Semantics3
Data
product data api
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
9 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Pricing: 3 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Free plan and cheap pricing for small-scale use
From 1 comment
Love the free plan, and the cheap pricing option for people who want to run this on a small scale.
thejosh on HN
Historical pricing data is useful
From 1 comment
Having historical pricing data seems particularly interesting. I've thought about building a fashion site that predicts pricing trends so you can predict when to buy items on…
g_h on HN
Objections
Data comes mostly from Amazon with few other sources
From 1 comment
This is very cool, tons of potential for both fun and meaningful use here, but I do have a bone to pick. The variety of sources seems extremely minimal and the majority of the…
johncoogan on HN
Booster pack pricing looks inconsistent
From 1 comment
Looks great, nice work! Signed up for a free account to try it out. The pricing on the Large Booster Pack (150K calls for $159) doesn't seem correct given the pricing/value on…
es3754 on HN
Only US prices indexed so far
From 2 comments
1. Right now, we're focusing on the US. But we've made room for expanding internationally (the "currency" and "geo" fields are in place with this in mind). 2. We're analyzing…
govind201 on HNAs of now we are only indexing US prices - but we plan to expand out to the UK and Germany next. Drop me a note at varun <at> semantics3.com, I would love to chat with you!
netvarun on HN
Requests
Book support with ISBN lookup
From 2 comments
how does this do books? If I provide a random book barcode, it's usually an ISBN (10 or 13 digits)
hayksaakian on HNWe don't have books yet. That's been a common request, so we'll be launching with books by the end of the month. If you'd like, I can notify you as soon as we do.
govind201 on HN
UK and GBP pricing
From 1 comment
I really like this product and would like to use it in the UK can pricing be set to GBP? Or is it just USD pricing?
duqee on HN
Questions
How does crawling avoid bot blocking
From 1 comment
I have done some scraping of the amazon.com previously, but they are pretty good at detecting bot's and shutting them down, how did you get around this problem when scraping…
blart on HN
How are unrealistic prices handled
From 1 comment
So cool, a few questions: 1. The prices info, I assume is for US only, right? 2. Are you only analysing new products or also the used ones? I created a similar (but very, very…
dfgonzalez on HN
Alternatives named
ChannelAdvisor
From 1 comment
Channel Advisor solves your second problem. The first problem can be solved with some creative mashups of data, images and videos... plus all you really need is 2-3 sentences to…
davemel37 on HN
SingleFeed
From 1 comment
I used this service before: https://www.singlefeed.com/ It's worth it if you don't have a ton of development resources and are trying to get exposure fast. However, if you can do…
jmcgdz on HN
DataWeave book price API
From 1 comment
Hi, Please check out the Book Prices API from DataWeave here: http://www.dataweave.in/apis/dataset-Book-Price-Search-By-ISBN--19.html (Full Disclosure: I am an employee of…
SachinWordsmith on HN