When a consumer compares specific products and prices, they are normally close to making a purchase. So Beyondschoolsupply’s visitors have a high level of willingness to act and buy.

Through Beyondschoolsupply , you can create good opportunities to increase your sales:

•Beyondschoolsupply‘s visitors almost exclusively choose to buy at the retailers that are customers of Beyondschoolsupply. This is a seal of approval, and by becoming a customer of Beyondschoolsupply, you will get extensive exposure and increased conversion:

•Clear visual identity with colour logo.

•Description of stock status.

•Description of your company information.

 

The majority of sellers send us a file with their prices and products that   Beyondschoolsupply then updates at least once a day. If you cannot create such a file, Beyondschoolsupply is able to automatically collect your prices once a day, without you having to do anything.

What does it cost?

You decide your costs on   Beyondschoolsupply yourself. All retailers can set a monthly budget, which means you always have control over your outgoings. You pay for each click (CPC) which allows a visitor to be sent to your site. Contact us for a more specific price proposal.

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Get listed for free in Beyondschoolsupply

also lists retailers which are not customers of Beyondschoolsupply. However, customers get almost all of the traffic from Beyondschoolsupply visitors who are willing to buy. But all retailers are welcome to display their prices on Beyondschoolsupply.

Are you interested in displaying your shop and products on Beyondschoolsupply? If so, then please contact us via email.

Admin page for existing customers

On your own admin page you can, among other things, get an overview of your click statistics, administering bidding and creating various types of reports.

 

 

The easiest and most comfortable way of getting your products listed on Beyondschoolsupply is by sharing your products with us through a feed. Simply upload your product catalog to a server and send us the link so we can import it. The majority of e-commerce platforms have out of the box solutions for this and are usually included in their standard solution.

A product feed is a quick and effective way of sharing your product information with us. It often takes between just a few seconds and a minute for our system to process the information, and you have complete control of what is displayed. If you do not have a product feed, Beyondschoolsupply can collect all the information directly from your site. This solution is more time and resource-intensive, and if you make any changes to your site there is a risk that your products will disappear from Beyondschoolsupply. Please contact us to discuss the most appropriate solution for your particular site.

Timeliness and quality of the information

 Beyondschoolsupply  always strives to display correct and complete information. You should therefore try to update the data in the feed often and include all relevant information.

Bulk pricing is not accepted. If you have a specific price for bulk buys, such as four of a product, the price for purchasing a single product should still be shown in the price file, regardless of how common bulk buying is amongst your visitors.

If you have any questions about the price file, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The file should be placed at an HTTPS or FTP address from which we can retrieve it. If you have blockages at IP address level, you must ensure that Beyondschoolsupply’s IPs have access.

( • 13.48.206.143

•13.51.87.202

•13.51.99.152

•34.251.48.227

•3.248.75.7

•99.81.173.210)

Refrain from using time stamps or other information that will change the URL of the feed as this will cause your products to disappear from Beyondschoolsupply.

Headers

In order for  to optimize update routines and display the most recent version of your product catalog with prices and item availability, we highly encourage the last-modified HTTP response header to be provided and serviced. The header indicates the date and time the product feed was last changed. By servicing the date and time of this header Beyondschoolsupply can check for updates more frequently.

Use one of the following encodings for the price file:
UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252

Format

We can handle the majority of formats. The most common are: TEXT/CSV, XML and JSON. Note that the price file cannot be in Excel or any other non-text format. To make our processing and your updates run faster, compress your feed using gzip/zip.

In the case of a CSV feed:
The data must be structured in rows and columns, where one row represents a product and each column consists of fields with product information.

•Each field or column must be separated by a particular separator. Recommended separators are tab, pipe, semicolon and comma.

•Use “field qualifiers” at the start and end of each field. Please note that this character may not occur within a field. Recommended “field qualifiers” single ( ‘ ‘ ) or double ( “ ” ) quotation marks

Example feeds

•CSV feed example, (tab separated) 

•XML feed example

Field specification and order

Below is a list of the columns recommended for successful listing on Beyondschoolsupply. The order and title is unimportant (provided that they are comprehensible).

