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You should check out pricehipster.com. It was really good until companies started making it difficult to maintain a data feed.
by scottmcdot 4y ago
You should check out pricehipster.com. It was really good until companies started making it difficult to maintain a data feed.
- flutas 4y agoLooks interesting and almost the exact same idea, just a different industry. I am worried about the data feed aspects, the stores aren't exactly going to enjoy this, since they are the ones making the majority of the profit in this situation (my brother works at a manufacturer on the other side of this, so I know roughly the margins involved). I understand it though, who would enjoy something like this coming out when your price for a product can go from $45 to $9 in a day and you're still making profit off of it... ex of actual data: https://i.imgur.com/jYUDriD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jYUDriD.jpg
- scottmcdot 4y agoI noticed that Price Hipster had affiliate codes in the URLs. Perhaps that's something you can do to win over the stores? E.g. justify their data feed with affiliate tracking volume.
- pocketarc 4y agoIf you end up having problems with the data feeds I suppose scraping might always be an option. If your system can show price drops that dramatic, it’d definitely be worth it, even if it’d be more of a maintenance commitment. Good luck, I hope it all works out!