Ugly Assets? Problem Solved.

Dear Bizrate Dynamic Asset Users,

We formally apologize for providing you with homely banner ads for many years.

The Shopzilla Publisher Team

Enter, the Bizrate Widget.

He's handsome, dapper, sleek. He will encourage your users to spend their money...and they will like it.

You may be familiar with our Beso Widgets, and while we love them, we recognize Beso.com only represents a subset of our Shopzilla, Inc. inventory, favoring the apparel and home goods categories. 

Bizrate.com is still the place to go for wheelbarrows, televisions, hockey sticks, and champagne.

We welcome you to toast the new year with a Bizrate Widget!

A Bizrate Widget will allow you to build a search results banner customized to the size that works best for your website. Optionally, you will be able to filter the results by markdown percentage, presenting your users with on-sale content. Bizrate Widgets are dynamic, meaning they will refresh with up-to-date shopping content each time they are displayed to your users. They also look pretty good.

Replace your ugly assets today.
 

Not yet a member of the Shopzilla Publisher Program? Register here and begin generating revenue through Bizrate Widgets!

Beso Widgets...Be So On Sale!

Beso Widgets just received a mini-makeover! You are now able to build a custom widget displaying only on-sale items for the search results you define.

Be sure your readers are able to find the right cocktail dress for New Year's Eve- display deals on cocktail dresses by your favorite designer!

Love designer Sue Wong and want your readers to see cocktail dresses marked down at least 30% from their original price? Build a widget with keywords "Sue Wong dress" and select markdown "30%" from the On Sale dropdown. Done!

Get started building your Beso Widget now!
 
Interested in other ways to display Beso content? Check out your other options, here.

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter to be sure you don't miss any news! As always, please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions.

The Shopzilla Publisher Team

 

Catalog API: New Fancy Offer Filters

With the good eatin' this holiday season, how about lightening the load Q1 with a few new filters? In our ongoing mission to provide you with the same features we ourselves enjoy integrating within our Shopzilla, Inc. properties, we have expanded the filtration options within the Catalog API Product Service.

• Filter by Price Markdown
  Description: Filter offer results based on minimum price markdown.
  Example: Display only offers marked down at least 99% from original price. FREE? No.
  ON SALE? Yes!
  Filter: minMarkdown
  
  
• Filter by Free Shipping
  Description: Filter offer results based on availability of free shipping.
  Example: Display only offers with free shipping. FREE!
  Filter: freeShipping
  
  
• Filter by Offer Age
  Description: Filter offer results based on the notion of "new".
  Example: Display this week's freshest offers!
  Filter: maxAge
  
  
• Filter by Image Availability
  Description: Filter offer results based on availability of an image.
  Example: Hate offers without images on your slick ad unit? Get rid of the pesky things!
  Filter: imageOnly

Release: Thursday, December 9th
API Versions: Bizrate, Beso

You will be able to see example result sets returned with these new filters through our Catalog API Interactive Documentation.  In order to access this documentation, you will need to log in with your Catalog API Key & Publisher ID.  Once you are in there, view the Product Service Resource section.  At the very bottom of this section, you will see a link "[ + ] show test form".  This will allow you to test out queries, viewing sample XML. 

 

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions.

  

The Shopzilla Publisher Team