Affiliate network · ConnectingRakuten,
Rakuten,
different stores, their own feeds.
The same idea with different stores, plus their own catalogue feeds.
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What connecting unlocks
Flip it on, and every answer widens.
Nothing from Rakuten is in the index yet. Flip the switch to see what changes the day it connects.
Flip itThe same search, today and once Rakuten connects.
- Catalogues searched
- 2
- Products in reach
- 376 +their feed
- Prices from different stores, side by side
- Yes
- More sellers on every product page
- A cheaper seller you would not have found, when one exists
- A fairer “cheapest that fits”, because there is more to choose from
What it adds
What Rakuten brings, and what it doesn’t.
The limits get the same space as the benefits, because a search you can trust says what it cannot see.
Adds
- A different set of stores from FlexOffers: the same object is sold in more places than any one network knows
- Catalogue feeds written by the stores themselves
- A second network, which is where cross-store matching stops being a claim
Limits, honestly
- Like every network feed, no ship-from country, so that requirement reads “not measured” here
- The adapter's sign-in flow is checked against Rakuten's documentation; it has not been run against the live service yet
- In the index today
- Nothing yet
- Kind
- Affiliate network
- Status
- Connecting
- Steps done
- 1 of 5
How we reach it
The route in, and the money.
The route
Rakuten Advertising's Product Search API, and catalogue files over SFTP for the stores enrolled in that programme.
Commission
The data and the commission arrive through the same relationship, from stores that chose to be compared. The order of results never depends on it.
Affiliate disclosure →Connecting
Applying for the publisher account. The adapter is written and waits for the key.
Email me when it connects →Search it
Search what’s connected today.
376 products, matched by photo. When Rakuten connects, the same sentence reaches further.