Shoplove
Web and SaaS
fashion shopping aggregator
SHOW HN2011
22points
21comments
#466of 1,097 in 2011
Top 43%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple design
From 2 comments
Great job keeping the design classy and out of the way. Seems simple and easy to use - hope you have a ton of success with it. Any idea on how to keep it alive/monetize it? Maybe…
ddagradi on HNWell put together. Just wondering: Do you have any concerns regarding copyright use of text, images etc. of the products being sold? Have you looked into possible Google…
wolfhumble on HN
Color filter works well
From 1 comment
The filter by color works really well! Especially since you mention crawling stores, would be interesting to know how the color-matching works. I'd think the metadata is not very…
sramam on HN
Objections
Site feels generic and low-end rather than high street
From 2 comments
I'm coming at this from a marketing point of view but the site feels very generic — more discount bin than "high street". Why not go back to your original concept and create an…
michaelpinto on HNI'd figure out how to make it look higher end. It's nice, but it feels like a low-end site, imo. See http://www.saksfifthavenue.com for how a high end clothing store looks. Good…
gohat on HN
Copyright and Google duplicate content concerns
From 1 comment
Well put together. Just wondering: Do you have any concerns regarding copyright use of text, images etc. of the products being sold? Have you looked into possible Google…
wolfhumble on HN
Requests
Expand to men and kids
From 1 comment
Why not for men too?
mofle on HN
Focus on maternity niche
From 1 comment
I'm coming at this from a marketing point of view but the site feels very generic — more discount bin than "high street". Why not go back to your original concept and create an…
michaelpinto on HN
Questions
How the crawler and color matching work
From 3 comments
The filter by color works really well! Especially since you mention crawling stores, would be interesting to know how the color-matching works. I'd think the metadata is not very…
sramam on HNGreat idea ;-) I'd also love an explanation as what you're doing on the crawl to collate it all?
iamben on HNSo how do you scrape the sites and how do you store the data?
sktrdie on HN
Whether affiliate datafeeds are used
From 1 comment
Do all the shops you've included provide a datafeed for affiliates?
bobds on HN
Monetization plans
From 1 comment
Great job keeping the design classy and out of the way. Seems simple and easy to use - hope you have a ton of success with it. Any idea on how to keep it alive/monetize it? Maybe…
ddagradi on HN