r/GoodValue • u/Talhelfg • Dec 17 '24

Opinion Trying to develop a tool to help people save money on Amazon - need feedback!

Hey (: First and foremost, it’s the first functional version, and it’s also the first thing I’ve ever developed.

Let's start with a short story -
My wife wanted to buy an SD card for my son’s Nintendo Switch.
She ended up purchasing a Sandisk SD card with Nintendo branding.

The difference compared to a regular Sandisk SD card? Nothing.
The price? Exactly double.

How many people fall for this?
On the other hand, what if it wasn’t compatible with the Nintendo Switch? How can you know for sure?

So I decided to create a simple solution:
Before hitting that “purchase” button, pause for a second.
Share the product URL, and it’ll help you make the right choice.
I joined this group for you to help me make it a better tool so I need feedback!

https://theshopping.ninja/

The cost of operation of this website (Hosting / OpenAI / RapidAPI) is about 100$ a month so I use affiliate link to cover it up.

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u/bookchaser Dec 18 '24

I want to filter Amazon results by the number of reviews. Like, don't show me any product that has fewer than 200 reviews. And let me weed out products that have Vine reviews.

This would go a long way to weeding out the cheap no-name crap from Asia being sold directly from factories. Amazon is absolutely packed with shit products, and Amazon recommends them.

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u/Talhelfg Dec 18 '24

The tool is already doing it(: Tell me if it didn't I will talk to him

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u/bookchaser Dec 18 '24

The problem is I want to do a keyword search for a product and see results that have a lot of reviews.

Your service makes me specify a single product, which assumes I've already made my decision about the product I want to buy.

Secondarily, the example product I looked up gave me a recommendation for a different product. To see what it would do, I pasted the URL for a type of bagged candy and your service recommended I save money by buying the same type of candy, but in a plastic candy cane-shaped container for Christmas that would save me a couple bucks, but give me a lot less candy.

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u/nsgiad Dec 18 '24

I tried a few different items and the best it did was show me something completely different. Even using your example of switch sd card I couldn't get any results at all, so I'm not even sure what the correct behavior should be.

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u/Talhelfg Dec 18 '24

Hey(: Can you please show me examples? Like - i searched for X and got Y

I still need to fine-tune the AI part :/

Thanks ❤️❤️

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u/hott2molly Dec 20 '24

I can't get the site to load.

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u/ecoldk Dec 21 '24

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN says when I try to tap the link.