•By including EAN, it will be possible to match your products automatically and upload them to Beyondschoolsupply quicker.

•Fields should never contain code or tags such as HTML or javascript.

Fields

Basic product data (Minimum requirements)

SKU/id
Name
Price
Shipping costs
Stock status
Delivery time
Manufacturer
EAN/GTIN
Manufacturer SKU / MPN
URL
Image URL
Category
Description
Condition

Detailed product data

Color
Size
SizeSystem
AdultContent
AgeGroup
Bundled
EnergyEfficiencyClass
Gender
GroupId
Material
Multipack
Pattern

 

Use SKUs as IDs where possible. Since SKUs are unique, they can also help prevent you from accidentally reusing IDs which would result in products being discarded.

•Good SKU: ABC123

•Poor SKU: 1

Name

Any variant or model of a product should be clearly stated. Beyondschoolsupply’s search engine and filters work using the information in this field. Try to use keywords you want to be found for.

•Good product name: Calculator,Texas Instruments TI-108 Solar Power , white

•Poor product name: Calculator Texas Instruments TI-108

Your product name will be used to match your product to our products and user’s search. Include the important details that define your product.

•Unique name for each product, no identical names

•No non-alphabetic characters

Put the most important details first. Users will usually see only the first 70 or fewer characters of your title, depending on screen size.

Use keywords. Keywords will help connect your product with a user’s search and help the user recognize what you’re selling. Your keywords could include these types of product details:

•Product name

•Brand

•Specific details about the product

Dont include info about discounts, sales or stock info in the name.

Price

The product price including VAT. The currency should be stated. Use a comma or a period as the decimal marker.

•Good price: $100

•Poor price: 100 excluding VAT

Shipping cost

The product’s shipping cost. Shipping cost needs to combine all shipping-/order costs for the consumer, like for example environmental surcharge, freight surcharge, handling surcharge, packaging fee etc.

•Example: $10

Stock status

As a starting point, there must be a buy/order button so that the consumer can buy or order the product to show the product on Beyondschoolsupply. If the product cannot be purchased/ordered online or offline at all, it can’t be included in your product feed.

We don’t distinguish if the product is in local or remote storage by the merchant. Your stock status in the product feed should always be based on your online storage status, and cant for example show the stock status for one of your offline stores. However, we allow chain stores to display their offline prices as long as they are in stock in their offline stores, but the products must be tagged as “out of stock” in your product feed to us.

Pre-order products can not be tagged as “in stock”, use “pre-order” or “out of stock”.

“in stock”/”out of stock” or Yes/No or number of products in stock.

•OK stock status: Yes, InStock, OutOfStock, PreOrder, 100

•Not OK stock status: Few, or N/A

Delivery time

The promised delivery time from the time of the order in the number of days. Its important that the delivery time in the feed corresponds to the info on your site.

•Good delivery time: 5 working days

•Poor delivery time: Varies

Manufacturer

The product manufacturer. Used in our filters.

•Example: LG

Manufacturer SKU/MPN

Manufacturer’s unique article number, used by us for matching products.

•Use the SKU assigned by the manufacturer. Unless you’re the manufacturer, don’t use a value that you’ve created.

•Distinguish between variants and use the correct MPN for each product variant. Typically, each variant of a product (different colors or sizes) has its own manufacturer sku, so make sure to submit the correct value. A exception is different sizes of apparel products, where all sizes often have the same MPN.

•Example: 1170-0500

EAN/GTIN

EAN code. Unique barcode number. Used by us to automatically match many product types and make the products searchable in the barcode scanner in our app.

•Example: 0021299147458

URL

URL to the product in your shop. It can also contain tracking parameters for analysis tools such as Google Analytics.

