This is really cool! does mess up the history though. Every URL gets saved to history.
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#42Each key press adds to the push state history. Spams the back button
I've added a debounce to that portion; sorry for the poor UX!
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#43Cool idea. Can you elaborate on how this improves on just searching amazon directly with filters on price and star rating?
You don't have to manually parse ratings and reviews. It just removes a few steps from the "I want an item, which one do I get" flow.
Thanks for checking it out!
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#44FYI, your URLs seem to be encoded incorrectly (perhaps missing a decodeURIComponent somewhere, or incorrectly calling encodeURIComponent). Are you sure Amazon pays when it's in that format?
Thanks for pointing that out; I can't imagine they do. I've fixed the issue, thanks again!
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#45This is really cool! does mess up the history though. Every URL gets saved to history.
I've fixed this with a decent debounce delay. I failed to test the back button, hence the poor UX.
Thanks for checkout it out!
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#46A few ideas; Post the ratings. Post the ratings ratios (4-5 vs 1). Post the top 5 per budget. Grab user photos/videos and let the user click through them on the product image. Interface with the amazon API for pricing trends (like camelcamelcamel).
Amazon's API doesn't let you access the ratings as a number. You get an iframe to their reviews page. Its a total pain.
You could scrape the ratings. But being on Amazon's naughty list is a bad idea for any affiliate.
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#47Very nice way to make some side cash by using amazon affiliate network. Just make sure you are following their rules to a T so you do not get the hammer and actually get paid. I like the clean look and the blue load bar. I also like the results.
What are some of the rules that people often violate?
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#48nice, great idea. Will you be adding different Amazons, I live in the UK and products differ/may not be available here.
It's certainly in the list of things to add, but I'm not confident enough in my backend code to add more complexity just yet. FiveStar will be undergoing a rewrite in August, so I could definitely add it then. Thanks for the feedback!
I don't know if you'll see this, as the thread is pretty old now.
You've at least 3 comments in this thread asking for the same thing. There's an enthusiasm about your product right now. That could be long gone by August.
If I were you, I'd find a way to implement the features being most often requested, sooner rather than later.
Apologies for my tone. I just really like the product and would like to see it succeed (and, yes, be more useful to me personally).