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Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books

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Re: Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books

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Post by helen842000 »

This could be quite useful to students or those that order a bulk number of books regularly.

I would include the word 'country' in the title.

You should have a bottom line conversion into a currency that is understandable to the user so they can see the overall price difference. I know you highlight the cheapest - but it should be shown to the user so they know what the saving is.

Some improvements do need to be made as some prices were blank / not pulled through but when I checked directly they were significantly cheaper than the one that was highlighted.

Re: Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books

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Post by biot » 

  "We can't search for anything if this is empty :-("
It's not empty though... it says "chad fowler". I understand this is just a placeholder, but for those who aren't developers and may not appreciate the difference, clicking search when the input field is empty should perform a search for the placeholder text.

Re: Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books

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Post by fxthea »

helen842000 wrote: post #2

This could be quite useful to students or those that order a bulk number of books regularly. I would include the word 'country' in the title. You should have a bottom line conversion into a currency that is understandable to the user so they can see the overall price difference. I know you highlight the cheapest - but it should be shown to the user so they know what the saving is. Some improvements do need to be made…

Cool idea and agreed with needing the word "country" in the title. I didn't know what the site was for when I first came in. I had to click on a book in your "Try these" list to understand. Maybe include a sub-title that says "Not all books are priced the same on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, etc. Search to find which Amazon country-specific website has the cheapest price to buy your books."

Re: Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books

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Post by k33l0r »

fxthea wrote: post #5
helen842000 wrote: post #2

This could be quite useful to students or those that order a bulk number of books regularly. I would include the word 'country' in the title. You should have a bottom line conversion into a currency that is understandable to the user so they can see the overall price difference. I know you highlight the cheapest - but it should be shown to the user so they know what the saving is. Some improvements do need to be made…

Cool idea and agreed with needing the word "country" in the title. I didn't know what the site was for when I first came in. I had to click on a book in your "Try these" list to understand. Maybe include a sub-title that says "Not all books are priced the same on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, etc. Search to find which Amazon country-specific website has the cheapest price to buy your books."

Thanks for that, I paraphrased your suggestion almost directly to the site. The change will be online soonish.

Re: Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books

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Post by k33l0r »

helen842000 wrote: post #2

This could be quite useful to students or those that order a bulk number of books regularly. I would include the word 'country' in the title. You should have a bottom line conversion into a currency that is understandable to the user so they can see the overall price difference. I know you highlight the cheapest - but it should be shown to the user so they know what the saving is. Some improvements do need to be made…

Thanks for the feedback, I'm adding a row with converted totals at the moment.

Some of the prices are blank because of the way different editions of the same book are available in different countries. Also, if that specific edition of the book was only available from third party sellers the price will not be shown.

Re: Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books

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Post by k33l0r »

biot wrote: post #4

"We can't search for anything if this is empty :-(" It's not empty though... it says "chad fowler". I understand this is just a placeholder, but for those who aren't developers and may not appreciate the difference, clicking search when the input field is empty should perform a search for the placeholder text.

Thanks. I fixed that for the moment by removing the placeholder. Will have to think of a better way of suggesting searches to users.
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