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Ask HN: Please review ebay mashup

8 points by slay2k 17y ago

jonpaul 17y ago
Wow! Very nice, I like it a lot! I think it's important for you to keep it simple. I think this could really take off if you do.
- slay2k 17y ago
  Sweet, like it enough to come back and use it on your own ?
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adg 17y ago
I sat on the homepage for a minute trying to think of something I wanted to buy. You should offer some suggestions. You're making me choose a category before I see the results? And also confusing me with text about getting spammed? I think some UI to allow people to narrow their search like "Show more items like these" would be better. Other than that, it's pretty good. I loved seeing pictures of the items when I hovered over them. I'm usually not concerned about where an item is located when I shop on eBay (since I usually just get it shipped), but this provides a sort of craigslist-style take on it.
- slay2k 17y ago
  Hmm, good points... thanks. And yes, the original was based on CL, but it was exponentially more difficult to operate.
BlueZeniX 17y ago
Nice, but why do you only allow US zipcodes?
- slay2k 17y ago
  Easiest place to start. Internationalizing will take more work, but it's on my list.
- aagnihot 17y ago
  allow city names instead of zipcodes
andrewljohnson 17y ago
Call me old-fashioned, but is pedo-bear a reasonable image for this site? You may regard it is a cool joke, but I regard it as a distraction.
- chaosmachine 17y ago
  Well, if it's good enough for the Olympics... http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/pedobear-official-ma.html http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/pedobear-official-ma.html
- slay2k 17y ago
  It's only a distraction if you can recognize it, which slots you into a pretty miniscule percentage of the population. That said, I realize the responsibilities of being in the public view, but right now the site is hardly in anyone's view, so what's the harm ?
  - nzjames 17y ago
    bad first impression.
    - slay2k 17y ago
      maybe you're wound a little tight ?
      - nzjames 17y ago
        not at all. you're hip and not afraid to publish subtle memes for the sake of others who get the joke. If this just a fun mashup with no future use no loss. If it's a start of something bigger I got a bad first impression. Your not serious about the site. I honestly thought you got xss until I saw the image was in img/smallpedo.
      - anigbrowl 17y ago
        Maybe if I use your mashup you'll repost my personal data for the lulz, too.
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nfnaaron 17y ago
The item pics, pointing to map locations is cool. Sometimes the pic obscures the map location though.
thefool 17y ago
Also, the site has a bug where if you don't type in a location nothing happens. Seeing as it wasn't immediately clear to me what the site was, that kinda a problem.
chime 17y ago
1. Get rid of the image on home page that others have complained about. 2. Make the 'search radius' logarithmic. 3. On the map, why are multi-item pins orange vs. green? It's unclear and confusing. 4. Remember my location, search radius using cookies/session. 5. When I click on a pin, highlight the corresponding item in the list pane on the left. 6. Why not show me both (the eBay link + item pic) when I click on a pin or when I hover on the list pane on the left? 7. Can I have a feature to see 'buy it now' items only? Overall, great work. Keep it up :)
- slay2k 17y ago
  Thank you for the constructive criticism :) #7 - there's a checkbox for that called Show Auctions, maybe I should rename it. #6 - what do you mean show you the eBay link ? I'll look into the others.
  - chime 17y ago
    Re: #6 When I hover on an item in the list pane, on the right I see the bubble over the pin. The bubble contains the picture of the auction item but does not contain the ebay link. Now if I click on a pin directly, I see only one or more ebay links without any pictures. Just make both of these views of the bubble a bit more similar.
    - slay2k 17y ago
      Did you know that clicking on the item in the list pane opens the eBay item page ? But yeah, I'll make browsing the map-side a little more intuitive and have it popup images on the left hand side.
pkc 17y ago
I like the idea. Why the listings should be only from ebay? Aggregate listings from other popular shopping sites.

8 points by slay2k 17y ago

Wow! Very nice, I like it a lot! I think it's important for you to keep it simple. I think this could really take off if you do.

slay2k 17y ago
Sweet, like it enough to come back and use it on your own ?
deleted 17y ago
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adg 17y ago

I sat on the homepage for a minute trying to think of something I wanted to buy. You should offer some suggestions. You're making me choose a category before I see the results? And also confusing me with text about getting spammed? I think some UI to allow people to narrow their search like "Show more items like these" would be better. Other than that, it's pretty good. I loved seeing pictures of the items when I hovered over them. I'm usually not concerned about where an item is located when I shop on eBay (since I usually just get it shipped), but this provides a sort of craigslist-style take on it.

slay2k 17y ago
Hmm, good points... thanks. And yes, the original was based on CL, but it was exponentially more difficult to operate.

BlueZeniX 17y ago

Nice, but why do you only allow US zipcodes?

slay2k 17y ago
Easiest place to start. Internationalizing will take more work, but it's on my list.
aagnihot 17y ago
allow city names instead of zipcodes

andrewljohnson 17y ago

Call me old-fashioned, but is pedo-bear a reasonable image for this site? You may regard it is a cool joke, but I regard it as a distraction.

chaosmachine 17y ago
Well, if it's good enough for the Olympics... http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/pedobear-official-ma.html http://boingboing.net/2010/02/06/pedobear-official-ma.html
slay2k 17y ago
It's only a distraction if you can recognize it, which slots you into a pretty miniscule percentage of the population. That said, I realize the responsibilities of being in the public view, but right now the site is hardly in anyone's view, so what's the harm ?
- nzjames 17y ago
  bad first impression.
  - slay2k 17y ago
    maybe you're wound a little tight ?
    - nzjames 17y ago
      not at all. you're hip and not afraid to publish subtle memes for the sake of others who get the joke. If this just a fun mashup with no future use no loss. If it's a start of something bigger I got a bad first impression. Your not serious about the site. I honestly thought you got xss until I saw the image was in img/smallpedo.
    - anigbrowl 17y ago
      Maybe if I use your mashup you'll repost my personal data for the lulz, too.

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nfnaaron 17y ago

The item pics, pointing to map locations is cool. Sometimes the pic obscures the map location though.

thefool 17y ago

Also, the site has a bug where if you don't type in a location nothing happens. Seeing as it wasn't immediately clear to me what the site was, that kinda a problem.

chime 17y ago

1. Get rid of the image on home page that others have complained about. 2. Make the 'search radius' logarithmic. 3. On the map, why are multi-item pins orange vs. green? It's unclear and confusing. 4. Remember my location, search radius using cookies/session. 5. When I click on a pin, highlight the corresponding item in the list pane on the left. 6. Why not show me both (the eBay link + item pic) when I click on a pin or when I hover on the list pane on the left? 7. Can I have a feature to see 'buy it now' items only? Overall, great work. Keep it up :)

slay2k 17y ago
Thank you for the constructive criticism :) #7 - there's a checkbox for that called Show Auctions, maybe I should rename it. #6 - what do you mean show you the eBay link ? I'll look into the others.
- chime 17y ago
  Re: #6 When I hover on an item in the list pane, on the right I see the bubble over the pin. The bubble contains the picture of the auction item but does not contain the ebay link. Now if I click on a pin directly, I see only one or more ebay links without any pictures. Just make both of these views of the bubble a bit more similar.
  - slay2k 17y ago
    Did you know that clicking on the item in the list pane opens the eBay item page ? But yeah, I'll make browsing the map-side a little more intuitive and have it popup images on the left hand side.

pkc 17y ago

I like the idea. Why the listings should be only from ebay? Aggregate listings from other popular shopping sites.