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| YPATH Spec for Computers, Software, Electronics and Video
Games |
| We're happy to announce that we've just
made it easier for you to include your merchandise on Yahoo! Shopping
Product Guides for Computers, Software, Electronics and Video Games.
Click
here to see what a product guide looks like.
In order for us to properly place your store on product guides
like these, we ask that you send us some specific bits of information
about the products you sell. If you typically update
your store by CSV database upload, you can just add to your file
a new field called YPATH. (If you build your store
manually, you can edit this field in your Yahoo! Store editor
by overriding the ypath variable for each item page.)
Within the ypath field, we currently ask you to provide the "department"
or Yahoo! Shopping category. For Computer and Electronic merchants,
these departments are:
- Computers
and Software
- Electronics
and Camera
- Video
Games
For placement on Yahoo Shopping Product Guides, you must add
the additional required fields:
- manufacturer (required
for all)
- manufacturer_part_no
(required
for Computers and recommended for Electronics, especially Digital
Cameras)
- model_no (required
for Computers and Electronics)
- upc (required
for Video Games, recommended for all)
- refurbished (required
if selling any refurbished products)
Please make sure to include all required fields for every product
you send. Products that are missing these required fields, or
have incorrect information will not show up on Product
Guides. Correctly filling out the required fields can dramatically
increase your exposure on Yahoo! Shopping Product Guides
and in Shopping Search.
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| Field Descriptions
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dept
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See departments
for a complete list of departments in Yahoo! Shopping.
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manufacturer
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The relevant manufacturer or manufacturer's
brand
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manufacturer_part_no
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The specific part number that the manufacturer
assigns. This is critical for computers and software where
each configuration or license type has a unique part number.
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model_no
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The model number that typically characterizes
the item.
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upc
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The fully qualified, 12-digit Universal
Product Code for the product.
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refurbished
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If a merchant is selling any refurbished
products, this field must be present. If the field is
present but empty for a particular product, or contains
the digit 0 for a particular product, the product is displayed
as new. If the field contains the digit 1, then the product
is displayed as refurbished.
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| Example Data Formats |
To submit this information for your store,
you will need to use the following data format in the
YPATH field. It consists of colons '':'' and pipes ''|'',
with no spaces in between as follows: Field:Value|Field:Value
| Computers and Software Examples: |
For a Compaq Presario 1200-XL106 Notebook Computer,
Manufacturer Part Number 155726-003, you would include:
dept:Computers and Software|manufacturer:Compaq|model_no:1200-XL106|manufacturer_part_no:155726-003|upc:720591246228|refurbished:0 |
For Hewlett-Packard Vectra VL400 Desktop Computer,
Manufacturer Part Number P4151T#ABA, you would include:
dept:Computers and Software|manufacturer:Hewlett-Packard|model_no:VL400|manufacturer_part_no:P4151T#ABA|upc:725184763045|refurbished:0 |
For Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Manufacturer
Part Number B23-00079, you would include:
dept:Computers and Software|manufacturer:Microsoft|model_no:Windows
2000 Professional|manufacturer_part_no:B23-00079|upc:659556187453|refurbished:0 |
| Electronics and Camera Examples: |
For a refurbished Canon
PowerShot S100 Digital ELPH Digital Camera, Manufacturer
Part Number C83-1001, you would include:
dept:Electronics and Camera|manufacturer:Canon|model_no:s100|manufacturer_part_no:C83-1001|upc:082966161988|refurbished:1 |
For a brand new Sony DCR-TRV20 Digital Video Camera,
you would include:
dept:Electronics and Camera|manufacturer:Sony|model_no:DCR-TRV20|manufacturer_part_no:DCR-TRV20|upc:027242571044|refurbished:0 |
For a brand new Rio 800 64 MB MP3 Player, Manufacturer
Part Number: 90260092, you would include:
dept:Electronics and Camera|manufacturer:Rio|model_no:800-64MB|manufacturer_part_no:90260092|upc:018258010627|refurbished:0 |
| Video Game Examples: |
For Halo, from Microsoft, Manufacturer Part Number:
F78-00002, UPC: 659556745165, you would include:
dept:Video Games|manufacturer:Microsoft|model_no:xbox|manufacturer_part_no:F78-00002|upc:659556745165|refurbished:0 |
For Grand Theft Auto III from Rockstar
Games, Manufacturer Part Number: 27079, UPC: 710425270796,
you would include:
dept:Video Games|manufacturer:Rockstar Games|model_no:ps2|manufacturer_part_no:D27079|upc:710425270796|refurbished:0 |
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