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myNicheShop: Amazon Post WordPress Plug-in alpha stage

Posted by Shawn (Who am I?)

We are in the process of building a WordPress plug-in which works through Amazon.com’s E-Commerce Services. Amazon Post scans a post for a special code which includes either the ASIN# or the ISBN-10 code. When encountered, the plug-in queries the ECS API for the code and retrieves product information to display in the place of the code.

The plug-in currently displays the default product image, list price, amazon.com price, and product description. It also calculates the savings amount and percent for display and in the off chance there is no list price or no amazon.com price returned, displays the customer price accordingly. Likewise if the query returns no description, the plug-in drops headings for the decription and displays no description information.

In its current state, the plug-in does not have the functionality to poll cart information. This is, however, a planned update which will be included prior to release. Other planned features include site administration configuration page, db table containing ASIN/IBSN-10 code to crosscheck when new posts are entered - admin is warned if a product is being entered that already shows in the table, auto creation of post title based on product name returned by Amazon.com, and more.

The alpha version of this plug-in is currently functioning at our MMORPG Gear website.

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