Kim's Overall Rating
Datafeedr is supposed to be a one stop tool for affiliate marketers who are lacking a bit in technical knowledge, and allow them to build an affiliate store. I say supposed because it is not as easy to build as it is portrayed. While it has some powerful features, in my opinion, you DO need quite a bit of technical knowledge to get it working correctly. Having said that, it is a powerful tool that allows you to set up and manage an affiliate store without having to weed through hours of data feeds and learn a lot of programming language.
Features
- You keep 100% of your commissions
In order to retrieve your commissions from all affiliates, you must be enrolled in their programs. Some of these affiliate can be difficult to join, some are immediate. - Very inexpensive to try out
To me, this is a huge advantage to the affiliate novice. A $27 – per month fee is charge per store. If you want to try out the software on one site and see if you can do it, $27 is very cheap! - Seamless integration with WordPress
Yes, it is somewhat seamless, but does take some technical knowledge - Create unlimited affiliate datafeed stores
As long as you are approved by the affiliates, which in the case of PepperJam can be a long, daunting process - Up to 100,000 products can be displayed per store
You can choose to have 100,000 products from one store, or 10 from this one, 50 from that one - No datafeed access fees
You pay the one monthly fee and pay no additional fees for the feeds themselves
Pros and Cons of DataFeedr
Pros of DataFeedr
- Inexpensive to start up and try
- Full support, members forum and training videos
- Zero additional investment for each data feed
- Pick your own products and merchants and create pages by merchant, products or categories
- Works with just about any WordPress theme
- Hierarchy of product categories 9 levels deep
- Looks professional
Cons of DataFeedr
- Requires more technical knowledge than is alleged
- User interface is very confusing and takes lots of “hit or misses” to get it right
- Image files can be somewhat skewed based on how the merchant has loaded their feed. This can be fixed within WordPress, but again, takes quite a bit of technical knowledge.
About the DataFeedr Developers
Datafeedr Developers are Eric Busch and Stefan Everaet
Cost and Licensing of DataFeedr
- If you have more than one store, the monthly price can get quite expensive.
1 Site Plan – $27.00 per month
5 Site Plan – $47.00 per month
10 Site Plan – $67.00 per month
Unlimited Site Plan – $97.00 per month - Free Forum for Registered buyers
- Free Upgrades as long as you pay your monthly fee
Requirements to use Datafeedr
While you don’t have to be an affiliate with all of these companies, in order to get the best return on your store, you really should become a member with at the least the ones I’ve highlighted.
- ShareASale
- LinkShare
- Commission Junction
- ClickBank
- NetShops (via Pepperjam)
- Bridaluxe
Mark on Fri, 19th Dec 2008 2:20 pm
Having watched the trials and errors of others using the DataFeedr tools… I can sya that it is a VERY POWERFUL tool, but does take a bit of tech knowledge and front end work in setting everything up.
Once you do it once or twice though… its GAME ON!
Jeff on Fri, 19th Dec 2008 6:21 pm
When I was first interested in using a datafeed store I looked very seriously at this because once it’s set up it’s gorgeous.
The problem I had was the per site license fee which I also thought got very expensive quickly especially considering it’s a monthly and not one-time fee.
Maybe a good choice for somebody who’s made a go of a limited product site and has some cash to expand and improve.
Julian on Fri, 26th Dec 2008 8:46 am
I use data feeder on several sites and its worth every penny of the monthly fee! The learning curve is not hard if you have even a small bit of experience, but I could easily see it being overwhelming for a person completely new to marketing.
I would recommend starting with just 1 site – get your methodology and building process honed on that one site… then and ONLY AFTER you have that first site earning you money, repeat the process on a second site.
Jules
Retail Pro on Tue, 17th Feb 2009 3:43 pm
I found your review site here as I was looking for some more info on data feeder. I just wanted to share that I installed the wp plugin to my site more than 6 months ago and completely forgot about the site… completely forgot!
I was checking stats today and found that the site is getting more than 350 unique visitors a day and generating pretty good quality income!
I used the trickle feed method of setup… the thing is GREAT!
vashti on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 8:29 am
Datafeedr is a very good software and worth the headache when doing datafeeds. if you are having problems using the software and need step by step help visit jtpratt and go through his case study on setting up a datafeedr store.