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Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by ceyhunkazel » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

zitterbewegung wrote: post #5

ceyhunkazel wrote: post #2

I am the author of jeviz.com. Currently it is only for US locale. Immediate benefits are you have more options for search sorts. For example most choose a department and select "Most review" sort option to sort by number of reviews which is not visible in Amazon.com site. When you login you can save your search parameters and synch your mobile, desktop search parameters. There are about 50,000 categories in Amazon yo…

I like how you use the tour to explain the interface. Since you seem to be targeting power users although they could probably figure it out as you go along it makes it slightly less intimidating.

Yes, I target power users but even power users needs introduction I think. You can end the anytime by clicking End Tour button. It won't show up again unless you clear your browser cache.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by vblord » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:02 PM UTC

I agree that the interface is way overwhelming. It's very hard to see what the text boxes are for because the labels are positioned so funny. I was also not expecting it to open a new window to Amazon. I thought the results would stay on your site (like on CCC). Also, how do you pronounce the name of the site anyways?

From a functionality standpoint, I think this works great. I wish amazon would let me search by all these features. This saves a ton of time and headache with searching amazon.

One final thought. It would be great if it supported smile.amazon.com. I support the "Youth Competitive Programming Circle" with all my purchases. It would be nice if all the links went to smile.amazon.com instead of straight amazon.com.

Overall I like it. Keep at it.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by analyticsjam » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:08 PM UTC

Personally I like the interface and think dumbing it down would be a mistake. I would recommend adding a "minimum reviews" filter, as I sometimes sort by avg rating but get things with 2 or 3 reviews that are probably fake anyway.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by vblord » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:10 PM UTC

analyticsjam wrote: post #13

Personally I like the interface and think dumbing it down would be a mistake. I would recommend adding a "minimum reviews" filter, as I sometimes sort by avg rating but get things with 2 or 3 reviews that are probably fake anyway.

Yeah, I always look for something that has been reviewed by at least 5 other people.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by miles » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:15 PM UTC

Would be swell if sellers' book descriptions could also be searched; I've found some gems that way: https://tinyapps.org/blog/nix/201112010700_amazon_wget.html

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by ceyhunkazel » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:17 PM UTC

fibbery wrote: post #9

fny wrote: post #6

A few things: - The interface is overwhelming. While I understand that you aim to surface power, I think you're not targeting a specific power well enough to cater to a user's needs. For example, if you aim to help a user find deals, you should develop an interface that targets that super power. - Related to ^, I'm wondering why a user would ever need some of these features... like why would I want to search by hidde…

Agreed. Just some random thoughts - I'd add some indication of how long the tour is. Felt like I clicked for a while. Maybe I'm just impatient. - Highlight the input that the tour popup is currently referencing in some way (eg add blue focus border) - All of your inputs have explanatory text below them, and no labels. They also have no spacing to show what goes with what. You should add labels above the inputs, and p…

Thank you for feedbacks! I have changed the tour to show how much it will last when it first show up. Labels are back. I first tried to implement search by Amazon Advertising API but it has lack of some features Amazon have so I changed my mind. I will think iframe option as you suggested. Thank you.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by ceyhunkazel » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:21 PM UTC

miles wrote: post #15

Would be swell if sellers' book descriptions could also be searched; I've found some gems that way: https://tinyapps.org/blog/nix/201112010700_amazon_wget.html

Never thought that, I will look into it. Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by ceyhunkazel » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:23 PM UTC

analyticsjam wrote: post #13

Personally I like the interface and think dumbing it down would be a mistake. I would recommend adding a "minimum reviews" filter, as I sometimes sort by avg rating but get things with 2 or 3 reviews that are probably fake anyway.

I found most of sort features by try and error. I will look into it if Amazon provides it I will implement it.Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by ceyhunkazel » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:24 PM UTC

moepstar wrote: post #10

Nice job :) Sad though, once one considers what Amazon has begun as: a search engine... And yes, somehow and for some reason most ecommerce sites are not good at filtering their data on more criteria in categories...

Thank you!

Re: Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

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Post by inertial » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 5:27 PM UTC

Say I want to search a shirt of specific brands only e.g. "Calvin Klein" and "Versace". If I misspell the name, Amazon won't complain, rather it'll show the incorrect brand name in the left pane. Would it be easy to add auto-suggest for brands so that I get the name right.