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by lgabraham 5y ago
Thanks. Many of our items we can trace directly back to the distributor. The question about replacement parts is interesting, and maybe more difficult. We may not solve it directly.
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by lgabraham 5y ago
We hope to become the best place to discover furniture online. Today, it is more likely that someone might use us to make sure they are aware of the best price. We do have a Chrome extension to "take with you" to this end.
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by lgabraham 5y ago
Wow, great feedback. It has been difficult to distill the problem in a concise way. Would you mind if I asked: how might you do this?
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by lgabraham 5y ago
It certainly is more complicated, and you bring up many good points. One thing working in our favor is that relatively few manufacturers make a lot of furniture that is sold. There are few suppliers and many channels, which means that often
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by lgabraham 5y ago
Based on our research, they have very positive customer reviews. (Appliance Connection has 4.5/5 stars on Trust Pilot, where Wayfair has 1.4/5 stars.) Yes, we couldn't agree more regarding seller comparisons, and on the abili
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by lgabraham 5y ago
Yes, prices change often, and by a lot! We are considering price tracking as a future feature. Renting-to-own is an interesting and important alternative to purchasing. Best of luck to you, too! We're always open to share things we&#x2
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by lgabraham 5y ago
Thank you very much.
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by lgabraham 5y ago
The majority of the items we list today, we can trace them back directly to the distributor. We have blacklisted some selling websites based on low customer reviews.
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by lgabraham 5y ago
Yes it is an enormous amount of work. We do update retailers at different frequencies. The overall inventory gets updated once a week.
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by lgabraham 5y ago
Thank you. Our search is currently fairly fuzzy. We're refining search intent over time. We just introduced filtering, and plan to add more dimensions in time.
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by lgabraham 5y ago
They don't include Amazon links, for example. They also don't effectively connect all of Wayfair's links. These two sets alone comprise of roughly 60% of online furniture sales.
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Launch HN: Spoken (YC S21) – Better furniture shopping
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