•Example: https://www.yourstore.com/product1.html

Image URL

URL to the product image. Use a static URL. The URL you submit should not be changed unless the actual image is moved or replaced. For example, do not use URLs with timestamps, cache values or parts that can be changed each time you generate feed data. A change to the URL will result in download and reprocessing. The CMYK format is not supported.

•Example: https://www.yourstore.com/product1.jpg

•Preferable images between 700×700 and 2000x2000px

•No watermarks on images

•No placeholder images

•Use the specific colour for colour versions

Category

Use the full “breadcrumb information”. Wherever possible, we recommend you to include more granular categories as it classifies your product more precisely. For example, Writing Supplies > Pencils > Mechanical Pencils.

Remember not to mix up different product types within the categories. One example is to avoid adding accessories for a coffee machine to the same category as the machines themselves.

Use > to separate multiple levels in a category. Also, include a space before and after the > symbol. For example: Clothing > Women > Dresses.

For gender-specific products (e.g. clothes and perfume), it is important to divide them up into Women, Men and Children. Our filters are partly based on the category names.

•Good category name: Clothes > Women > Pants

•Poor category name: Fashion & Clothes

Description

Detailed information about the product. The more relevant specifications about the product, the better. Beyondschoolsupply’s search engine and filters work using the information in this field. Try to include the keywords you want to be found for, maximum 30 words.

•Good product description: Red four-legged table with storage underneath. Ideal for living room or bedroom. Dimensions 100 x 50 cm.

•Poor product description: Really attractive and practical!

Condition

The condition of your product at time of sale.

We support the following values:

•New – The item is new, in its original packaging, and has never been opened or used. With the full original manufacturer’s warranty and standard return policy.

•Used – The item is used. For example, a display model/demo unit or because the packaging is damaged or completely missing.

•Refurbished – The item is not new but has been inspected and tested to ensure that it feels like a new product. For example, defective parts have been replaced, but the item may still show signs of use. It may come with or without the original packaging.

 

When including this detailed product data in your feed, you should do it for each variant of your product whenever possible. For example, if you are selling a shirt in 7 different sizes, the shirt prices should be included 7 times in your product feed, each with its own size attribute, unique EAN/GTIN value, unique SKU, and so on.

Color

Your product’s color(s)

Size

Your product’s size

SizeSystem

The country of the size system used by your product

AdultContent

Indicate a product includes sexually suggestive content (yes/no)

AgeGroup

The demographic for which your product is intended

Bundled

Indicates a product is a merchant-defined custom group of different products featuring one main product (yes/no)

EnergyEfficiencyClass

Your product’s energy label

Gender

The gender for which your product is intended

GroupId

ID for a group of products that come in different versions (variants)

Material

Your product’s fabric or material

Multipack

The number of identical products sold within a merchant-defined multipack (yes/no)

Pattern

Your product’s pattern or graphic print

 

List your products on Beyondschoolsupply and start driving more traffic and sales to your website. When you are listed with a link and logo on your products, the prices below apply.

Updated 26 December 2024, new terms applicable from 26 January 2026

This price list contains costs per click (CPC) divided into our different category types. The prices are per click excluding VAT and apply from 26 December until January 2026. The prices are adapted to each category.

The prices are minimum levels, which means that as a shop you can increase your bid with regard to the competition to increase your products’ visibility. As standard the prices are sorted on the site according to price excluding shipping for each product.

