3 ms·

It's the same logic of Amazon showing you similar items to you items you already purchased. Atleast pizza rolls can be repeatedly purchased, unlike Amazon which

It's the same logic of Amazon showing you similar items to you items you already purchased. Atleast pizza rolls can be repeatedly purchased, unlike Amazon which advertises hot tubs after you bought a hot tub.

darth_avocado 2y ago
It’s the same logic where every single online space (Amazon, Instagram, Facebook, Google) kept showing me latest and best toilets for 3 months straight after I bought a new toilet on my credit card, as if I was some toilet connoisseur.
- Arnt 2y ago
  Or a landlord with two dozen apartments.
  - dowager_dan99 2y ago
    should have just gone to Costco and bought the vacu-sealed 12-pack of toilets!
quesera 2y ago
Amazon shows you previously purchased products in case you're considering a return. They want you to buy your next choice from them too. It's nuts to imagine that Amazon hasn't done the math here. Pizza rolls, on the other hand, might not be the thing you were planning to buy when you paused in front of the display case, or even just walked by. The intent is to drive impulse purchases. Plus there's ad revenue there obviously.
- smitelli 2y ago
  I bought a hub nut for a washing machine from Amazon once (don't judge, it was an emergency situation and next-day shipping factored heavily into the choice). Years later, they are still suggesting repair components for appliance models I do not even own. Maybe it thinks I'm an appliance repair shop or something. Heck, maybe I should lean into it and make it a side hustle.
  - quesera 2y ago
    I'd guess that's a similar-customers profile. Most people don't buy hub nuts. Those that do, often also buy wash cycle timer assemblies. But yeah, I don't think an Amazon ad will be the driver for that kind of purchase. Though I suppose it serves as a reminder that you could start your next parts search at Amazon instead of geapplianceparts dot com.
- xboxnolifes 2y ago
  > It's nuts to imagine that Amazon hasn't done the math here. The same could be said about Walgreens, and yet here we are.
- Kon-Peki 2y ago
  > It's nuts to imagine that Amazon hasn't done the math here. Amazon has definitely done the math and determined that the brands that buy advertising on their platform have really dumb ideas about how much they should bid for the advertising slots. Actually, that’s pretty uncharitable. I doubt that Amazon gives the brands enough information to know whether the eyeballs they are bidding for are about to purchase an item in category X or just recently purchased an item in category X.
  - wink 2y ago
    They should have done the math just how often you buy a vacuum or a fridge though, because I observed the inverse effect. Buy vacuum -> 6 months of suggestions for vacuums and then nothing, not the other way round.
dowager_dan99 2y ago
YT does this too; how often do I need to learn how to replace the belt in a 27 year old Kenmore dryer? Analytics probably loves how closely aligned a viewed video is with recommendations, but it's useless.

darth_avocado 2y ago

It’s the same logic where every single online space (Amazon, Instagram, Facebook, Google) kept showing me latest and best toilets for 3 months straight after I bought a new toilet on my credit card, as if I was some toilet connoisseur.

Arnt 2y ago
Or a landlord with two dozen apartments.
- dowager_dan99 2y ago
  should have just gone to Costco and bought the vacu-sealed 12-pack of toilets!

quesera 2y ago

Amazon shows you previously purchased products in case you're considering a return. They want you to buy your next choice from them too. It's nuts to imagine that Amazon hasn't done the math here. Pizza rolls, on the other hand, might not be the thing you were planning to buy when you paused in front of the display case, or even just walked by. The intent is to drive impulse purchases. Plus there's ad revenue there obviously.

smitelli 2y ago
I bought a hub nut for a washing machine from Amazon once (don't judge, it was an emergency situation and next-day shipping factored heavily into the choice). Years later, they are still suggesting repair components for appliance models I do not even own. Maybe it thinks I'm an appliance repair shop or something. Heck, maybe I should lean into it and make it a side hustle.
- quesera 2y ago
  I'd guess that's a similar-customers profile. Most people don't buy hub nuts. Those that do, often also buy wash cycle timer assemblies. But yeah, I don't think an Amazon ad will be the driver for that kind of purchase. Though I suppose it serves as a reminder that you could start your next parts search at Amazon instead of geapplianceparts dot com.
xboxnolifes 2y ago
> It's nuts to imagine that Amazon hasn't done the math here. The same could be said about Walgreens, and yet here we are.
Kon-Peki 2y ago
> It's nuts to imagine that Amazon hasn't done the math here. Amazon has definitely done the math and determined that the brands that buy advertising on their platform have really dumb ideas about how much they should bid for the advertising slots. Actually, that’s pretty uncharitable. I doubt that Amazon gives the brands enough information to know whether the eyeballs they are bidding for are about to purchase an item in category X or just recently purchased an item in category X.
- wink 2y ago
  They should have done the math just how often you buy a vacuum or a fridge though, because I observed the inverse effect. Buy vacuum -> 6 months of suggestions for vacuums and then nothing, not the other way round.

dowager_dan99 2y ago

YT does this too; how often do I need to learn how to replace the belt in a 27 year old Kenmore dryer? Analytics probably loves how closely aligned a viewed video is with recommendations, but it's useless.