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The name made me think of an equally interesting service: A web service which tracks the value of products over time. Pull in data from e-tailers, eBay, Craigs

The name made me think of an equally interesting service: A web service which tracks the value of products over time. Pull in data from e-tailers, eBay, Craigslist, etc. Essentially a big horizontal graph of the value over time. This would be useful for people looking to resell goods (approximate cost) or for people comparing what brand of item to buy to get the highest resale cost. For the monetization strategy, allow retailers to buy exclusive brand placement on a given product. Or affiliate links.

drpancake 16y ago
I've got this exact concept (sans the monetization strategy) scrawled in my list somewhere. Idea was to scrape eBay's completed listings data, but I never got round to implementing it. Interested in throwing something together?
revorad 16y ago
Google might be working on a price index like that - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/deeb985e-d55f-11df-8e86-00144feabdc0.html#axzz17werrP51 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/deeb985e-d55f-11df-8e86-00144feabd...
happybuy 16y ago
I had that exact same thought quite a while ago and have built my startup around it: http://www.happybuy.com/ http://www.happybuy.com/ This was launched approx 8 weeks ago. We currently track & graph pricing across Amazon, iTunes and the Apple App Store and have plans to add additional stores in the future. Would be great to hear what you think or any feedback you may have.
- mikeknoop 16y ago
  Nice! My immediate feedback is this: Your "What does this do?" text, "We save you money by tracking prices on millions of products and recommending when is the best time to buy" is quite small. I would try to emphasize that point more on the homepage. Naturally the functionality it quite limited right now because you've only got pricing data going back a month or so (at least on the few products I search for). I think this is something that becomes more useful the more data you build up (1+ years). I was going to comment about including mini-pricing-graphs on the home page but then I realized you already have them. They were not obvious enough to me when I first (and second) glanced that they were graphs. I thought they were just buttons. Maybe fuss with the design on those for something that is more apparently a trend line. Finally, after you get some good solid data you should consider adding an API for real-time stats or a way to buy historical pricing data.
  - happybuy 16y ago
    Thanks - I agree with those comments; especially re the "What does this do?" text. We realise the graphs for the example products are below the fold on the homepage and are looking to do a mini-redesign to bring them higher.

drpancake 16y ago

I've got this exact concept (sans the monetization strategy) scrawled in my list somewhere. Idea was to scrape eBay's completed listings data, but I never got round to implementing it. Interested in throwing something together?

revorad 16y ago

Google might be working on a price index like that - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/deeb985e-d55f-11df-8e86-00144feabdc0.html#axzz17werrP51 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/deeb985e-d55f-11df-8e86-00144feabd...

happybuy 16y ago

I had that exact same thought quite a while ago and have built my startup around it: http://www.happybuy.com/ http://www.happybuy.com/ This was launched approx 8 weeks ago. We currently track & graph pricing across Amazon, iTunes and the Apple App Store and have plans to add additional stores in the future. Would be great to hear what you think or any feedback you may have.

mikeknoop 16y ago
Nice! My immediate feedback is this: Your "What does this do?" text, "We save you money by tracking prices on millions of products and recommending when is the best time to buy" is quite small. I would try to emphasize that point more on the homepage. Naturally the functionality it quite limited right now because you've only got pricing data going back a month or so (at least on the few products I search for). I think this is something that becomes more useful the more data you build up (1+ years). I was going to comment about including mini-pricing-graphs on the home page but then I realized you already have them. They were not obvious enough to me when I first (and second) glanced that they were graphs. I thought they were just buttons. Maybe fuss with the design on those for something that is more apparently a trend line. Finally, after you get some good solid data you should consider adding an API for real-time stats or a way to buy historical pricing data.
- happybuy 16y ago
  Thanks - I agree with those comments; especially re the "What does this do?" text. We realise the graphs for the example products are below the fold on the homepage and are looking to do a mini-redesign to bring them higher.