Register your store on Beyondschoolsupply today

1:Price$0. 55

All categories not stated below

Main category 1(a): Price:$0.60

Crayons

Folders

Pencils

Playdough 

Calculator 

Swings

Climbers 

Slides

Gliders

•Main category 2: Price $1.00

•3D Glasses

•3D-Printers

•Advent Calendars

•Analogue Cameras

•Binding Machines

•Board Games

•Cables

•Camera Accessories

•Camera Bags

•Camera Flashes

•Camera Lens Filter

•Camera Lenses

•Camera Tripods

•Colour Calibrators

•Digital Photo Frames

•Do it yourself*

•Gaming & Entertainment*

•Garden & Patio*

•GPS & Bluetooth Trackers

•Home & Interior*

•Home Appliances*

•Kitchen Appliances*

•Lighting & Studio Equipment

•Mobile Device Holders

•Mobile Phone Accessories

•Musical Instruments

•Office Software

•Operating Systems

•Projectors & Accessories

•Replacement Screens

•Screen Protectors

Main category 3: Price $1.10

•Air Conditioners

•Air Coolers

•Building Materials

•Car Rims

•Chainsaws

•Cleaning Equipment & Cleaning Agents

•Compressors

•Gaming Chairs

•Gaming Desks

•Health & Beauty*

•Insulation

•Kids & Family*

•Landline Phones

•Office Equipment

•Paint

•Pavilions

•Racing Seats

•Sheet Materials

•Sports & Outdoor*

•Timber

•Toys & Hobbies*

•Vehicle Parts

•Wallpapers

•Wearables

Main category 4: Price $0.75

•Bathroom & Sauna*

•Bikes

•Boat- & Car Audio

•Bricks & Paving

•Carpets & Rugs

•Clothing & Accessories*

•Electric Ride-on Bikes

•Electric Vehicles

•Fitness Machines

•Furniture

•Garden & Outdoor Furniture

•Golf Package Sets

•Hot Tubs

•Kayak Set

•Kid’s Room

•Kitchen Units

•Motor Transport*

•Pots, Plants & Cultivation

•Pushchairs

•Radiators

•Ride-On Lawn Mowers

•Roof Equipment

•Sewing Machines

•SUP Boards

•SUP Sets

•Taps

•Tents

•Textiles

•Tiles

•Vitamins & Supplements

Main category 5: Price $1.00

•Beds & Mattresses

•Boilers

•Car Tyres

•Conservatories

•Doors

•Electric Bikes

•Fireplaces

•Flooring

•Garage Doors

•Glasses & Reading Glasses

•Greenhouses

•Heating Pumps

•Outbuildings

•Robotic Lawn Mowers

•Robotic Vacuum Cleaners

•Saunas

•Snow Blowers

•Solar Panels

•Sunglasses

•Swimming Pools & Accessories

•Trampolines

•Water Heaters

•Windows

Main category 6: Price $2.00

•Contact Lens Accessories

•Ink & Toner

•Sex Toys

Main category 7: Price $2.00

•Contact Lenses

*Some subcategories belong to another main category in terms of cost per click.

It is possible to bid in the different categories. This means that as a store you can increase your visibility and thereby your sales. Use Beyondschoolsupply’s Merchant Arena to access bidding. Contact us for more information.

Missing data

The majority of product prices on Beyondschoolsupply are added using the unique product ID. These are normally the EAN (13-digit barcode) or ISBN (for books). When you use these IDs, this ensures that Beyondschoolsupply can automatically match your prices with the right product in our database. This is extremely important for the updating time and correctness of the listing.

We also use important information such as Product Name, Description, Image URL, Stock Status and Manufacturer Name to be able to list your prices. This information must be included in your product feed. The list of minimum information for a productfeed can be adjusted on an ongoing basis.

If this information is missing, it will affect the update time and the resources we use to manually ensure more correctly matched prices.

When this information is missing, Beyondschoolsupply can manually match your prices and add missing information, which involves greater time and cost resources. For this manually work and clicks, an additional fee of $0.09 per click is charged. Same cost applies for related store offers.

One of the decisive factors that encourage people to buy from your store is the customer feeling secure when they purchase from the store. An important aspect of the process of building a secure brand is to have lots of positive reviews online.

An additional fee applies for all clicks on stores without verified reviews. The price is $0.09 extra per click. If the store has at least six verified reviews in the last six months, this fee will cease to apply.

It is free to use verified reviews – read more about it here.

