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If you plan to compete using their feature set, then yes. But that's a terrible idea. Find something that Algolia or Stripe won't or cannot do (for deep reason
by stickfigure 7y ago
If you plan to compete using their feature set, then yes. But that's a terrible idea.
Find something that Algolia or Stripe won't or cannot do (for deep reasons) and offer that. Stripe has a list of "Restricted Businesses" each of which is a market that would be delighted to be served at all, let alone with some polish. Of course there are complicating factors... but you don't expect this to be easy, do you?
- Redsquare 7y agoAlgolia sadly cannot yet do things like "show me the items around/about $200", i don't care if the are +/- a few dollars
- sarahdayan 7y agoHi there! I work at Algolia and I may have a solution for you: you can filter on ranges to offer that kind of experience. For instance, if you decide to accept a +/- $20 margin, instead of filtering on exact price, you'd create a filter like `price < 180 AND price > 220` (replacing the numbers with your formula to calculate the range). This gives you full power on what is the "error margin" you accept. Hope this helps!