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Maybe get the purchase history another way? Use the new Gmail API to search for the Amazon emails. Could easily extend to other stores as well.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...
I know it puts some burden on the customer, but as a fallback, it's better than losing them.
Maybe get the purchase history another way? Use the new Gmail API to search for the Amazon emails. Could easily extend to other stores as well.
This seems like a cool idea, but I don't feel comfortable giving out my Amazon credentials with no guarantee of how they are used.
Is there anything we could do to make you (and many more with the same sentiment) more comfortable? We are thinking of writing a blog post of what happens in the background would that help? Any other ideas?
Gaining this trust, though, will probably not be easy. One advantage a site like Mint has is that they have so much content and so many partnerships that it is clear they are not a scam, have enough at stake to not misuse my information, and probably have the resources to keep it safe. A site like yours, however, could easily have been cobbled together in a number of hours by a scammer. (I don't mean this as a criticism -- I actually like your site. It just doesn't have anything on it to suggest that you are the sort of business I can trust with my passwords.)
This seems like a cool idea, but I don't feel comfortable giving out my Amazon credentials with no guarantee of how they are used.
Is there anything we could do to make you (and many more with the same sentiment) more comfortable? We are thinking of writing a blog post of what happens in the background would that help? Any other ideas?
There is no way I'm giving out my Amazon creds which also house AWS, Amazon Payments, Amazon Sellercentral, etc...
Much more cumbersome for users but I see a report option where you can generate .csv's of every item you ordered, maybe those could be uploaded to your service, but unfortunately if I can't use this service without handing over my creds I'm not going to use it.
This seems like a cool idea, but I don't feel comfortable giving out my Amazon credentials with no guarantee of how they are used.
Is there anything we could do to make you (and many more with the same sentiment) more comfortable? We are thinking of writing a blog post of what happens in the background would that help? Any other ideas?
You claim to not have access to credit card information or being able to order something, but I already have to trust you to believe that claim. Also, Amazon could change their policies at any time -- after all you have credentials, Amazon could decide to trust you.
Also these prices make no sense for when I search items directly. How can a flawless Nexus 7 2013 be worth only $70? Where can I buy them all?
Maybe get the purchase history another way? Use the new Gmail API to search for the Amazon emails. Could easily extend to other stores as well.
Or use this http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2... I know it puts some burden on the customer, but as a fallback, it's better than losing them.
You HAVE to find a better way to do this. People are becoming increasingly aware of the risks of this kind of behavior on malicious sites, and potential users will walk away out of paranoia.
It's a great idea, if you can find another way.
This seems like a cool idea, but I don't feel comfortable giving out my Amazon credentials with no guarantee of how they are used.
Agreed. My understanding is that having your password does not necessarily allow someone to see your CC number or order things on your behalf through Amazon, but it definitely does not seem like a best practice to go around handing out one's Amazon password. This sort of thing sounds like a good argument, though, for Amazon's implementing the sort of fine-grained permissions (in conjunction with a federated authentic…
This seems like a cool idea, but I don't feel comfortable giving out my Amazon credentials with no guarantee of how they are used.
Is there anything we could do to make you (and many more with the same sentiment) more comfortable? We are thinking of writing a blog post of what happens in the background would that help? Any other ideas?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...