Analytics Data Beyondschoolsupply offers registered stores access to an analysis tool (Merchant Area) to obtain insights into prices, products and market share. This service is free of charge and can help stores to increase their sales.

The extended version of the analysis tool – Premium Analytics Data – costs $800 per month or $0.06 extra per click

Additional Charges

For certain types of stores and products, we offer our services for an extra charge. This cost is only relevant if the store or products match any of these groups:

Membership Stores

Stores that charge a monthly membership fee. The price is +0.15 USD extra per click. See conditions for membership stores.

Refurbished Products

Stores selling used or refurbished products will have an extra charge per click.

•+0.30 USD: Laptops, Robotic Lawn Mowers, Robot Vacuum Cleaners.

•+0.25 USD: Monitors, Mobile Phones, Digital Cameras.

•+0.15 USD: Irons & Steamers, Game Consoles, Soundbars & Home Cinema Systems, Speakers, TVs, Camera Lenses, Routers, Espresso Machines.

•+0.10 USD: All other used & refurbished product categories.

Shop By Brand

Brand owners placed in the premium Shop By Brand placement pay an additional cost per click on all clicks. The price is +0.20 USD.

You can read our current terms and conditions for stores on Beyondschoolsupply here.

 

Bidding Beyondschoolsupply‘s bidding means that all paying customers of Beyondschoolsupply have the possibility of advertising for a particular product or category. This means increased visibility and more sales for you. Your adverts are linked to the correct category and product. You can adjust your click prices and affect your visibility at any time.

Each category has a minimum bid. You can also be notified via email when the top bid changes in your categories. Contact us if you do not have the login information for our retailer admin pages.

 

One of the decisive factors that encourages people to buy from you as a retailer is the customer feeling when they shop online. An important aspect of the process of building a secure brand is to have lots of positive reviews online.

With the help of Beyondschoolsupply’s Verified Reviews, you know that only your paying customers are reviewing you and your shop, and also that you will get a constant flow of recent reviews. This means that more consumers will feel safe when they shop with you.

It is easy to implement Verified Reviews. You simply have to publish a link.Beyondschoolsupply then handles everything like mailing, compilation and publication. And of course you can also respond to reviews if you think it is necessary.

Tips on how to get the most reviews

•Keep an eye on the technical part! Check that the script for Verified Reviews is added to your order confirmation page for all purchases carried out. Another option is to include a link to the survey in the order confirmation email. It may occur that the script disappears if you make changes to your site and this will also remove the opportunity for your customers to add a review via Beyondschoolsupply.

•Be open, inviting and clear! You should ideally use an image with text explaining that reviews are useful both for you and for other consumers. Everything should also be placed in a clear, visible way, so that no one can miss it.

After a customer has completed a purchase with a retailer, the customer has the opportunity to evaluate the purchase with the shop by clicking on a link to Beyond School Supply’s Verified Reviews. This link is only shown to customers who have completed a purchase, which means that the reviews can only be submitted by real customers.

The survey is divided into two parts, with the retailer first being evaluated during the purchase and then after delivery of the product. In both parts, the customer rank the retailer from 1 to 5 where 5 is the highest score (Excellent) and 1 is the worst (Poor).

Part 1: Evaluation of the buying process (starts on the retailer’s order confirmation page) Part 2: Evaluation of the delivery (sent to the buyer after approximately one week)

When the script for Verified Reviews is implemented, you will get a constant flow of reviews. When you get a negative review, or simply want to write a response to someone, you can do this through the retailer admin pages. It is normally valuable to be active and to demonstrate that you take your customers opinions seriously.

•Example of survey

•Example of complete setup at Beyondschoolsupply

The retailers that activate Verified Reviews get a greater share of the clicks on Beyondschoolsupply and therefore more sales. NB! We have tools to check the reviews to make sure that they are created by real customers. If we discover fake reviews, the retailer loses its opportunity to use Verified Reviews.

