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Files on this page can be used to populate drop ship websites. We recommend that you update the inventory on your site as often as possible, both to make sure you have all the items we carry, and to avoid placing orders with us for items that are out of stock or discontinued.
You will find files here in the following formats:
If you're attempting to download XML feeds using a browser, be sure to right click and save them – clicking on them directly may generate a warning about invalid XML.
Please do not write scripts that do mass downloading of our images; if you open a large number of connections to our servers your IP will get blocked, requiring someone to manually unblock you. Instead please use the Image Zipfiles below, or if you must, run the perl script we've supplied instead. (This is really only necessary for “EF” items.)
We recommend that most new drop shippers start off with just “STC” items.
| Filename | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| stc-02.csv | CSV version 2 | New CSV format with updated category information (preferred) |
| stc-01.csv | CSV version 1 | Legacy CSV format used prior to 2009 (still supported) |
| stc.xml | XML | For those whose software supports it |
| Filename | Description |
|---|---|
| InStock.csv | All drop ship items in stock (all vendors) |
| OutOfStock.csv | All drop ship items out of stock (all vendors) |
| discontinued.csv | Discontinued items, with date discontinued |
We are in the process of signing up new vendors to provide our customers with a wide variety of products. Some of them will offer specialty products that are hard to find.
There are a number of things to consider when ordering from different vendors, however. Times for processing orders can vary, and vendors may have little or no experience shipping overseas. You will also incur additional shipping charges because each vendor ships items from their own warehouse. Again, this is particularly important for international customers to keep in mind. Outside vendors (vendors other than “MC” or “STC”) also do not offer customizable packing slips at this time.
Wholesale customers will be able to order outside vendor products just like our regular in-house items. They can be easily identified by their product numbers, which will always begin with “CNV”. The shopping cart will automatically calculate shipping for the outside vendor items.
Drop ship customers can add these outside vendor items to their site as well, but must keep shipping considerations in mind: if your customers place orders with items from multiple vendors, you will be assessed shipping fees from each vendor – you must calculate shipping properly to make sure you don't lose money.
The following vendors are full-line distributors and carry a wide range of products:
| Vendor | CSV-02 (preferred CSV) format | CSV-01 (legacy CSV) format | XML format |
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| ELD | ELD-02.csv | ELD-01.csv | ELD.xml |
| EF | EF-02.csv | EF-01.csv | EF.xml |
Smaller and niche vendors can be found on our Vendor Information Page.
If you would like to carry items from all our vendors (after reading the information above), please use one of these feeds:
| CSV-02 (preferred CSV) format | CSV-01 (legacy CSV) format | XML format |
|---|---|---|
| all-02.csv | all-01.csv | all.xml |
| Filename | Description |
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| Feeds by Manufacturer | Per-manufacturer feeds for MC and ELD vendors |
| Top Seller Feeds | Feeds containing sales rankings for drop ship and wholesale |
| homeparty-02.csv | Home Party feed in CSV format |
| nodvd-02.csv | CSV version 2 feed of STC/MC products without DVDs (less nudity in images) |
| nodvd-01.csv | CSV version 1 (legacy) feed of STC/MC products without DVDs (less nudity in images) |
| nodvd.xml | XML feed of STC/MC products without DVDs (less nudity in images) |
| holiday-02.csv | CSV version 2 feed of STC/MC holiday products |
| holiday-01.csv | CSV version 1 (legacy) feed of STC/MC holiday products |
| holiday.xml | XML feed of STC/MC holiday products |
| newcats.xml | New product category tree, for use with XML and CSV -02 feeds |
| newcats.csv | Same categories in CSV format |
| ratings.csv | Customer ratings for products, CSV format |
| convergence_ALLREVIEWS_2008.xml | All submitted customer reviews in XML format |
| weights.csv | Product weights, where known |
| upc.csv | Product UPCs |
| vendors.csv | List of vendors, along with number of items available for drop ship |
| manufacturers.csv | List of manufacturers, with number of items |
Customers wanting to download zipfiles with product images for certain vendors will want to visit our Vendor Information Page.
The right-most column has the links for image zipfiles. Most customers will want the MC.zip file.
Please keep in mind these files can be quite large – approaching a gigabyte in size for some vendors.
You will not find a link for EF on that page. Because of the number of products carried by EF, you must download them yourself if you really want them. This can be accomplished using the script here: getimages.pl.gz. Using this file requires shell access to a Linux (or similar) server, and some scripting expertise. If you have no idea what this means, ask your hosting provider to help you.
Lastly, customer using Yahoo Stores can download this file. It contains all images in a single directory. Be warned some of the images contain nudity, and Yahoo may shut down stores that include items with nudity in the images. It is your responsibility to comply with Yahoo's policies, which of course we have no control over.
Users of Zen Cart can visit our Easy Populate Setup page for instructions on using Easy Populate to load our items into their sites.
We've had users report success using Easy Populate with OS Commerce as well.
If you are still confused after reading the instructions in our FAQ, please feel free to Contact Us.