Hi, First time poster. If this is the wrong section please move. I need some help I want to have a site thats linked to Amazon or websites that sell products and that have prices that update themselves automatically? An example is: www.find-dvd.co.uk What is this called? Has it something to do with RSS? BUT Im wondering is there a way that I can feed Amazon's prices to my site, convert them to EURO and add on maybe a €1 to the price? (This is due to a VAT increase in my country) I dont know what this is called or if its even possible? Is there a way I could feed Amazon's prices to my site and have people buy them from my site? Basically I want to set up an online store, where I don't have to add the products I have manually. My supplier is local and has no website so I cant get descriptions etc. All your help really appreciated. Thanks guys!
You seem to be asking two different things. The site you linked to is an aggregator, it shows prices of other stores for the item you are looking for and then has affiliate links through to those stores for someone to buy what they want. I am therefore lost about your comments about converting Amazon prices to euro and adding €1 on top and how this could fit with an aggregator (given that when they click through they would then see the normal Amazon price)
Thank you for your reply. Yes I probably am asking 2 different things. Im a bit clueless tbh. Ok, Im wondering if there is a way I can have Amazon's prices on my site, which will update themselves automatically. (I dont mind if they link/dont link to amazon). The reason I asked about converting to Euro is because its for a French store so all prices in Euro. Also the Tax is different over here. So when I buy an item at amazon.co.uk, the price gets converted to Euro for me when I get to the last step in the purchase. I was to be able to have the price including the extra VAT and in Euro on my site! So people will know exactly how much it will be. Hope that makes sense. I don't want to display £'s on my site. Some will be sold by me (the ones i stock) and the rest of the items I want people to be able to click the link to amazon to buy them from there. (But have the Euro price and with the correct VAT shown on my page before the click - so they know exactly how much Amazon will charge them) Just wondering if its possible. Thanks
Ok, so your business model is to sell items from Amazon.co.uk through yourself with you adding a commission. Assuming you aren't VAT registered there will be no need to "add vat" as VAT will have already been paid once in the EU. You also need to check the prices on Amazon.fr -v- .co.uk Amazon has the option of giving you access to their XML bulk data file which is updated daily with all the products and prices etc but it is a massive file. Alternatively they have an API which your site can use to pull just the specific information thats required in real time (you can do searches, bring back categories etc etc). The problem you will naturally face is the fact you require authorisation to use these services and I struggle to see them allowing your idea to compete with their own site. If you get round the authorisation issue a simple calculation and addition on the price would be easy to do.
Hi, I have a supplier who supplies me with DVDs. At the moment its about 40 titles. All french. But DVD boxsets are a big seller here in France so I want to have those on my site from Amazon.co.uk. No my business model isn't to sell Amazon products myself and make a commission (Sure they would be sent in Amazon.co.uk packaging?). THE reason I want to add the VAT etc is because of this. EX: Sex and city Boxset: £54.99. When I buy on Amazon and get to the P&P page, its £54.99 plus postage and packaging of £2.98. THEN it gives me Frances VAT rat 19%, so it uses this VAT rate. THEN I click next and Price and P&P converts to EURO. Maybe €60.99? Im wondering is there a way I can just show €60.99 on my site. So if someone is going to buy the DVD a click it they know EXACTLY how much it will be. When they get to the amazon page it will show them £54.99, but they will know how much its going to be from my site. (i.e they see €60.99 then buy themselves from amazon) Hope that makes sense its hard to explain through writing. I lived in Ireland for 3 years. If I buy a DVD to ship it to Ireland, Amazon USES IReland's VAT and adds the difference to the price! So if a DVD was £9.99 (UK VAT WAS 15%) Amazon would charge me the Irish VAT (21%) instead of 9.99. So i think they will do the same in France. But Frances is lower.
You show them "approximately" as I imagine that Amazon UK would charge the person in £ and therefore you cannot predict the rates that the customer's bank will charge. Of cause remember UK VAT is now 20% so you will actually need to reduce the VAT to France's 19%. The short answer however is that from a tech point of view you can do it but from a business perspective you should check your theories. Not with Amazon but another large site with multiple European sites I tried to order an item from the Spanish version as it wasnt stocked by the UK one and the system blocked it.
Ok, How do I do that? show them an approx? Is it hard to do? I never had problem ordering from UK amazon and shipping it to Ireland or France, but they DO charge me in EURO. i.e When I enter my address, then enter my CC, then chose my shipping, they then (When i lived in Ireland) would added on the extra 6% VAT (When UK VAT was 15%) and THEN it would show the price in EURO. So I just want to have on my site the EURO price with the edited VAT. Then when someone clicks it they go to Amazon and purchase it from Amazon. A lot of people here think "Ohh thats cheap" Go to buy and then the price is edited. Im just wondering if I can show the final price on my site. And how would I do this? Is it hard to do? I can do it manually, but i would have to update my prices weekly, and then keep checkin each products.
Firstly, look at the API as it may give the amounts in different currencies automatically. If not, then get the GBP via the API and then amend it with the relevant conversions and taxes. You wouldn't need to update the prices yourself, just keep track of the conversion/ tax rates. You could use a different API for the conversion if you wanted
Thanks for that. Like I said im a new to this and its kind of over my head. Could you explain how to do what your saying? Or even what to google? I have the API and its showing on my site. Right now it is just showing the UK price and it brings over the prodcuts information from Amazon and it also has the "Buy now" button which links to Amazon. All Im concerned about is just how to show the prices in EURO and with the decrease in VAT. Thanks a million