Tracking

For you as a retailer to be able to see how Beyondschoolsupply develops your sales and keep track of the clicks that come through our service, it is common to use tracking on the products’ direct links. These tracking parameters consist of an addition after the original product link showing the source responsible for the click/visit.

Example of what Google’s tracking parameters can look like: https://www.yourstore.com/shop/product1.html?utm_source=

&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Beyondschoolsupply

There are many different variants of tracking parameters. You can even expand and specify your parameters, so that you can see which of your categories and/or products a click/visit relates to.

Example: https://www.yourstore.com/shop/product13482.html?utm_source=Beyondschoolsupply&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=dresses-13482

Google Analytics is one of the most frequently used tools for analysing site traffic. It helps you find out exactly how many orders Beyondschoolsupply’s visitors 

haed, so that you can evaluate your traffic. You also have the opportunity to see which products are bestsellers and which are less profitable Beyondschoolsupply adds Google tracking parameters to our retailers’ product links when we see that they use Google Analytics on their site, provided that there are not already any tracking parameters in the price file.

If you need help to solve specific tracking needs, or have any questions about tracking, simply contact us.

 

Updates, price files and information

How can I correct incorrect information or the name of a particular product?

A lot of the information we display comesdirectly from the retailers. So if you find an error, it is quite probable that something is wrong on the retailer page. We would be grateful if you could report incorrect information to us via email.

How can I change incorrect company/retailer information?

Our customers can change this themselves via our retailer admin pages. Please contact us if you do not have login information.

When a retailer makes a change to its site or in the price file, this means we have to import the file again before the changes are displayed on Beyondschoolsupply. The file is imported automatically every day, but we can also schedule the file to be imported several times a day or do it manually straight away if you request it.

If you have added/removed columns in a price file or rebuilt your site, this can cause our import of your file to not work as it should. It is therefore sensible to be proactive and inform us of such changes in advance so we can adapt to them.

Things you should know about Beyondschoolsupply price updates:

•Prices or information about products that are already on Beyondschoolsupply will be updated immediately after we import the price file or site.

•New products often take around 24 hours after importing the price file or site before they appear on the site.

•If you add or change products, categories or make other important updates, it is always good if you can let us know. Then we can speed up the process and make sure everything takes place as smoothly and correctly as possible.

•Always consult with Beyondschoolsupply before you restructure or make major changes to your site or price file.

What can happen if we change our price file or site without informing you?

If you simply add new products, categories or other existing information to the price file or on the site, everything will be fine.

But if you make significant changes to the structure of your site/price file, there is a risk that products will disappear from  Beyondschoolsupply or that there may be problems when we try to import the file or site. If you make changes in the field for each product’s unique article number (SKU), this means that each product must be recreated in our database, and this means the accrued popularity (number of clicks) for those products will disappear. Always inform us if you are planning major or important changes. Then we will make sure that they take place as smoothly and correctly as possible.

Always consult with Beyondschoolsupply before you restructure or make major changes to your site or price file.

Why does it take a while before new products appear on Beyondschoolsupply?

The time it takes from a product being added at your website or included in your price file to become visible at Beyondschoolsupply varies and can depend on a range of things.

It can take up to 24 hours before new products are displayed on Beyondschoolsupply. If these are completely new categories for you, however, it can take longer. If you add or change products, categories or make other important updates, it is always good if you can let us know. Then we can speed up the process and make sure everything takes place as smoothly and correctly as possible.

We strongly recommend that you provide the manufacturer’s barcode number (EAN) or article number (MSKU) in your price file or on your site. This means that matching to the right product on our site will be automatic and that updates will be quicker.

How often do you import our site or price file?

Your site or price file is imported 1-4 times per day. The number of times we import the file depends on how much system resources the data collection takes. If you have preferences about the times for importing the price file, we are happy to accommodate these.

Prices or information about products that are already live on Beyondschoolsupply will be updated immediately after we import the price file or site.

Why are several of the products from us missing images?

