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  How to list inventory from other RapNet members on my website:

It is possible to display diamonds from other RapNet members on your own website with your own markup. RapNet Inventory Link offers three different ways to sell more diamonds in your store: RapNet Inventory Link, RapNet Inventory Link Pro and RapNet Inventory Link Plus. Three customized packages enabling you to download diamonds from RapNet into your store’s online diamond inventory. www.rapnet.com/InventoryLink/Default.aspx

Using the following easy steps you can offer your customers the opportunity to select from a wide range of diamonds in your online store or storefront:
  1. Ask the vendor/RapNet member for permission to display their inventory.www.rapnet.com/rapnet/DownloadListings/download.aspx They can grant you permission in the "RapNet Inventory Link" section of RapNet. Some vendors grant everyone permission by default and you will automatically see their information under the Vendors section of "RapNet Inventory Link" and do not need to get their permission.
  2. Setup a diamond feed. (Instructions are below)
  3. Create a program that will automatically retrieve the URLs and import them into your database. You will need a programmer to do this. Alternatively, you can download the URLs manually if your website has an import mechanism.
  4. Connect the data to your website.
How to setup a diamond feed? (The following instructions are technical and might require the assistance of your company programmer)
There are four different ways to set up your diamond feed:
1. To set up a diamond feed, follow this two step process:
a) Choose the diamonds and vendors you want via this from http://www.RapNet.com/rapnet/DownloadListings/download.aspx.
b) Once you have finished the set up, you can perform a one-time download by clicking on the “Download file” button, or you can click on the “generate code” button to generate a line of code that can be used by your computer programmers to periodically download those Rapnet diamonds meeting your set-up criteria. It is recommended to use a programmer who can create a program to automatically download the list of diamonds and import it into your database. (You can also manually go to the page and download the URLs and then create an import function in your website.)

2. You can create your own program that will download the diamond listings via our XML Web Services. You can find more information here.

3.To integrate RapNet Inventory Link Pro into your website, you must copy & paste the piece of HTML that you get at the end of the registration process. You can find this code – an HTML tag for an iframe – also herehttp://www.rapnet.com/rapnet/retailfeed/GeneratedCode.aspx?FeedID=XXX . Placing this iframe on your website will give you a fully functional search engine with the diamonds and prices that you set up in your feed. If a customer wants to buy a diamond, the customer will have to fill in their details, and you will get an email.

4. RapNet Inventory Link Plus is a pass-through XML web service. First you will have to set up the feed on RapNet.com, to specify which diamonds you want to include, and with which markups. You have to create your own search engine, which will call our XML web services with the search parameters and get back a data set with the search results.

RapNet Inventory Link does not work as a live feed, but as a feed that you can call every 6 – 24 hours.

RapNet Inventory Link Pro and RapNet Inventory Link Plus do not work as live feeds, but as feeds that you can call every 6 – 24 hours.