The major shopping search engines typically crawl your site for free, but most offer merchant and advertiser programs that give you more control or better visibility in product listing pages. Here’s a look at what’s available.
BizRate/Shopzilla
BizRate Business Services
https://merchant.bizrate.com/
BizRate offers two programs for online retailers: Customer acquisition through its Merchant Listings program, and customer satisfaction improvement through participation in the company’s Ratings and Research programs.
More information:
- Merchant Listings
- Ratings and Research
- Banner and Email Advertising
Froogle
Froogle Information for Merchants
https://www.google.com/froogle/merchants/welcome
Unlike other online shopping sites, Froogle costs nothing. There is no spending account to set up and maintain or cost-per-click charges.
More information:
- Froogle Merchants – Frequently Asked Questions
- Froogle Merchants – Program Policies
- Froogle Merchants – Feed Instructions
MSN Shopping
MSN Advantage Marketing
https://advantage.msn.com/home/home.asp
Details for advertising on MSN, including MSN shopping.
NexTag
List Your Products on NexTag
https://merchants.nextag.com/serv/main/buyer/sellerprograms.jsp
Drive traffic to your online store by listing products in this comparison shopping service. Control how much you pay per lead – the more you pay the higher you rank in the listings.
More information:
- Become a Shopping Affiliate
- Sell at NexTag
- Advertise with NexTag
PriceGrabber
PriceGrabber Merchant Listings
https://www.pricegrabber.com/about.php/about=merchant/
PriceGrabber.com is constantly adding new merchants. If you are a merchant who would like to become affiliated with PriceGrabber.com, complete the form on this page.
More information:
Shopping.com/Dealtime
Shopping.com Merchant Program
https://merchants.shopping.com/welcome.html
Sign up and create a Merchant Account, and make an initial deposit into your Merchant Account to get started. The price that you want to pay for each sales lead – your Cost-per-Click (CPC) – is set by the merchant. You can set a different CPC for each category (electronics) or sub-category (digital cameras).
More information:
- Shopping.com Merchant Program – FAQ
Yahoo Shopping
Yahoo Product Submit
https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/marketing/prodsubmit.php
Yahoo Product Submit is a pay-for-performance program, with merchants paying a cost-per-click price based on the category of the product listed. You manage your inclusion with a Web management system that allows you to submit and edit your products by simply up-loading a data feed to Yahoo.