The explanation can be that your image links which we load the images from have stopped working, or you have replaced the images on existing image links, which means we need to re-upload them to our system. Another possible reason is that we do not support your image format.

Make sure you always have clear and correct product images, as this increases your chances of more clicks. Contact us if you have problems with your images on Beyond School Supply .

 

When Beyondschoolsupply  lacks information about your shipping costs. If we have no shipping information, we will place the price from you at the bottom of the comparison list for price sorting including shipping.

There are also products that we have not yet created a sorted price comparison for. These products are not sorted in ascending price order, but instead on the basis of relevance amongst other things.

Why are my prices on my products so far down the list?

The most likely explanation is that you either have a higher price for the product than many of your competitors or that we have no shipping costs for the product. For price sorting including shipping costs, such products without shipping costs always end up at the bottom.

There are also products that we have not yet created a sorted price comparison for. These products are not sorted in ascending price order, but is instead based on, among other things, relevance.

 Beyondschoolsupply strives to display products in the way that users appreciate the most. This means that the default selection for some categories is a list that primarily consists of text (list view), while the default selection in other categories is for the product image to have a more prominent position in the product listing (grid view).

For all products where we have a price comparison, the standard setting is to show the lowest price excluding shipping costs at the top. The products then follow in ascending order of price. Users can always change how the list is sorted. For example, you can sort the list by lowest price including shipping costs or by shortest delivery time.

Searches and product categorisation

Why can’t I find the product I’m looking for?

The easiest way to find what you are looking for is to type your query in the search bar at the top of the site. You can enter the brand, model or type of product you are looking for.

A product can also be found in several categories. Or the product you are looking for can also be found in a category different from one the search leads to. So always look at the search results where other categories are displayed too.

  Beyondschoolsupply matches every product category with the retailer to the Beyondschoolsupply category that has the best match. In some cases, the content of the retailer’s category does not match the title. For example, a category entitled “Writing Materials” can also include accessories for Writing Materials . Then there is a risk that these will not be in the right category on Beyondschoolsupply. Of course we always strive to make sure that everything is right, but we cannot guarantee 100% accuracy. If you think that a product is incorrectly categorised, simply contact us and we will try to find a solution.

Be clear with your product categorisation and make sure you do not mix up product types to avoid products ending up incorrectly categorised or it not being possible to list them on Beyondschoolsupply.

Clicks, tracking and conversions

If a retailer disappears from Beyondschoolsupply, it is normally due to one of the following reasons. Of course we have procedures to avoid this, but unfortunately we cannot guarantee that it will never happen. The explanation can be that one of the following things has happened:

•Your price file can no longer be found on the specified link.

•Your price file has changed in a way that means our import no longer works.

•Your site has changed in a way that means our import no longer works.

•Your categories have changed and now require new manual matching by us.

•You have reached your monthly spend limit.

Always consult with Beyondschoolsupply before you restructure or make major changes to your site or price file.

Why is it that according to Beyondschoolsupply our shop has received a certain number of clicks, but Google Analytics gives a different figure?

It is common for statistics to be different in Google Analytics compared with BeyondSchoolSupply’s figures. This is because Google Analytics shows sessions and not clicks (which is what we count and invoice for).

This means that users on Beyondschoolsupply can click on several of your product links during a short period of time and still be registered as a single session by Google Analytics. It is very common for our users to click on more than one link from the same retailer, and by that it is normal that you have more clicks than sessions.

  Beyondschoolsupply has protection against “robot clicks” which means that all clicks that take place within 10 seconds on a product with a retailer are always recorded as a single click in our systems.

Can we see how many sales Beyondschoolsupply has generated to our shop?

Yes, you can track this if you use an analysis tool and have the correct tracking parameters added on your product links. Then you can keep track of both sales and traffic from Beyondschoolsupply, and thus, among other things, find out which products are selling well and which are not. The most common tool is Google Analytics, and we add their tracking parameters to all retailers we list, provided that there are no other parameters already in use. If necessary, extended tracking can be added, for example to a product and category: https://www.yourstore.com/category1/product1.html?utm_source= Beyondschoolsupply&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=.

