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I’ve started resorting to the “x bought this month” metric instead. If a product works for thousands of people and they continue to buy 500+ units a month, clea
by SamuelAdams 1y ago
I’ve started resorting to the “x bought this month” metric instead. If a product works for thousands of people and they continue to buy 500+ units a month, clearly it is a good option.
If it does end up being a bad buy, Amazon typically has a 30 day return policy for most items. Use that and get something else.
- derekp7 1y agoThey also tell you if a product has a high return rate, which is helpful.
- Loughla 1y agoExcept with clothes and especially belts, I've noticed. It seems like everybody buys three of the clothes they buy and returns two of them. It makes it harder to identify shitty clothes.
- haiku2077 1y ago> It seems like everybody buys three of the clothes they buy and returns two of them. Amazon used to offer this as a service!
- yablak 1y agoPretty sure that metric can be gamed
- dylan604 1y agoHow do you know that 500 people didn't buy a scam product this month? I put as much faith in the X people bought this as I do the X people have this in their cart. It's all a way of trying to stoke FOMO
- SamuelAdams 1y agoYou don’t. However, that risk is mitigated with a simple, easy to use return policy, where you actually get your cash back (not airline vouchers or points or made-up things to keep you in the ecosystem).
- s1mplicissimus 1y agowhat makes you believe that the number you see in “x bought this month” is not some variant of if (session_is_gullible_to_displayed_sales_number) { return HIGH_SALESNUMBER; } ?