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Hey HN, I wanted to share a tool I built to scratch my own itch. I call it Best Best List and the aim is to answer "what product should I buy?" in a similar w
by pierc3 8y ago
Hey HN,
I wanted to share a tool I built to scratch my own itch.
I call it Best Best List and the aim is to answer "what product should I buy?" in a similar way that Rotten Tomatoes answers "what should I watch?" i.e. by summarizing the opinions of lots of other critics/websites.
https://bestbestlist.com https://bestbestlist.com
It has been working really well for everyday, kind of "mundane" products that you would get on Amazon. Say for instance you're looking for a small blender. The way I would always go about it:
1. search google for "best small blender"
2. end up with 7 tabs open of various review sites
3. spot the 5 or so models they recommend
4. cross-check those products with their Amazon ratings/reviews/prices. I was never really interested in spending hours reading long-form reviews.
I realized I could write code to do this for me... so I did! It's very much a work in progress.
Based 100% on what the tool is spitting out, I've recently bought an EZ-curl bar (https://bestbestlist.com/best-ez-curl-bar https://bestbestlist.com/best-ez-curl-bar) for my home gym, new tweezers (https://bestbestlist.com/best-tweezers https://bestbestlist.com/best-tweezers), a small blender (https://bestbestlist.com/best-small-blender https://bestbestlist.com/best-small-blender), and a cigar cutter (https://bestbestlist.com/best-cigar-cutters https://bestbestlist.com/best-cigar-cutters). I gotta say I've been extremely pleased with the recommendations.
Caveats: It might not be the best tool for very complicated items with tons of specs (e.g. a TV) or emotional purchases with brand loyalty (e.g. a guitar) - for those maybe you DO want to spend hours reading reviews. Also it's just Amazon for now.
If you wanna put it to the test I can run the tool on something you're thinking of buying, submit it here: https://bestbestlist.com/ask https://bestbestlist.com/ask
What do you think? Does this help make buying decisions a little easier?
- techaddict009 8y agoSo are your aggregating all these reviews manually? Or using some scripts to aggregate them all? And how are you updating the price? I have seen some affiliate program guidelines that you can not show old the prices of the product. So are you live updating them or how?