Affiliate website creation using text associated with website

Abstract

The present disclosure describes techniques for generating new product codes from text associated with an affiliate website. In one scenario, a keyword list is automatically created from text associated with the affiliate website. Using the automatically identified keyword list, an online search of a Vendor Website is performed to retrieve downloadable product codes of currently offered items for sale. A large number of product codes are displayed simultaneously to enable a user to select a subset of product codes which the user wishes to have displayed on the affiliate website. A unique identification code to track payment of commissions in at least the subset of product codes is inserted. The subset of product codes is stored such that the subset of product codes will be displayed along with the content associated with the affiliate website when a visitor links to the affiliate website.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of generating new product codes from text associated with an affiliate website, comprising:
 automatically creating a keyword list from the text associated with the affiliate website;   performing, using the automatically identified keyword list, an online search of a Vendor Website to retrieve downloadable product codes of currently offered items for sale;   displaying a large number of product codes simultaneously to enable a user to select a subset of product codes which the user wishes to have displayed on the affiliate website;   inserting a unique identification code to track payment of commissions in at least the subset of product codes; and   storing the subset of product codes such that the subset of product codes will be displayed along with the content associated with the affiliate website when a visitor links to the affiliate website.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising displaying a drop-down list containing all of the keywords from the keyword list to enable the user to display products codes corresponding to a selected one of the keywords in the keyword list. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising launching a live control panel from the affiliate website directly, wherein the automatically creating a keyword list is performed in response to launching the live control panel. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the launching of the live control panel involves identifying a user-instruction to launch a live control panel wizard included on the affiliate website.