If you are using WP Amazon Instastore and getting fewer products imported than you would like, the best way to handle imports in order to maximize the number of products you get back is to use more specific keywords when importing one keyword at a time or multiple keywords specific to the general term for which you want to import product data.

An example of  the most ideal way to import arts & photography related books.

1. Compile a list of general terms (below list compiled from amazon Arts & Photography sub categories)

• Architecture
• Design & Decorative Arts
• Drawing
• Fashion
• History & Criticism
• Instructional & How-To
• Museums & Collections
• Painting
• Photography
• Reference
• Schools, Periods & Styles
• Sculpture

2. Create a list of keywords for each general term (might help to look in the related section on amazon.com. Include some form of the general term in all keyword phrases)

Architecture

• Architects, A-Z
• Architectural Standards
• Architecture Building Types & Styles
• Architecture Criticism
• Drawing & Modelling architecture
• Historic Preservation architecture
• History & Periods architecture
• Interior Design architecture
• International architecture
• Landscape architecture
• Architecture Materials
• Project Planning & Management architecture
• Architecture Reference
• Architecture Study & Teaching
• Architecture Urban & Land Use Planning

Design & Decorative Arts

• Decorative Arts
• Furniture Design
• Graphic Design
• Textile & Costume design

3. Build keyword string from keywords

Architecture keyword string

[ Architects A-Z,Architectural Standards,Architecture Building Types & Styles,Architecture Criticism,Drawing & Modelling architecture,Historic Preservation architecture,History & Periods architecture,Interior Design architecture,International architecture,Landscape architecture,Architecture Materials,Project Planning & Management architecture,Architecture Reference,Architecture Study & Teaching,Architecture Urban & Land Use Planning ]

Design & Decorative Arts keyword string

[ Decorative Arts,Furniture Design,Graphic Design,Textile & Costume design ]

The idea is to build a keyword string for each general term, so you should have 12 sets of keyword strings based on the list of general terms above. Depending on your keywords, a list such as the one above should be good for 500 – 1000 product imports

You could do your imports using the keyword strings or you could do the imports on a keyword by keyword basis. The string import is obviously faster, but the keyword by keyword import tends to return a few more results than the string import.

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