ShopWindow Gifts

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ShopWindow Vertical Developments – The Gifts and Gadgets Portal

Launched in BETA is the new technology that has been created by ShopWindow to revolutionise affiliate sites covering the Gift and Gadget sectors. Many of us have seen the "Gift Finder" elements that merchants use to help consumers refine to find the perfect gift for their person of choice and this is something ShopWindow believe that affiliates should have the opportunity to benefit from.

What is the Gift Finder?

Well, after a few weeks of strenuous development the team have launched the Gift Finder module for use across your affiliate sites. This tool allows you to place a customisable Gift Finder on your site that boasts a number of refining options to allow consumers to find the desired gift. Some of the key merchants across the Affiliate Window network have signed up to partner this release and have kindly altered their datafeeds by adding an extra element to allow the functional success of this tool. The consumers will be offered the chance to refine by "Recipient", "Occasion", "Personality" and "Price" and as each option is selected the product display will update presenting relevant items right away. The refine by options will always lead to at least one product being displayed so that the consumer will never see an empty set or a "No Products Found" error message and so they will always have a journey through to the merchant site.

Benefits

• Offers product comparison spanning a variety of merchants
• Variety of templates on offer
• Allows you to customise its appearance so that it integrates seamlessly into your site
• Offers an alternative route to sale
• Offers unique refine by options tailored just to this sector

How do I get my hands on this Gift Finder?

The Gift Finder module is available in your affiliate account within the Content Widgets interface. Navigate to Content Widgets, create a new widget and then click on the Gift Finder tab. You will then see the three templates that have been created for launch. Once you have chosen the desired template you can then edit the templates appearance through a variety of customisation options. Now that you have a customised Gift Finder module you simply take the single line of JavaScript code and place this on your site and “voila!” you have your very own Gift Finder.

There is also a Client Version available via the Enterprise (Premium) ProductServe API for those of you that have a full ShopWindow integration. The possibilities here are endless and if you have your own ShopWindow installed then you can create a vertical site similar to this – Gifts, Gadgets & Toys.

Carousel Widget BETA

As well as the new Gift Finder modules being released we also have a new Carousel Widget available in your affiliate account. This functions by choosing a set of products which will then rotate around each other offering a new route to sale for a user with an interactive twist. This too can be seen as a demo here. To make use of this widget you will again have to navigate to the Content Widgets interface within your affiliate account.

Managed Widgets

A new set of Managed Widgets have also been released to couple this launch. They are all centered around this particular sector and will help boost the content that your site offers for the Christmas period:

• Top Ten Gifts
• Top Ten Gadgets
• Top Ten Toys
• Top Ten Boys Toys
• Top Ten Girls Toys

For more information regarding Managed Widgets please see here.

For more information surrounding this vertical development or how to begin, please do not hesitate to contact ShopWindow.