GoDataFeed Now Integrated with 3dCart's e-commerce platform

April 30, 2009-- 3dCart, an award-winning provider of hosted shopping cart solutions and e-commerce design, has partnered with GoDatafeed.com, a provider of affordable datafeed management services, to provide automatic submission of products to various comparison shopping sites including Shopping.com, Shopzilla, NexTag, Google Base, Yahoo! Shopping, PriceGrabber and more than 50 Shopping Sites and affiliate networks.

"3dCart is committed to helping merchants drive more traffic to their stores and by partnering with GoDataFeed, we are providing our retailers with an aggressive solution to promote their products on multiple shopping sites, with more than 50 different sites to choose from," Said Gonzalo Gil, 3dCart CEO. "With 3dCart's award-winning search engine friendly shopping cart, and GoDataFeed's user-friendly platform that simplifies datafeed marketing, our customers will be miles ahead of the competition."

Now, 3dCart clients can import their product data into GoDataFeed’s system to automate their datafeed marketing efforts. GoDataFeed has created a seamless import process that automatically retrieves 3dCart stores’ product data and updates it nightly. To introduce the service, GoDataFeed will provide 3dCart's merchants’ first two feed setups on the GoDataFeed system-- a $150 value--at no cost, during their first month’s risk-free trial, all for only $0.99!

“We understand that 3dCart merchants are looking for a turn-key datafeed management solution that is both affordable, robust and offers the most value for their marketing dollar,” said Ro Grosman, GoDataFeed’s President and Founder. “We are excited to empower 3dCart’s online merchants with a new way to simplify and optimize their datafeed management efforts and enhance the flow of more qualified traffic to their Website.”

As the economy declines, retailers are struggling to find ways to maximize their ad dollars and get the most effective marketing they can find. By utilizing GoDataFeed’s software to optimize their own feeds, they are able to cater to the large percentage of online shoppers who research on comparison shopping sites before purchasing. GoDataFeed has all of the datafeed templates and categories built-in and makes it easier to optimize the product data for each shopping site's requirements.

GoDataFeed’s Web-based, user-friendly interface is designed with the user experience in mind, catering to retailers, SEM firms and hosting companies. The software supports more than 50 Comparison Shopping Engines and affiliate networks, including:Shopzilla, MSN Cashback, Shopping, Google Product Search, Yahoo! Shopping, NexTag, CNet, Shop.com, TheFind, Pronto, PriceGrabber, PriceRunner, Smarter, Share-A-Sale, ShopMania , MyCoupons, Oodle, Play.com, Amazon.com and more. See the full list here.

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About GoDataFeed
GoDataFeed is reshaping the delivery of product feeds to the major comparison shopping channels with an innovative solution that properly and effectively automates, optimizes and analyzes the data feed management process. GoDataFeed empowers online retailers and search engine marketers by providing an affordable, time-saving solution to increase traffic and visibility on more than 50 comparison shopping sites and affiliate networks.

Serving online retailers, hosting and search engine marketing firms, GoDataFeed strives to meet the individual needs of each merchant and exceed customer expectations. GoDataFeed’s staff provides one-on-one customer service to meet the unique demands of each company and works with each client- from setting up customized feeds to implementing tracking—to ensure feeds are delivered properly and are driving motivated buyers to their site. GoDataFeed also caters to companies who wish to delegate the entire data feed setup process.

GoDataFeed’s software engineers and marketing specialists have developed ecommerce solutions for online businesses since 2000. Responding to the popularity of comparison shopping channels, GoDataFeed’s team combined its collective knowledge of best ecommerce and shopping channel marketing practices to create a single, user-friendly application to manage the product feed process. The GoDataFeed team has been quoted by retail industry sites including Practical eCommerce, Ecommerce-Guide.com, Small Business Informer and ECommerceOptimization.com.

Optimizing your Shopping Feeds for Mother's Day

Shopping for Mother's Day on the internet is so easy and convenient, it's no wonder more consumers are searching for just the right gift for Mom online.

Late April to early May, searches on comparison shopping engines for mother's day gifts are expected to peak, so to get your product feeds ready for the 4th highest spending holiday, GoDataFeed suggests:

• Highlighting Ideal Mother's Day Gifts in your product feeds by sprinkling your titles and/or descriptions with terms including: mother's day, mother's day gift, gift for mom, mother and daughter, mom, grandmother, gift idea (for) mom, mother in law, nana or mommy


• Personalization- Stores that offer personalized items, such as jewelry, should promote that service for mother's day; with GoDataFeed, you can include any promotional message in your product feeds. For instance you can include " Free engraving" in any shopping feeds that allow promotional messaging


• Promote Free & Fast Shipping- With many shoppers rushing to get mom her gift on time, free, fast or same-day shipping should be accentuated in your feed. For instance, Gift Basket Sites- if you offer same-day delivery, be sure to include that information in your product feeds.


• Include Promotional Language- such as Mother's Day gift with purchase, free gift-wrapping, discounts and coupons

According to the National Retail Federation's Mother's Day Survey by BIGresearch, despite the slow economy, approximately 18 percent of consumers expect to buy Mother's Day Gifts online, spending the same, or more than last year; an average of $181.88 in multiple categories, including:

- Jewelry & Watches
- Books
- CDs
- Gift Certificates
- Consumer Electronics
- Computer Goods & Accessories
- Personal Services - Spa Facials & Massages

Other very popular Mother's Day Gift Categories include:
- Flowers
- Housewares
- Home Decor
- Clothing
- Chocolates
- Edible Gifts

If you sell any of these product lines and want to learn how GoDataFeed can help you optimize your product feeds for Mother's Day, contact GoDataFeed to view an online demo, or start your risk-free $0.99 trial today.

Shopping.com Reduces Minimum Deposit to $100, Launches Reduced CPC Promo

As many of you know, Shopping.com requried retailers to place a hefty $700 minimum deposit to advertise their products on Shopping.com.

So if you were on the fence about trying Shopping.com, good news! Shopping.com has just reduced their minimum deposit to $100. They also reduced cost-per-click pricing, which they are running until May 15th, on more than 200 categories and subcategories including:

• Electronics
• Computers
• Office products
• Health & Beauty
• Home & Garden
• Sports & Outdoors
• Jewelry & Watches
• Kids & Family
• Video Games
• Media --Books, Movies & Music
• Musical Instruments
• Cars - Auto Parts & Accessories
• Flowers & Gifts

To sign up with Shopping.com, you can go directly through GoDataFeed's Supported Feeds Page.