Show HN: Get a list of your Amazon purchases and see what you can sell them for

Post by ChristianKletzl » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 6:40 PM UTC

jggonz wrote: post #54

martingordon wrote: post #53

When you sign up, your Amazon email and password are sent to server using GET and so are visible in the URL. While the request is done over HTTPS (and traffic snoopers can't see it), it is very likely that there are a ton of Amazon credentials lying around unencrypted in a log somewhere on their server. For some reason, the "Norton Secured" badge makes me less likely to trust the site and looking at the inline, not v…

I agree. The use of the Norton Secured badge made me quickly leave the site. A possible solution: There's a "Login with Amazon" service that may be what the developer needs to be using: http://login.amazon.com/

Post by ChristianKletzl » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 6:43 PM UTC

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #59

ChristianKletzl wrote: post #38

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I am really sorry to hear that. We've experienced that once or twice before. This happens when the phone number associated with the account doesn't match the one you entered. Unfortunately, Amazon sometimes asks for an old phone number, as long as that number has at one point been associated with your account. ShelfFlip definitely doesn't do anything scammy.

I don't think you are, but if you were doing something scammy, would you _really_ admit to it?

Post by seanlinehan » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 6:52 PM UTC

ChristianKletzl wrote: post #61

jggonz wrote: post #54

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I agree. The use of the Norton Secured badge made me quickly leave the site. A possible solution: There's a "Login with Amazon" service that may be what the developer needs to be using: http://login.amazon.com/

A/B testing showed that the Norton security badge is perceived positively. Does anyone have a different experience?

Post by donall » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 6:55 PM UTC

ChristianKletzl wrote: post #35

donall wrote: post #24

I'm curious about the algorithm. Is there a ceiling for book prices? I seemed to get very similar results for multiple different types of books, including being offered $3.21 for one that sells for $100: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0575066601?pc_redir=1405401886...

There is no ceiling in place (I need to look into why different books show similar results). For the mentioned book, there's a difference between for how much it is offered and for how much it is bought (if someone wants $100, it doesn't mean that anyone is buying it for that price) Scanning 44 other book-buying sites, only 3 are buying that book and the price is between $0.12 and $3.97

Post by ChristianKletzl » Tue, Jul 22, 2014, 6:56 PM UTC

seanlinehan wrote: post #65

ChristianKletzl wrote: post #61

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A/B testing showed that the Norton security badge is perceived positively. Does anyone have a different experience?

I can't speak broadly, only from my personal reaction. I also left the site after seeing the Norton logo (and before reading the comments here), because it seemed completely misplaced. I associate Norton with cleaning my computer of badware, not of whether or not some just-launched service is treating my data securely. Because it seemed out of place, it felt like it was an obvious tactic to bootstrap trust where ther…