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need some serious help, because I am going nuts trying to figure this out. i cannot find the information anywhere that is detailed enough to lead me to the answer.....

WHat I want to do is create a wordpress website. Specifically I want it to be a coupon site that gets automatic rss feeds from another company. I know there are plugins and things, however, I don't know if I need a plugin and a affiliate site like commission junction. I jjst dont know the process, can anyone help me out with how I could make this work. I already own the domain I want.....I have wordpress with godaddy.

Thanks so much for reading this and helping a noob.
  • Profile picture of the author hannahlist
    It sounds like you need an RSS importer plugin.

    There are quite a number on wordpress.org you can choose from.

    The first plugin that showed up when I seareched is https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-post-importer/

    There are others.

    Compare them to each other.

    Once you have downloaded the plugin, unzip it and upload it to your content/plugins/ directory

    Log in to WP dashboard and activate

    Get the CJ rss feed (assuming it exists) and take it from there

    I hope this helps
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  • Profile picture of the author nocturnal911
    Usually coupon sites uses API keys to get content from other publishers. Its hard to give you an answer since we don't know what the other publisher is giving out. Is it an API or Rss feed or whatever

    Try to know that and we can help you
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    • Profile picture of the author MrAndrew
      As far as I know it would be RSS, because that is all the research and search engines point to. I have Don't know much about API.
      I am not trying to get rich from this , just make some additional income.
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      • Profile picture of the author hannahlist
        Originally Posted by MrAndrew View Post

        As far as I know it would be RSS, because that is all the research and search engines point to. I have Don't know much about API.
        I am not trying to get rich from this , just make some additional income.
        You might also want to try freelancer.com and pay maybe $25 to $50 for someone to configure the system for you.

        How?

        They'll pick out a free plugin RSS importer

        They'll tweak the RSS feed so it works with the RSS importer

        They'll tweak your theme so everything is displayed right.

        I've paid $25 to $50 for plugin-related work so this should be in the ballpark.
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  • Profile picture of the author nocturnal911
    Then you can use Rss Importer plugin to fit your needs
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  • Profile picture of the author MrAndrew
    Also, would thw aggregator be separate from the affiliate? basically how would I get l paid?

    Do I need an RSS agregator ( does that pay me through their affiliate links or do I need both? An affiliate and a rss pull feed?

    Thanks for helping me and giving me a shot at this...
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  • Profile picture of the author onegoodman
    The affiliate program you trying to grab the coupons from is it a network ? is a private in house program ? what are they offering RSS feed ? API ? CSV ?

    It varies, networks have standards, it is not always the case with private programs ( it purely depend on what they offer ). The perfect place to start would be asking the advertiser ( or its affiliate manager about the technology they offer if it not clear ), with this being said, it is concerning if they don't have a good well documented technology. Sites like CJ have enough documentation for each and every API they have.
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    • Profile picture of the author MrAndrew
      I know CJ has a coupon feed now.
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