Product Mash: How to automatically create and upload feeds on a regular basis

Product Mash: How to automatically create and upload feeds on a regular basis

Once you have set-up and tested your feed (e.g. Googlebase or Shopzilla) you can run the Product Mash in batch mode. This allows you to Mash and Upload your feeds without having to press any buttons. You can run this from either the Windows Task scheduler or One Stop Automation to completely automate the process. Using One Stop Automation you can automate the feed creation and uploading for more than 1 site.

There is a detailed article on how to do this at:

http://www.mole-end.biz/acatalog/PMFAAutomation.html

A few examples are shown below:

Create and upload a Googlebase feed
ME_FroogleMash.exe -B -M -U -F GoogleShop

Create an Amazon ProMerchant (seller central) and Ebay feeds
ME_FroogleMash.exe -B -M -F ProMerchantEbay

Create and upload Shopzilla, Google Sitemap, Paid On Results and Price Runner feeds
ME_FroogleMash.exe -B -M -F ShopzillaGoogleSitemapPaidOnResultsPriceRunner

These are the batch commands available :

-B Run the Product Mash in batch mode. This must be used with either the -M or -U (or both) options.
-M Mash the feed(s). This will create the specified feeds from your Actinic products.
-U Upload the feeds. This will upload any feeds that have been configured (and can be uploaded).
-T Moption> Y = Add tax to prices, N = Do not add tax to prices.
-F The feeds to Mash and/or Upload. To include a particular feed you should include the feed name (as described below). The string included after the -F must not have any spaces in. When including more than 1 feed name you shouldn't include any spaces between them.

Your feed names would be :

Googlebase - the old google base XML feed
GoogleShop - the new format feed (not available in the beta version)
Amazon - Amazon Marketplace
ProMerchant - Amazon Pro-Merchant (Seller Central)

if you are using any more, details are in the help file.

So a batch command to create a googlebase feed without tax would look something like this :

ME_FroogleMash.exe -B -M -T N -F Googlebase

For more detailed and up-to-date instructions look at the Help (press F1) or look at the PDF manual.

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