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I remember the original thread. I was very sceptical back then and am happy to see the project is alive. The website looks very good on first sight. However, my

by netrus 13y ago

I remember the original thread. I was very sceptical back then and am happy to see the project is alive. The website looks very good on first sight. However, my test search (Canon Body Paris), did not only have not hits, the page looked broken, as the place reserved for results was just empty. - Just add a short apology "Sorry, we could not find what you looked for. But we have some awesome lenses in Paris, waiting for you to try them!" :) - I clicked on your blog-link, and got this: "You attempted to reach blog.cameralends.com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as *.herokuapp.com", with a big red exclamation mark.

derwiki 13y ago
Great point. For context, I add locations as people request them to post gear (seems silly to turn lenders away). But that means that places like Paris have -one- item (https://www.cameralends.com/items/24mm-3-8-elmar https://www.cameralends.com/items/24mm-3-8-elmar -- in this case, one that's harder to categorize in my system). Point is well taken -- I'll add a note to work on the experience for non-SF visitors.
- clarky07 13y ago
  On this note, you should also add an option for "Any" for at least the brand and type you are looking for sections. Since you don't have a ton of inventory at this point, it's likely that whatever search I do outside of San Fran is going to fail (and even some there.) Every search I've done failed so far... Let me pick Paris or Cleveland or whatever and show me anything and everything available there. I think you have 2 markets here: 1. People who are interested in getting a nice camera and want to test out a specific camera or 2 to decide which to get. "Any" doesn't help much here, but if they have a handful they'd be interested in it might be somewhat useful in the early stages where you don't have much inventory. 2. People who aren't interested in buying a nice camera, but would like to use one for a day. These people specifically, likely don't know which one to search for, and they don't care which one they get. All of them are better than their point-and-shoot or phone. Adding an "Any" really helps these people. Click my city and show me what is available.
  - BWStearns 13y ago
    Riffing on the deciding which to get part, you might also be able to allow stores to have accounts on there as long as they rent through your service.
  - derwiki 13y ago
    Good idea, I like this in addition to tagging mentioned in another comment. I've added a ticket for "any" filters. Thanks! Edit: I just remembered that you can also manually edit the search results query string to remove parameters you don't want. For example, /gear?brand=canon shows all Canon gear, in any location.

by netrus 13y ago

derwiki 13y ago

Great point. For context, I add locations as people request them to post gear (seems silly to turn lenders away). But that means that places like Paris have -one- item (https://www.cameralends.com/items/24mm-3-8-elmar https://www.cameralends.com/items/24mm-3-8-elmar -- in this case, one that's harder to categorize in my system). Point is well taken -- I'll add a note to work on the experience for non-SF visitors.

clarky07 13y ago
On this note, you should also add an option for "Any" for at least the brand and type you are looking for sections. Since you don't have a ton of inventory at this point, it's likely that whatever search I do outside of San Fran is going to fail (and even some there.) Every search I've done failed so far... Let me pick Paris or Cleveland or whatever and show me anything and everything available there. I think you have 2 markets here: 1. People who are interested in getting a nice camera and want to test out a specific camera or 2 to decide which to get. "Any" doesn't help much here, but if they have a handful they'd be interested in it might be somewhat useful in the early stages where you don't have much inventory. 2. People who aren't interested in buying a nice camera, but would like to use one for a day. These people specifically, likely don't know which one to search for, and they don't care which one they get. All of them are better than their point-and-shoot or phone. Adding an "Any" really helps these people. Click my city and show me what is available.
- BWStearns 13y ago
  Riffing on the deciding which to get part, you might also be able to allow stores to have accounts on there as long as they rent through your service.
- derwiki 13y ago
  Good idea, I like this in addition to tagging mentioned in another comment. I've added a ticket for "any" filters. Thanks! Edit: I just remembered that you can also manually edit the search results query string to remove parameters you don't want. For example, /gear?brand=canon shows all Canon gear, in any location.