With tracking like this, we recommend that you look under “campaigns” in Google Analytics for the most accurate statistics.

A reduction in traffic from Beyondschoolsupply can have many different causes. A few of the common ones are:

•The number of products on your site or in your price file have been reduced or matching of the categories is problematic.

•Your products have insufficient information to be matched.

•There have been complications during the import of your site or price file.

•The number of competitors in your retailer’s segment has increased and reduced your share of the total clicks.

•Your prices are no longer among the cheapest.

Keep track of your activity on a regular basis via our retailer admin pages.

There are many different reasons for low conversions. This often varies quite a lot from retailer to retailer, so you can contact us if you have questions about your conversions and we can do an analysis for your particular store.

A few probable causes are listed below:

•The prices do not match. If a higher price is displayed on the retailer’s page than on Beyondschoolsupply, there is a risk that the consumer will abandon the purchase.

•Your site is not customised for mobile use. The majority of Beyondschoolsupply’s visitors use mobile. If your site is not customised for a mobile user experience, there is a risk that visitors will not purchase anything.

•It is a hassle to pay. If the purchase process is complicated or unclear, or if you lack an established payment method, some visitors will not buy from you.

•You charge additional fees. If there are shipping costs, handling charges or similar fees that are not visible on Beyondschoolsupply, there is a risk that the consumer will abandon the purchase.

•Product information or images are unclear or incorrect.

•The stock status is not correct. If a product is in stock according to Beyondschoolsupply, but out of stock on the retailer page, the consumer will probably find another retailer.

•Popular products that are out of stock can get lots of clicks despite being described as out of stock on Beyondschoolsupply , because the consumer wants to double-check that the stock status is correct.

•The consumer can feel insecure because of an unprofessional impression of the retailer page.

•The company information on the retailer site is incomplete or poorly written.

•The retailer has no Verified Reviews on Beyondschoolsupply. 

•The requested delivery methods by the consumers are missing.

Reviews

Is it important to have visible and current reviews on Beyondschoolsupply.

Yes, both our own and external surveys have shown that retailers with lots of positive reviews visible online, and above all on price comparison sites, sell more than those without reviews. This is because safety and security are among the most important factors when consumers shop online. Beyondschoolsupply  offers paying customers of Beyondschoolsupply the possibility of using Verified Reviews, which means that your paying customers can submit reviews.

Display your average score from Beyondschoolsupply in real time on your own site with the help of our widget.

Ensure that the script for Verified Reviews is added on your order confirmation page for all purchases carried out. You can also send a link to the survey in your order confirmation email. It may occur that the script disappears if you restructure or change your site and this will also remove the opportunity for your customers to contribute a review via Beyondschoolsupply.

Be active and inviting when you offer the consumer the opportunity to evaluate you. You should ideally use an image with text explaining that reviews are useful both for you and for other consumers. Everything should also be placed in a clear, visible way, so that no one can miss it.

Retailers sometimes offer their reviewers a reward or the opportunity to participate in a competition for a product or gift card. We know this has a positive effect on the number of reviews that are received.

 Beyondschoolsupply is an independent price comparison site and its primary main objective is to help consumers. For this reason, we cannot remove a review at the request of a retailer. If you receive a negative review, you can answer the review via our retailer admin pages. We can also contact the reviewer for you, to find out what has happened and give you the chance to correct the fault. Where the retailer and consumer agree on a solution, the reviewer has the chance to update the review. If there is strong evidence that a review is fake, of course we can delete that.

Resolve any problems together with the consumer and give them a chance to change their score on Beyondschoolsupply.

Can we answer reviews?

Yes, you can do this via our retailer admin pages. We can also contact the reviewer and ask he/she to contact you if something needs to be resolved.

Be active and pleasant in your responses to show that you have good customer service and value the consumers’ feedback.