About

Imagine you are a wholesaler and you have ten retailers. You supply data about the offered products to partners in a feed (XML or CSV file). What happens if you don't get along with one of the partners and stop working with him? Isn't it unfortunate for you to leave him access to your data?

The solution is simple. In the Symlink Stork app, create each partner's own symlink. The partner will receive their own, unique address. At the same time everyone gets the same data. When you decide to stop working with one of your partners, you simply delete its symlink. The data connection of the other partners will continue working without changes!

Symlink use cases

There are many use cases. In general, these are situations where you want to control who has access to your data. And you want to be able to revoke access in the future. This applies to both XML / CSV feeds and other files (images, web pages ... anything with its own URL).

• Connection of business partners, see example above.
• Connection of affiliate advertising networks - be aware that, unlike product search engines, affiliate networks can be accessed by several partners in the network. Among them may be your competitors. And even if you stop working with the network in the future, they can keep the URLs of your feeds.
• Connection of different advertising or other systems.

Symlink Stork features

• Create symlinks.
• Symlinks can be temporarily deactivated and then re-activated, duplicated (for easier creation of multiple similar symlinks), and deleted.
• Record history of symlinks - when the given symlink was last visited by someone + basic information about the visitor.

Who is Symlink Stork for

For online stores or marketing specialists, who manage the data connections of both online stores with advertising systems and other systems.

Why try the Symlink Stork app

• Easy to install. Enable it here in the Mergado Store and start using it right away. No web hosting required.
• User Management in Mergado. The application is accessible to the same users who have access to your online store in Mergado. Adding or removing users is handled by Mergado.
• Symlinks to any files. An example above is the XML / CSV feed. However, symlinks can also be created for images, web pages or other URLs.
• Unlimited number of symlinks. So far. There are no limits and we do not plan to add them. We assume reasonable use in the order of, for example, tens of symlinks. If users fill the system with a significantly higher number of rows so that it can no longer handle it, we will introduce the limits consequently (and after prior information).
• Easy combination with other Mergado Store apps.