External Importer VS Content Egg VS Affiliate Egg

Our team has developed several plugins to work with affiliate programs and add products to your WordPress websites. Here's a quick comparison of all three plugins to help you select the best solution for your needs.

External Importer Pro

• Does not require access to the API. Extracts data directly from store websites.

• Has a fixed set of advanced parsers that can extract complete product data (attributes, description, images, reviews).

• Has generic structured parsers that can retrieve data from 75-85% of random eCommerce websites.

• Only works with WooCommerce. It also offers a user-friendly interface to quickly auto import to WooCommerce.

• Can import both individual products by URL and products from listing pages.

• Offers auto import, which can import new products from listing pages to your website.

• Is the best choice for creating niche affiliate catalogs on WooCommerce.

• Offers AI features to craft unique product content.

Content Egg Pro

• Works via official Product APIs and has a large number of modules for various affiliate networks.

• Requires you to search for products by keyword.

• Has modules to add additional relevant content (images, videos, news, etc.).

• Can handle CSV and XML feeds.

• Offers autoblogging based on keywords.

• Can synchronize with WooCommerce.

• Lets you add many products to one post.

• Allows you to display products via shortcodes. It also includes various display templates.

• It's the best choice for product review blogs, price comparison websites, daily deals websites.

Affiliate Egg Pro

• Works as a web parser; no API access required.

• Has a fixed set of supported stores.

• Extracts products by product direct URL or listing URLs.

• Doesn't support WooCommerce (possible via integration with Content Egg).

• Lets you Affiliate Egg parsers as separate modules for the Content Egg plugin.

• The best choice is to embed product blocks in a blogpost and as a data source for the Content Egg plugin (to support stores without an API).

Integration of Three Plugins

Many clients use the following scenario to effectively create websites:

1. External Importer: Quickly initialize a WooCommerce catalog, including an image gallery, specifications, and a unique description/short description using AI functions. Note that for full product data such as specifications and galleries, a custom parser may be required.

2. Content Egg: Add price comparison blocks.

3. Affiliate Egg: Connect custom AE parsers for your merchants as separate Content Egg modules, especially if not all the merchants you need are supported by Content Egg by default.