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Merchants Feed Documentation
The Merchant Feed contains information to help you map our merchants to your own internal system. Only merchants you have select will be included in the feed.

See a full list of merchants available thru For Me To Coupon. Complete Merchant List

Field Name Description
MerchantID The unique id assigned to the merchant
MerchantName ...
Network ...
Categories List of categories this merchant falls into.
Status Valid status states include:

active - normal merchant state
deactivated - merchants program not active but exspect it to be reactivated.
deleted - merchant has been removed from the system. These merchants are temporarily included for your information.

RelationshipStatus If using Merchant Sync feature this field will indicate if you have a confirmed relationship with this merchant
LastUpdated Signifies the last time this merchants information was changed. Changes include changing categories, changing status and changing networks.
APOFPO Signifies that this merchant ships APO/FPO
NetworkID The merchants id within their affiliate network
NetworkNote Notes regarding merchant's network id within their affiliate network
Link Default affiliate link for the merchant
Skimlinks Skimlinks encoded url for this merchant, this field will only exist if Enable Skimlinks is enabled
PrimaryCountry The primary country the merchant is marketing to
Country The country or countries the merchant ships to
Homepage The merchant's homepage URL
Added Signifies when the merchant was added to the ForMeToCoupon system.
ParentMerchant If the merchant listed in the network under a different "parent" merchant, this field will contain the FMTC ID of that merchant
Logo88x31 Contains the name of the logo file that will be returned in the getLogos call. Must have logos enabled.
Logo120x60 Contains the name of the logo file that will be returned in the getLogos call. Must have logos enabled.
DualMerchant Signifies if the merchant is available on more than one network
DualMerchants If a merchant is available on more than one network, information about those merchants will be provided in the following format: <dual>FMTC MerchantID - Merchant Name - Network - Network ProgramID</dual>
Selected If a merchant is in your selected merchants. Especially helpful when using the complete=1 or all=1 parameter.
GoogleCheckout If a merchant accepts Google Checkout as a payment method (Enable "Merchant Feed: Include Accepted Payment Methods")
AmazonPayments If a merchant accepts Amazon Payments as a payment method (Enable "Merchant Feed: Include Accepted Payment Methods")
WUPay If a merchant accepts WUPay as a payment method (Enable "Merchant Feed: Include Accepted Payment Methods")
PayPal If a merchant accepts PayPal as a payment method (Enable "Merchant Feed: Include Accepted Payment Methods")
BillMeLater If a merchant accepts Bill Me Later as a payment method (Enable "Merchant Feed: Include Accepted Payment Methods")
V.me If a merchant accepts V.me as a payment method (Enable "Merchant Feed: Include Accepted Payment Methods")


XML Feed Structure

<merchants>

<merchant>

<id> int </id>

<name> string </name>

<network> network </network>

<networkid> int </networkid>

<categories>

<category> category filter values </category>

</categories>

<status> (active, deactivated or deleted) </status>

<relationshipstatus> boolean </relationshipstatus>

<lastupdated> YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM XXX </lastupdated>

<apofpo> tinyint </apofpo>

<networkid> string </networkid>

<networknote> string </networknote>

<link> string </link>

<skimlinks> string </skimlinks>

<primarycountry> string </primarycountry>

<countries>

<country> string </country>

</countries>

<homepage> string </homepage>

<dualmerchant> boolean </dualmerchant>

<dualmerchants> (this namespace only appears if <dualmerchant> is 1

<dual> string </dual>

</dualmerchants>

<logo88x31> string </logo88x31>

<logo120x60> string </logo120x60>

<added> YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM XXX </added>

<parentmerchant> int </parentmerchant>

<selected> true or false </selected>

<googlecheckout> boolean </googlecheckout>

<amazonpayments> boolean </amazonpayments>

<billmelater> boolean </billmelater>

<wupay> boolean </wupay>

<paypal> boolean </paypal>

<vme> boolean </vme>

</merchant>

</merchants>



PIPE, TAB and CSV File Structure
The exact fields and field order will change depending on your feed settings. Below is a field order if all features are enabled or in use. Please reference the header row of your delimited feed for field ordering for your custom feed.

MerchantID

MerchantName

Network

Categories

Status

LastUpdated

APOFPO

NetworkID

NetworkNote

Link

Country

Homepage

DualMerchant

RelatedMerchants

Logo88x31 (if logos are enabled)

Logo120x60 (if logos are enabled)

MerchantAdded (if enabled)

PrimaryCategory (if enabled)

Google Checkout (if Payment Types are enabled)

Amazon Payments (if Payment Types are enabled)

BillMeLater (if Payment Types are enabled)

WUPay (if Payment Types are enabled)

Paypal (if Payment Types are enabled)

V.Me (if Payment Types are enabled)

Skimlinks (if Enable Skimlinks is enabled)

PrimaryCountry

RelationshipStatus (if Merchant Sync is enabled)

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