Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
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Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
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Re: Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
#2I created this app out of frustration with how hard it is to find low priced items online. You usually have to drill way down before you can filter by price. Do you think this is a useful service?
Re: Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
#3I created this app out of frustration with how hard it is to find low priced items online. You usually have to drill way down before you can filter by price. Do you think this is a useful service?
I worked on a similar side project a little while ago that focused on items that were below ten dollars. Like 1 Dollar Things, I used your typical affiliate data feeds. It was an interesting development exercise, but I failed to get any steady traffic/interest in the site.
I think the idea has some merit, but my execution wasn't good enough. Good luck with 1 Dollar Things!
Re: Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
#4I created this app out of frustration with how hard it is to find low priced items online. You usually have to drill way down before you can filter by price. Do you think this is a useful service?
I worked on a similar side project a little while ago that focused on items that were below ten dollars. Like 1 Dollar Things, I used your typical affiliate data feeds. It was an interesting development exercise, but I failed to get any steady traffic/interest in the site. I think the idea has some merit, but my execution wasn't good enough. Good luck with 1 Dollar Things!
What do you mean by "affiliate data feeds"? I am using live API calls. Is that what you mean?
Re: Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
#5I think the idea has some merit, and the domain is pretty solid. Though you'll want to eventually snag "onedollarthings.com" as well. The pinterest style tile layout is pretty exhausting at this point though. I think you'd fair better with a tidy listing, and filtering. The ability to have a "watch list" for types of items would be very handy as well.
Re: Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
#6I'm getting an "Application Error" when I try to visit.
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#7I'm getting an "Application Error" when I try to visit.
Uh Oh. Looks like I have some work to do. It's up again.
Re: Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
I worked on a similar side project a little while ago that focused on items that were below ten dollars. Like 1 Dollar Things, I used your typical affiliate data feeds. It was an interesting development exercise, but I failed to get any steady traffic/interest in the site. I think the idea has some merit, but my execution wasn't good enough. Good luck with 1 Dollar Things!
What do you mean by "affiliate data feeds"? I am using live API calls. Is that what you mean?
I consumed product data feeds from companies that ran affiliate programs through companies like Commission Junction, filtered/stored the product data offline, indexed it, and displayed it in any number of ways through the web.
In retrospect, I should have spent more time marketing the site and getting feedback from users instead of focusing on the technical infrastructure :-)
Re: Show HN: 1dollarthings.com – an internet dollar store
#9Site is down but based on the domain and your description, I like where your head is at.
Limiting it to $1 items might be too low IMO. One place I enjoy browsing is this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonunder5