Price Alert
Web and SaaS
price tracking
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How HN took it
0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.50.
Design: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Camelcamelcamel is a useful alternative for Amazon price tracking
From 2 comments
camelcamelcamel.com for Amazon products is pretty nifty
searchergss on HNfor price changes i use camelcamelcamel.com, it works like swiss clockwork
antr on HN
Objections
Requires login or registration before users can see anything
From 2 comments
my 2 cents from a quick glance: don't require users to login to use the site, let them at least search or find products.
jaydub on HNI think the point is 'works like clockwork'. And as the other user said, I'm not prepared to test out your service if you require a registration and sign in before I can see…
caractacus on HN
Requires JavaScript and shows a blank page without it
From 1 comment
If JS is disabled, it shows an unstyled page with text "Please wait". Would make sense to make it downgrade nicely, at the very least for the landing page.
asymmetric on HN
Landing page lacks enough information about the product
From 2 comments
I'm the founder of http://pricify.com and we've had several iterations of the product and focusing on various experiments. Currently we land users on a landing page and thats a…
fusionflo on HNIt seems that this is a new trend. Shoptagr, Pricify and others. Also, this one looks really unappealing.
tet on HN
Design looks unappealing
From 1 comment
It seems that this is a new trend. Shoptagr, Pricify and others. Also, this one looks really unappealing.
tet on HN
Requests
Let users search or see products before signing up
From 2 comments
my 2 cents from a quick glance: don't require users to login to use the site, let them at least search or find products.
jaydub on HNYou could wait to collect the email address until after users have searched for a product and found something they want an alert on. That way people know what they're getting…
kudos200 on HN
Show which online stores are supported
From 1 comment
Which online stores? All of them?
fnordfnordfnord on HN
Degrade gracefully without JavaScript
From 2 comments
If JS is disabled, it shows an unstyled page with text "Please wait". Would make sense to make it downgrade nicely, at the very least for the landing page.
asymmetric on HNMinimally tell them that js is required? But you could have a static landing page that leads to your single page app in the future.
officialjunk on HN
Questions
Which online stores are supported, all of them?
From 1 comment
Which online stores? All of them?
fnordfnordfnord on HN
Alternatives named
camelcamelcamel.com
From 2 comments
camelcamelcamel.com for Amazon products is pretty nifty
searchergss on HNfor price changes i use camelcamelcamel.com, it works like swiss clockwork
antr on HN
Shoptagr
From 2 comments
It seems that this is a new trend. Shoptagr, Pricify and others. Also, this one looks really unappealing.
tet on HNI'm the Co-Founder and CEO of http://Shoptagr.com and one of the biggest challenges for us has been to track item's prices at the SKU level, size, color and more, which is…
joni1803 on HN
Pricify
From 2 comments
I'm the founder of http://pricify.com and we've had several iterations of the product and focusing on various experiments. Currently we land users on a landing page and thats a…
fusionflo on HNIt seems that this is a new trend. Shoptagr, Pricify and others. Also, this one looks really unappealing.
tet on HN
Skanout
From 1 comment
I built a similar tool: http://skanout.com/ It's less of a price alert but rather notifying you if we can get you the price you want or not.
aashaykumar92 on HN
Salr.io
From 1 comment
Was working one of these last year -- never launched, but it's pretty much good to go. If you're in the UK (my target market), give it a go! http://salr.io/
amarraja on HN