An overview of how the E-commerce Hub works
What is a job?
Data collection for Ecommerce also operates through "job" that combines requests from the Ecommerce, Review Scraper, and Scheduling APIs. This integrated job allows seamless data collection tailored to your needs. Each job will contain the data you want to collect, the frequency of collection, and your preferred platform integration.
What are the E-commerce Hub requirements?
A subscription to the Review Scraper API is needed to use the Hub for review collection and the Location Search API for product discovery
How does it work?
In a nutshell, the E-commerce Hub works through these steps:
Login to your dashboard - access the Hub through https://dashboard.datashake.com/jobs
Select your data type - specify the type of data you'd like to collect such as "Reviews."
Currently, we only support the Review data type. More data types will be supported soon.
Select your job type - choose E-commerce to discover products and reviews.
Provide your search criteria - enter the search URL into "Insert an Amazon search URL to collect products" field
Data fetching - wait for the system to collect the profiles.
Search refinement - choose and export the list of products returned from Amazon.
Review collection - the Hub will collect the review data based on your preferred products.
Export your data - set up your integration and export the collected data to your preferred platform.
- Receive automatic updates - you will automatically receive review updates for a recurring job on the export option you have selected.
We will explore each step in more detail in another section of the Help Centre. In the meantime, you can watch this short video to see how it works.
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