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We have also included most common Product Feed errors which may occur, so you can combat any potential errors when uploading your product feed into the Awin system. </p> <a name=".5B.2B.5D_Introduction_-_What_is_a_Product_Feed_and_why_is_it_needed.3F" id=".5B.2B.5D_Introduction_-_What_is_a_Product_Feed_and_why_is_it_needed.3F"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> <span id="Product_Feed_Introduction"></span><a href="/index.php/Product_Feed_Introduction" title="Product Feed Introduction">[+] Introduction - What is a Product Feed and why is it needed?</a> </span></h2> <p>Here you will find an overview of product feeds and why they are important for your affiliate programme. </p> <a name=".5B.2B.5D_Building_an_Awin_Product_Feed" id=".5B.2B.5D_Building_an_Awin_Product_Feed"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> <span id="Product_Feed_Building"></span><a href="/index.php/Product_Feed_Building" title="Product Feed Building">[+] Building an Awin Product Feed</a> </span></h2> <p>This section of our guide is aimed at developers who wish to build an Awin compatible product feed. Here you will find technical details on the specifications of the type of product feeds accepted by our system. </p> <a name=".5B.2B.5D_Managing_your_Product_Feed_in_the_Awin_System" id=".5B.2B.5D_Managing_your_Product_Feed_in_the_Awin_System"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> <span id="Product_Feed_Management"></span><a href="/index.php/Product_Feed_Management" title="Product Feed Management">[+] Managing your Product Feed in the Awin System</a> </span></h2> <p>This section provides an overview as to how you can monitor the progress and health of feeds within the Awin interface. Within this guide you will find step by step screens of navigating the 'My Product Feed' area within the Shopwindow Toolset and advice on common datafeed errors to combat, as well as general management practices. </p> <a name=".5B.2B.5D_Understand_how_Publishers_access_and_view_your_product_feed" id=".5B.2B.5D_Understand_how_Publishers_access_and_view_your_product_feed"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> <span id="Publishers_view"></span><a href="/index.php/Publishers_view" title="Publishers view">[+] Understand how Publishers access and view your product feed</a> </span></h2> <p>This section will link you to some of our Publisher guides on how products feeds are accessed via the interface create-a-feed system and through the use of our ProductServe API. 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