TidyFinder
Web and SaaS
shopping comparison search
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Idea: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, focused design
From 1 comment
Kinda cool- it's clean and very focused. Reminds me of http://milo.com/, but more specific.
fishtoaster on HN
Dimension search is a good idea
From 1 comment
Do Ikea allow you to search the site by preferred fit dimensions? If they do then that's new. I can see them picking it up if they haven't though. It's a great idea IMO. Kudos.
pbhjpbhj on HN
Objections
Limited retailer coverage; only Target and Amazon so far
From 3 comments
This thread is useless without Ikea. But seriously, Ikea's EXPEDIT series should be in here, at the very least, and considering they have a whole "Storage Furniture" section, is…
Terretta on HNMany retailers aren't on the site. Target and Amazon are the first I added, but I felt it was good enough to release and get some feedback.
brildum on HNSome basic details below, maybe I'll write a blog post with more thorough descriptions... App and scrapers are written in Python with MongoDB storage. I was pleasantly surprised…
brildum on HN
Storage furniture may be a poor niche with low comparison-shopping pain and infrequent purchases
From 1 comment
Is storage furniture the best niche for this? I wouldn't know, since I'm not in the market for that, but I don't think the pain of comparison shopping in that subset is…
johnrob on HN
Dimension search returned no results for a real query
From 1 comment
Is this just furniture? I searched 3-6 x 7-9 x .5-1.5, which is about the size of art supply box I was looking for a while back, and it couldn't find anything.
andrewflnr on HN
Ikea.com already offers the same browsing
From 2 comments
First, Ikea doesn't sell online. Second, can you just go to ikea.com?
pbreit on HNIkea does indeed sell online. But I agree: I don't think this would provide any significant value compared to just going to the site.
JoshTriplett on HN
Requests
Add Ikea and more retailers
From 2 comments
This thread is useless without Ikea. But seriously, Ikea's EXPEDIT series should be in here, at the very least, and considering they have a whole "Storage Furniture" section, is…
Terretta on HNin case you need some help including ikea: http://momo.brauchtman.net/2011/08/25/fun-with-nokogiri-screen-scraping-ikea-com/ :-)
derwildemomo on HN
Larger price slider increments
From 1 comment
Pretty cool. Make the price adjuster control move in increments of at least $10 (maybe $100).
devth on HN
Questions
How the data is gathered and whether retailers allow scraping
From 2 comments
Would love to hear some details on how you built it / got your data
philfreo on HNI guess you scrape websites of retailers to populate your database? Have there been any retailers which said you are not allowed to scrape their site for gathering product info,…
Luyt on HN
How to drive traffic and SEO for the site
From 2 comments
Assuming this is to make some actual money, and not just a proof of concept -- sites like this live or die on the strength of their SEO. People need to find it when they're…
gyardley on HNThank you very much! "content spam the holy hell out of the Internet" How? (In what way would you go about doing that?)
palish on HN
Alternatives named
Ikea.com
From 1 comment
First, Ikea doesn't sell online. Second, can you just go to ikea.com?
pbreit on HN
Milo.com
From 1 comment
Kinda cool- it's clean and very focused. Reminds me of http://milo.com/, but more specific.
fishtoaster on HN