If I press "submit" without typing anything, I get a big fat nice 404. Might want to change that, maybe have it automatically search for iTunes, as is described in the example?
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#12If I press "submit" without typing anything, I get a big fat nice 404. Might want to change that, maybe have it automatically search for iTunes, as is described in the example?
Woooooooops! Will fix that.
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#13One thing I noticed immediately is the duplication of cards. I wanted to sort by the biggest percent discount and basically the whole first page is the same 1-800-flowers.com cards.
The execution is very tight from what time I spent with it.
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#14I typed in amazon and pressed submit and got a 404.I think I pressed 'submit' before the ajax could return a reply (I'm on a slow cellular connection). I clicked the 'buy' button on the homepage and it couldn't find the host for "http://www.anrdoezrs.net, which I guess is a referral program?
Cool idea though. Work out some of these kinks and add vendors!
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#15One thing I noticed immediately is the duplication of cards. I wanted to sort by the biggest percent discount and basically the whole first page is the same 1-800-flowers.com cards. The execution is very tight from what time I spent with it.
Thanks -- someone else noted this. we'll fix it asap.
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#16Well done Lachy! Good start, and a great MVP. Looking forward to watching it develop..
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#17Pretty cool idea. Nice design! I may be nitpicking but on the about us page you have "Shopping's fun, but it could be funner.."
Technically "funner" isnt a word. But since the branding of your product seems to play towards younger people you can probably get away with it.
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#18If I press "submit" without typing anything, I get a big fat nice 404. Might want to change that, maybe have it automatically search for iTunes, as is described in the example?
Woooooooops! Will fix that.
This also happens with "submit" after any entry whatsoever if there's no JavaScript around. Basic search forms should ideally not require such things.
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#19Pretty cool idea. Nice design! I may be nitpicking but on the about us page you have "Shopping's fun, but it could be funner.." Technically "funner" isnt a word. But since the branding of your product seems to play towards younger people you can probably get away with it.
Yeah, my co-founder and I had a bit of a debate about this and I won, hah. We let it go because it sort of fit our audience.
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#20I suggest aggregating multiple identical listings into one line item. I decided to just sort all cards by % discount to see if there were any cards I'd actually use that were heavily discounted. After 3 pages of $25 Fandango cards, I gave up and left.
Edit: I decided to go back to see how bad it is. Pages 2-27 are Fandango cards. From my cursory scan, it looks like those 26 pages only list two different card values. I really, really think you should consolidate those listings.