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Amazon's Universal Wish List button: add anything on the web to your wish list

17 points by jfi 16y ago

jfi 16y ago
Likely inspired by Facebook's universal Like button. Now AMZN can know what you like (and would pay for!) across the whole web ... very smart move.
- olliesaunders 16y ago
  Yes, I considered adding it to my bookmark bar and then I thought about how it would make me want to buy a lot more things, so I didn't.
  - dwwoelfel 16y ago
    I find that it has the opposite effect. When I see something on the internet I want to buy, I add it to my wishlist instead of buying it. Then I forget about it until I look at my wishlist again, usually weeks later. The best part is the added perspective and context the wishlist gives me. I can't buy that Old Smokey grill, for example, because the cast iron skillet is still in my wishlist and I want that more. And I didn't buy the skillet yesterday, so I probably won't buy it today -- sometimes status quo bias works in my favor.
    - olliesaunders 16y ago
      I think in the short-term wishlists stop you buying things, but, because they persist you end up buying things that you would normally have forgotten about in the longer-term.
- wwortiz 16y ago
  If I'm not mistaken this has been around a lot longer than facebooks like button.
  - yarek 16y ago
    Correct. At least three years as a concept.
- dazzla 16y ago
  This was available long before the Facebook button.
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mechanician 16y ago
On a barely related note, I just noticed Amazon is now advertising the 'optimized for Amazon' feature of IE8. An interesting partnership.
WillyF 16y ago
I got really excited about this when I found out about it, but have barely used it since. Maybe it's because the only person who buys me stuff from my Wish List is my Mom.
meattle 16y ago
It has been around for a while. Been using Amazon Wishlist through Shareaholic.
TrevorBramble 16y ago
I wish there was some magic to this, but it's just a static entry in the wish list that doesn't reflect any changes that may occur to the offering after adding it. I didn't think much of that until I noticed myself automatically skipping past those entries visually while examining the contents of my wish list. I don't trust that information, so it's ignored.

17 points by jfi 16y ago

jfi 16y ago

Likely inspired by Facebook's universal Like button. Now AMZN can know what you like (and would pay for!) across the whole web ... very smart move.

olliesaunders 16y ago
Yes, I considered adding it to my bookmark bar and then I thought about how it would make me want to buy a lot more things, so I didn't.
- dwwoelfel 16y ago
  I find that it has the opposite effect. When I see something on the internet I want to buy, I add it to my wishlist instead of buying it. Then I forget about it until I look at my wishlist again, usually weeks later. The best part is the added perspective and context the wishlist gives me. I can't buy that Old Smokey grill, for example, because the cast iron skillet is still in my wishlist and I want that more. And I didn't buy the skillet yesterday, so I probably won't buy it today -- sometimes status quo bias works in my favor.
  - olliesaunders 16y ago
    I think in the short-term wishlists stop you buying things, but, because they persist you end up buying things that you would normally have forgotten about in the longer-term.
wwortiz 16y ago
If I'm not mistaken this has been around a lot longer than facebooks like button.
- yarek 16y ago
  Correct. At least three years as a concept.
dazzla 16y ago
This was available long before the Facebook button.

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mechanician 16y ago

On a barely related note, I just noticed Amazon is now advertising the 'optimized for Amazon' feature of IE8. An interesting partnership.

WillyF 16y ago

I got really excited about this when I found out about it, but have barely used it since. Maybe it's because the only person who buys me stuff from my Wish List is my Mom.

meattle 16y ago

It has been around for a while. Been using Amazon Wishlist through Shareaholic.

TrevorBramble 16y ago

I wish there was some magic to this, but it's just a static entry in the wish list that doesn't reflect any changes that may occur to the offering after adding it. I didn't think much of that until I noticed myself automatically skipping past those entries visually while examining the contents of my wish list. I don't trust that information, so it's ignored.