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vfbod

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About vfbod

Passionate about design and technology. Currently founder of Unioncy with a background in e-commerce and marketplaces.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #8101200

    Nikunj, thanks for sharing Unioncy. Would be great to hear what you think about it.

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    Comment #8017286

    I think there is huge potential to monetize in this space. I think the key is to maintain the integrity of our users. I don't want to give much detail in public to be honest. Happy…

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    Comment #8009072

    Thanks for joining in. They're certainly in the same space. I think that we focus on different things and provide different value. Itembase and Slice are very similar in terms of f…

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    Comment #8008642

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I take it that you have two main concerns in security and use of your data. Regarding security, I can't argue with the overall nature of the probl…

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    Comment #8004879

    Thanks for weighing in. It would be interesting if you could elaborate your thoughts a bit.

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    Comment #8004872

    Thanks, great to hear a different opinion. It is expected that giving access to Gmail is a concern for some and not for others. Luckily, there are many ways you can build out this …

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    Comment #8004856

    Looks interesting. We used to call them 'Product Cards' in an early prototype. Will have a look at this

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    Comment #8004845

    Thanks, you can manually add products through search (with images, title, brand, etc) We don't prompt or recommend what to add at this point, but it's an interesting idea if you ca…

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    Comment #8004831

    thanks, that's helpful!

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    Comment #8004813

    sure, that makes sense. thanks

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    Comment #8004196

    Thanks, your feedback is really interesting and I would like to learn more. Can I ask you why do you do keep all of this information associated with your products?

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    Comment #8004128

    this is true, we will improve mobile as soon as we have more resource.

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    Comment #8004120

    thanks, that's good feedback. If you are interested, register your email on the waitlist at the bottom of the landing page and we'll let you know when other ways of signing up are …

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    Comment #8004066

    Thanks for joining in. This is a fair point of course. We started with Gmail and Amazon for online purchases and would like to add support for more vendors. For offline purchases, …

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    Comment #8004008

    You can in fact add items manually using search inside the app. Although I get your point that you are not comfortable signing up and giving permissions.

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    Comment #8003999

    Thanks! Sure, I guess that's a good solution for people who know how to do it and are willing to spend the time.

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    Comment #8003983

    Thanks, that's great feedback. Google also just released a Gmail API with more fine grained scopes that we are looking at.

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    Comment #8003960

    Thanks! We're starting out with Gmail, but we plan to add more ways of building your collection. Amazon doesn't share the data through its API unfortunately.

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