
    
    the one and only.</description> 
    
    <param name="Color">blue, light blue, dark blue, black</param> 
    
    <param name="Size">36, 40, 44, 48</param> 
    
    </offer> 
    
  </offers> 
    
</shop> 
    
</yml_catalog>

  • To make sure a Google Merchant feed is successfully uploaded to Admitad Partner Network and processed correctly by the system, your file must meet the following requirements:

    Google Merchant standard requirements

    You can find the standard requirements for such feeds in Google Merchant's Product data specification.

    Admitad Partner Network's Google Merchant requirements

    After the Google Merchant file is created, you need to check and refine it to ensure conformity with the Admitad Partner Network's requirements.

    Markup specifics

    The following markup requirements should be met.

    • Product info must be contained in attributes <item> or <entry>. The handler calls the feed and gets product info from these tags.

    • If the attributes <size>, <gender>, or <color> are in the product feed, they should be passed in the tag <param> (see Example).

    • The attributes in the file could be specified without the prefix "g:". The file will be processed correctly anyway.

    Required attributes

    Make sure the Google Merchant file contains all the elements required by Admitad Partner Network.

    Attribute Description
    <title> Product name.
    <link> Product page URL.
    <g:id> Product ID.
    <g:image_link> Product photo.
    <g:price> Product price.
    <google_product_category> Product category ID.
    Example: <product_type>

    Additional attributes supported by Admitad Partner Network

    If necessary, you can add some extra attributes to provide publishers with more product details.

    Admitad Partner Network can only process the attributes below.

    Attribute Description
    <g:availability> Availability.
    <g:description> Product description.
    − Currency code.
    Can be parsed from price: (<g:price>80 UAH</g:price>)

    YML analog: <currencyId>.
    <g:brand> Product brand.
    <param> Product parameters.

    Google Merchant file example

    <item>
    
   <link>https://test.by/smartwatch/apple-watch-series-6-gps-40mm-red-red-sport-band-m00a3</link>
    
   <title>Apple Watch Series 6 GPS, 40mm, Red, Red Sport Band</title>
    
   <g:description>Storage: 32 GB, NFC: YES, Dimensions: 40 mm,
    
   Series: Apple watch series 6 gps, Manufacturer: Apple, State: Used</g:description>
    
   <g:price>939.00 BYN</g:price>
    
   <g:brand>apple</g:brand>
    
   <g:image_link>https://test.by/storage/models/M00A3GK-A/large/j/200916180030597210.jpg</g:image_link>
    
   <g:id>M00A3</g:id>
    
   <g:availability>in stock</g:availability>
    
   <g:condition>used</g:condition>
    
   <g:identifier_exists>yes</g:identifier_exists>
    
   <param name="Memory">32 GB</param>
    
   <param name="NFC">Yes</param>
    
   <param name="Size">40 mm</param>
    
   <param name="Series">Apple watch series 6 gps</param>
    
   <param name="Vendor">Apple</param>
    
   <param name="Condition">Used</param>
    
 </item>

  • To make sure a CSV feed is successfully uploaded to Admitad Partner Network and processed correctly by the system, your file must:

    If necessary, you can add some extra parameters to provide publishers with more product details.

    Admitad Partner Network requirements

    Make sure your CSV file meets the requirements below.

    • Only one of divider types can be used between data files in the CSV file:
        • comma ( , )
        • semicolon ( ; )
        • vertical line ( | )
        • horizontal tabulation ( tab )
        • double dash ( -- )

    The character you selected as a divider can't be used for other purposes.
    If you selected comma ( , ) as a divider, there should be no commas in the product description.

    • You should pass every product's info in a separate row.
      With that, all the rows must have the same number of values (parameter).
      This is why if one of the products doesn't have the parameter value, it should be specified as "". Example: "vitamins","","adult".


    • You don't have to use "" to specify parameters in the CSV file.

    Parameter names of the feed you want to upload to Admitad Partner Network can be any, since our specialists process the file and transfer it to the system manually.

    Required parameters

    Make sure the CSV file contains all the elements required by Admitad Partner Network.

    Some parameter names can differ from those below.

    For example, the product page URL can be passed in url, link, or url_address.

    Parameters Description
    category_name Product category name.
    offer_id Product ID.
    url Product page URL.
    price Product price.

    Additional parameters supported by Admitad Partner Network

    If necessary, you can add some extra parameters to provide publishers with more product details.

    Admitad Partner Network can only process the extra parameters below.

    Some parameter names can differ from those below.

    For instance, a link to the product photo can be passed via the picture, photo, or image parameter.

    Though parameters name, picture, and description are additional parameters for CSV feeds, it's recommended to add them to the feed. This will make your feed more appealing and boost your sales. Users are more encouraged to buy products having an image and description.

    Parameter Description
    name Product name.
    picture Link to product image.
    description Product description.
    oldprice Product price excluding discounts and promotions.
    vendor Product vendor.
    available Availability.

    CSV file example

    Parameter names can be any, this is why the fields in the example may differ from the parameters specified in the tables below.

    "id","title","description","google product category","product type","link","image
    
  link","condition","availability","price","sale price","sale price effective
    
  date","gtin","brand","mpn","item group id","gender","age
    
  group","color","size","shipping","shipping weight" // product feed field names
    
      
    
  "129914","Sunshine Nutrition Vitamin C Energy Apple Chewable Tablets 14's x 24","Sunshine
    
  Nutrition Vitamin C Energy Apple Chewable Tablets 14's x 24","0","Vitamin C",
    
  "https://www.testtest.com/product/sunshine-nutrition-vitamin-c-energy-apple-chewable-tablets-14-s-x-24",
    
  "https://test-cdn.testtest.com/archieved-images/media/catalog/product/v/i/vit-c-apple.jpg","new",
    
  "in stock","216 AED","","2022-02-22T10:58:55+04:00/2022-02-24T10:58:55+04:00",
    
  "","SUNSHINE","","","","adult","","","","" // product 1 info
    
      
    
  "125711","Loreal Infaillible Primer Pore
    
  Refining","Loreal Infaillible Primer Pore Refining","0","0",
    
  "https://www.testtest.com/product/lor-infaillible-primer-pore-refining",
    
  "https://test-cdn.testtest.com/archieved-images/media/catalog/product","new",
    
  "in stock","65 AED","21 AED","2022-02-22T10:58:55+04:00/2022-02-24T10:58:55+04:00",
    
  "","LOREAL MAKEUP","","","","adult","","","","" // product 2 info

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