Hosted Gateway Overview

What is the Hosted Gateway?

The Better Data Hosted Gateway is a fully-managed, production-ready version of the LLM Gateway with enterprise features for multi-vendor marketplaces.

Open Source vs Hosted

| Feature | Open Source | Hosted | |---------|-------------|--------| | Deployment | Self-hosted | Fully managed | | Setup Time | 10 minutes | Instant | | Vendors | Single store | Multi-vendor marketplace | | Product Deduplication | ❌ | ✅ Fuzzy + GTIN + AI | | Competitive Ranking | ❌ | ✅ 10-factor algorithm | | Signal Tags | ❌ | ✅ Blockchain authentication | | Attribution Analytics | Basic | Advanced | | SLA | None | 99.9% | | Support | Community | Priority | | Pricing | Free | From $99/month |

Key Features

🏪 Multi-Vendor Marketplace

Connect unlimited vendors via Shopify, Square, or custom integrations:

1"cmt">// Each vendor gets their own account
2POST /api/vendors/connect
3{
4  "platform": "shopify",
5  "domain": "vendor1.myshopify.com"
6}
7 
8"cmt">// Products automatically aggregated
9GET /api/products/search?q=headphones
10"cmt">// Returns products from all vendors, ranked competitively

🎯 Product Deduplication

Three-layer matching prevents duplicate listings:

1. Fuzzy Matching: Title + brand similarity (90%+ match)
2. GTIN Matching: UPC, EAN, ISBN
3. AI Matching: Claude determines if products are the same

1"cmt">// Automatic deduplication
2Vendor A: "Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen)"
3Vendor B: "AirPods Pro 2nd Generation"
4→ Matched as same product
5 
6"cmt">// Users see:
7AirPods Pro (2nd Gen)
8  - Vendor A: $249.00
9  - Vendor B: $239.00  ← Best price!

📊 Competitive Ranking

10-factor algorithm ranks products:

| Factor | Weight | |--------|--------| | Price | 25% | | Shipping cost | 15% | | Delivery speed | 15% | | Product rating | 10% | | Seller rating | 10% | | In stock | 10% | | Signal Tag (authenticated) | 10% | | Review count | 5% |

🔐 Signal Tag Authentication

Blockchain-verified product authenticity:

1Product with Signal Tag = +10% ranking boost
2 
3Verified attributes:
4✓ Brand authorization
5✓ Authentic inventory
6✓ GTIN verified
7✓ Counterfeit protection

📈 Attribution Analytics

Track which LLM provider drives conversions:

1"cmt">// First-touch attribution
2User journey:
3  1. Claude search → Add to cart
4  2. ChatGPT → Complete checkout
5     Attribution: Claude (first-touch)
6 
7"cmt">// Last-touch attribution
8  Attribution: ChatGPT (last-touch)
9 
10"cmt">// Linear attribution
11  Claude: 50%
12  ChatGPT: 50%

Architecture

graph TB
    A[Claude] --> G[Hosted Gateway API]
    B[ChatGPT] --> G
    C[Grok] --> G
    
    G --> D[Multi-Vendor Search]
    G --> E[Deduplication Engine]
    G --> F[Ranking Algorithm]
    
    D --> H[Vendor 1: Shopify]
    D --> I[Vendor 2: Square]
    D --> J[Vendor 3: Custom]
    
    F --> K[PostgreSQL]
    F --> L[Redis Cache]
    
    G --> M[Analytics]
    M --> N[Attribution]
    M --> O[Conversion Tracking]

Pricing

Getting Started

1. Sign Up

   Create your account at app.betterdata.io/signup

2. Get API Key

   Generate your API key in the dashboard

3. Connect Vendors

   Use OAuth to connect vendor stores (Shopify, Square)

4. Configure LLMs

   Add API credentials for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok

5. Go Live

   Start sending traffic to your hosted gateway

API Endpoints

Search Products

1GET https://gateway.betterdata.io/v1/products/search
2Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
3 
4?q=wireless headphones
5&limit=10
6&vendors=vendor1,vendor2

Get Product Details

1GET https://gateway.betterdata.io/v1/products/:id
2Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Add to Cart

1POST https://gateway.betterdata.io/v1/cart/add
2Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
3 
4{
5  "productId": "prod_123",
6  "vendorId": "vendor_456",
7  "quantity": 2,
8  "sessionId": "session_789"
9}

Next Steps