What is the froogle connector™?

Answer by:  George Kaloyanov, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

Froogle is a search engine that Google has created to help shoppers quickly find products for sale on the web. The Froogle Connector™ Module provides Miva Merchant Users the ability to instantly list Miva products on Froogle. Froogle Connector™ integrates with MIVA Merchant to allow you to easily upload the products in your online store into Froogle. You can also regularly update the information on Froogle to be sure that people searching the web for the products you sell, will always get up-to-date information.

Installation:

You have to add the Froogle Connector™ module to your hosting services in order to be able to list your Miva products on Froogle. Once installed you will be able to use the powerful web interface within your Miva administrative pages to instantly list your products to Froogle. You can find instructions on how to add the Froogle Connector™ module to your plan in the following Knowledge base document: How do I sign for the Froogle Connector™?

Merchant Account:

In order to list products to Froogle, one must own a Froogle merchant account. The registration of a Froogle merchant account is absolutely free.

In order to use your Froogle Connector service, you must have a valid Froogle account. The Froogle merchant account is absolutely free. Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to sing up for a Froogle merchant account.

Note: Please click here to check the Froogle requirements regarding merchant account registrations.

Froogle Connector™ module configuration:

Once you have your Froogle Connector™ installed and your merchant account registered, you have to configure the connector using the merchant account information. The Froogle Connector™ needs that information to determine who is the merchant listing products and to ensure that the only user making requests to Froogle is you. Please follow the instructions here in order to configure your Froogle Connector™ module.

Listing products:

With your Froogle Connector™ module installed and configured, you are now ready to list your Miva store products on Froogle. You can use the powerful Froogle Connector™ web interface to easily list all your Miva products on Froogle. Please follow the instructions available here in order to save all the products that need to be listed and then actually list them using the Froogle Connector™. Every single product that is already listed on Froogle can be easily removed using the connector web interface. Click here for instructions on how to remove an already listed product.

Please, visit http://froogleconnector.com for more information on the Froogle Connector™ Module.