Adding and Processing feeds
  • 31 Mar 2025
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Importing a new Product Feed

Within this section you'll learn how to import a new product feed into the Awin interface. If you already have an existing feed, you will see it listed along with the main stored details, and a feed health report.

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Note: You are able to add up to 10 feeds per programme. If more are required then please contact your account contact.

My Product Feed Interface Location

To gain access to the interface section to upload your product feed, please use the instructions below:

1. Navigate to Toolbox > My Product Feeds



2. You will see the following page. This section will allow you to import product feeds, but also view any errors which may occur during import:



3. Select the Add a New Feed button



4. You will then be prompted to enter your feed details.



The below table illustrates the expected information:

Field

Value

Feed Name

Choose a feed name. Note: Publishers will be able to see this when downloading feeds, so if you are creating a feed for a specific product set or sale items then please make this clear in the name.

Feed Language

The feed language will be defaulted to the language of your primary region, but can be changed. Note: Once a feed has been uploaded, you cannot change the feed language but will have to delete and re-add the feed.

Transfer Method

The method for uploading the feed.

HTTP(S)

Secure or non-secure HTTP

(S)FTP

Secure or non-secure FTP

Manual Upload

Upload the file manually

File Location

The location your file is hosted, as defined by the Transfer Method. This will not show for Manual Uploads.

Username/Password

If required, the Username and Password to access the hosted file.

Show Password

Will display your password as pain text, useful if you need to copy it to save elsewhere

File Type

If set as CSV you will be asked to enter the field delimiter in a box below. If you are using the tab delimiter, choose TSV as the file type

First line has headers

If choosing CSV or TSV, you will be asked to confirm whether the first line contains the field headers

Send email error report to

enter an email address here to be altered of any feed errors (i.e. failure to retrieve the feed)

Show Password

Will display your password as pain text, useful if you need to copy it to save elsewhere

Vertical

The vertical that the products in this feed relate to. You will be shown additional options here based on your merchant profile

Frequency

How frequently we should process your product feed. If you choose two times a day we will process your feed at 12 hour intervals, for example 7am & 7pm

Time

The time we should process your feed

Status

Either Scheduled or Disabled


3. Once you have entered all of your settings, click 

4. Our system will then immediately attempt to download the feed and sample the headers:



5. If there are any issues, an error message will be generated. Otherwise you'll be taken straight to the column mapping screen (unless your file was XML).

Processing your Feed

Automatic processing

If you have a large feed, or one that requires frequent updates (changing stock, prices, offers) then automatic scheduling is recommended.

Updates can be scheduled:

  • Daily (up to four times a day)

  • Weekly

Note: Sales can often be lost if a price listed via a feed doesn't match that on the site itself, so we would recommend an automatic update at least every 24 hours.

Manual processing

Manual processing can be used if your feed rarely changes, or if you are unable to host a feed to be retrieved automatically.

A manual feed will not change until the next manual upload. This can be done by editing your existing feed details (see Updating/Amending your feed).

What system processes are carried out during import?

After importing the data from a product feed, the system will then carry out a number of checks. Product feeds are scanned for errors e.g delimiters or missing/incorrectly formatted data.

Unique products

Product IDs are treated as the unique identifier when importing each product feed record. Each product ID is then assigned an Awin product ID, and this 'awID' will be used in the affiliate deeplinks for that product.

Handling of processing errors

If a product ID is listed twice in the same feed file, any instances after the first will be ignored, even if the rest of the details are different.

See here for category mapping for your feed


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