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Shopdiggity.com:  API monitoring for user experience and monetization

Need to compare prices for a blueray DVD ?  Or baby car seats?

Shopdiggity.com offers a streamlined comparison online shopping experience across hundreds of product categories and brands.

Shopdiggity has a fast, clean UI that makes browsing Shopzilla's massive product catalog more approachable.   It's a great example of an app that adds value and monetizes a publisher API and affiliate marketing program.

Christopher, Shopdiggity's owner, uses Apigee to monitor performance and response times from Shopzilla's API.

Some great feedback from Christopher -  we need to add more email alerts so that developers can respond to changes in API behavior.  For example, if the Shopzilla API has slow response time, an alert would help him adjust ad campaigns to balance between user experience and monetization.

Thanks to Christopher for the great example and the feedback on Apigee.   If anyone has more,  please hit us on Apigee's Get Satisfaction forum.