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I wish the entire web looked like this once again. Ah the good ol' days. Please add Newegg and other non-Amazon vendors. Newegg has an API and everything. Arou

by lvs 7y ago

I wish the entire web looked like this once again. Ah the good ol' days. Please add Newegg and other non-Amazon vendors. Newegg has an API and everything. Around 10 - 15 years ago, I used to use a simple site called pricewatch that wasn't too far off from this.

samstave 7y ago
Or allow submissions from people...
samstave 7y ago
It would also be good to have the backblaze stats linked to on here
kcanini 7y ago
Pricewatch still exists!
- lvs 7y ago
  Really? pricewatch.com times out for me at the moment.
xmichael99 7y ago
Apparently it's against Amazon's API terms to compare with other sites. I recall years ago the guy who runs the site explained that he is only ok to compare Amazon with Amazon.
- mcbits 7y ago
  I don't think it's against the rules, but the rules are complex and spread all over multiple places, and they're like Google in that you have no due process if someone there decides they don't like what you're doing.
  - jjeaff 7y ago
    It is against the rules. If you are an e-commerce company (i.e. a competitor) or you operate a shopping comparison service, you are not allowed to use the API at all. https://advertising.amazon.com/resources/ad-policy/en/api https://advertising.amazon.com/resources/ad-policy/en/api
    - mcbits 7y ago
      That appears to be specific to their advertising API, not the affiliate program. The affiliate program policies[0] say: > if you choose to display prices for any Product on your Site in any “comparison” format (including through the use of any price-comparison tool or engine) together with prices for the same or similar products offered through any web site or other means other than an Amazon Site, you must display both the lowest “new” price and, if we provide it to you, the lowest “used” price at which the Product is available on the Amazon Site. ... which implies that it's not forbidden, but I can't blame someone for not wanting to risk it. [0] https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/policies https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/policies
      - mthoms 7y ago
        That seems to be what PCPartPicker is doing to remain compliant. Example: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MwW9TW/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MwW9TW/western-digital-inte...

by lvs 7y ago

samstave 7y ago

Or allow submissions from people...

samstave 7y ago

It would also be good to have the backblaze stats linked to on here

kcanini 7y ago

Pricewatch still exists!

lvs 7y ago
Really? pricewatch.com times out for me at the moment.

xmichael99 7y ago

Apparently it's against Amazon's API terms to compare with other sites. I recall years ago the guy who runs the site explained that he is only ok to compare Amazon with Amazon.

mcbits 7y ago
I don't think it's against the rules, but the rules are complex and spread all over multiple places, and they're like Google in that you have no due process if someone there decides they don't like what you're doing.
- jjeaff 7y ago
  It is against the rules. If you are an e-commerce company (i.e. a competitor) or you operate a shopping comparison service, you are not allowed to use the API at all. https://advertising.amazon.com/resources/ad-policy/en/api https://advertising.amazon.com/resources/ad-policy/en/api
  - mcbits 7y ago
    That appears to be specific to their advertising API, not the affiliate program. The affiliate program policies[0] say: > if you choose to display prices for any Product on your Site in any “comparison” format (including through the use of any price-comparison tool or engine) together with prices for the same or similar products offered through any web site or other means other than an Amazon Site, you must display both the lowest “new” price and, if we provide it to you, the lowest “used” price at which the Product is available on the Amazon Site. ... which implies that it's not forbidden, but I can't blame someone for not wanting to risk it. [0] https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/policies https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/policies
    - mthoms 7y ago
      That seems to be what PCPartPicker is doing to remain compliant. Example: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MwW9TW/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MwW9TW/western-digital-inte...