This is how we ensure that the data is up to date!
Our large Swiss shopping platform only works as long as the information and opening hours are up-to-date. It is therefore important to us to provide our visitors with the most accurate and correct results and information possible. To ensure that our platform is up to date, we follow a multi-level approach, which we are happy to explain in the following in an understandable and transparent way.
- Nothing upsets consumers more than when they are faced with closed doors
The Swiss shopping industry is in constant motion, we are aware of that. Based on this fact, we at Shopping Total have developed a multi-stage plan to meet this dynamic.
The aging process of information
Information ages, that’s clear to us. We counter this with our multi-stage plan so that customers don’t end up facing closed doors. We divide the entries into the following categories:
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The entry is regularly confirmed or updated
Entry is considered current -
Not updated or confirmed for 1 year
Entry is marked as obsolete -
Not updated or confirmed for 3 years:
Entry is marked for deletion
Our visitors from Shopping Total
A valuable resource for information gathering and data cleansing is our visitors from Shopping Total. We use this resource on various occasions to clean our database. Specifically, visitors to our site help us clean up information in the following ways:
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Constant cleaning of entries
Visitors of Shopping Total have the possibility to correct errors in entries directly via the website and to report them to us -
Confirmation of obsolete entries
If an entry is considered outdated, visitors to our website can manually confirm this entry -
Database cleanup
Visitors to our website are actively encouraged to report outdated entries
1-click confirmation - fast and efficient
With our simple and fast 1-click confirmation, store operators can efficiently confirm that the information provided to us is up-to-date. To make this happen, we have developed a simple and efficient process that makes it as easy as possible for providers to confirm the information.
- Our goal. To confirm the information should not create more work than necessary for the providers.
Automatic information retrieval via API interface
Our preferred way of obtaining information is the use of application programming interfaces (API’s). However, this requires that the provider provides us with such an interface through which we can obtain the information automatically.
- Our preferred method: 100% accurate data
Automated Excel import - for store chains
Many of our providers have already experienced the quick and easy Excel service. A large number of branches can be managed quickly and efficiently via our efficient CSV interface.
- Highly efficient Excel interface for efficient updating of mass entries.
- Automated Excel import via e.g. Google Docs.
We are open for individual solutions
In our shopping index, we list branches of several hundred store chains from Switzerland. With this amount, it is clear that different solutions are needed to keep the data up to date. We are open to your ideas. Contact us at kontakt@shoppingtotal.ch to find an individual solution.
