Deal Type Documentation
Below is a list of types available in the datafeeds.
In the event that a deal type is changed, that change will be available in your incremental feeds as well as any complete download. Unless otherwise noted, most of these deals are sitewide.
In the event that a deal type is changed, that change will be available in your incremental feeds as well as any complete download. Unless otherwise noted, most of these deals are sitewide.
| Type | Feed Value | Description |
| Deals of the following types are available at all service levels: | ||
| Coupon | coupon | A deal tagged as a "coupon" is a classic coupon in the sense that it requires a special action to activate - a casual site visitor will not be able to access the deal. The special action is either entering a coupon code, in which case the CouponCode field is populated. If the CouponCode field is empty, it means that following the designated link is the special action (only way) for the user to access that deal. |
| Free Shipping | freeshipping | The deal involves free shipping. |
| Non-Affiliate | nonaffiliate | These are deals that are not specifically designed or promoted by the merchant for the affiliate channel, but are allowed to be promoted by it. |
| Deals of the following types are available at Full and higher service levels: | ||
| Category Coupon | category-coupon | The deal applies to an entire merchant category, and the link most likely points to a category landing page. The merchant-defined category system may differ from the For Me To Coupon category system. Despite the name, these deals may or may not also be considered and tagged as "coupons", as described above. |
| Category Sale | category-sale | These deals are available category-wide on a merchant's site. i.e. Deals just on Women's Apparel or just on Electronics. |
| Product Coupon | product-coupon | This deal applies to a specific product, and the link most likely goes to that product page. Despite the name, these deals may or may not also be considered and tagged as "coupons", as described above. |
| Product | product | This deal type refers to a product that the merchant is featuring. The product is not necessarily on sale and there is no coupon for the product. |
| Product Sale | product-sale | This type of deal is for a specific product that the merchant has put on sale. This occurs when there is no site-wide sale or a category-wide sale, just a specific item on sale. |
| Rebates | rebates | This deal involves some kind of rebate. |
| Clearance | clearance | This deal is considered to be a "Clearance" sale. |
| Sale | sale | This deal involves a sale price with a specific amount off. |
| Offer | offer | This is a catch-all category for any merchant offers that don't commonly fit into another category. Some examples are free trials, contests, and sweepstakes. |
| Shipping Offers | shipping-offer | These deals will cover flat-rate shipping offers, reduced shipping offers, and other offers involving shipping costs that aren't best categorized as a Free Shipping offer. |
| Deals with the following type tags are delivered at the Full pricing level and above, but the tags themselves are only delivered with the Premium service level: | ||
| New Customer | newcustomer | This deal is only available to new customers. |
| Gift With Purchase | gift | This deal involves a free gift tied to a purchase. |
| Dollar | dollar | This deal involves saving a specific dollar amount of money, for example "$10 off". |
| Percent | percent | This deal involves saving a specific percentage of the price, for example "10% off". |
| Deals of the following types are available only at Premium service level: | ||
| Deal Of The Day | dod | This is a "Deal of the Day", available for a very limited time. |
| APO/FPO Free Shipping | apofreeshipping | Free shipping deals that apply to APO/FPO (military base) shipping. (See the Merchant Feed for which merchants offer APO/FPO military shipping.) |
| FMTC Exclusive | fmtc-exclusive | These deals are offered exclusively to FMTC subscribers direct from the merchants. No other websites are authorized to use these deals except for FMTC subscribers. |
| Shipping Deadlines | deadline | These deal entries indicate the shipping deadlines for various shipping methods and holidays. |
| Local | local | Requires activations and additional integration. |