How ESS Works

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Sokel's ESS works thusly:

First, you sign up with the various shopping networks (Froogle, Yahoo Shopping, Shopping.com, Linkshare, etc.)

Second, notify Sokel of which ones you have signed up for. And, for each one, you need to provide us with any information the shopping network may have given you (typically, account name, login information, server information, etc.), along with when you'd like the submission to be done, etc.

Third, Sokel will provide you a description of the Sokel Datafile Format (SDF). This is the format in which you should produce the file for transmittal to Sokel.

Fourth, Sokel will then take the file that you have provided and transform it into the formats required by the various shopping networks. It will validate the submission, and submit your catalog to the various shopping networks.

That's it!