[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":340},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-6809728":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":43,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":100,"maker_in_thread":196,"shape":206,"grid":210,"attempts":302,"same_week":303,"maker_shows":38,"maker_hidden":332,"reader_version":333,"card":334},"6809728","Wish List Granted","Mashup of Amazon.com's wish list and Balanced Payments","title","Show HN: Mashup of Amazon.com's wish list and Balanced Payments","https:\u002F\u002Fwishlistgranted.com","wishlistgranted.com","peterbe",1385574320,2013,51,41,490,1739,29,"notable","web_saas","gift contribution service","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"amazon wish list","group gifting","wedding registry","crowdfunding gifts","mixed",-0.151,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":31},5,10,1,21,{"idea":36,"execution":39,"pricing":40,"design":42},{"positive":37,"critical":38},2,3,{"positive":37,"critical":33},{"positive":41,"critical":33},0,{"positive":33,"critical":41},[31,31,41,31,41,33,38,38,41,41,41,33,41,31,41,38,41,38,41,41,33,41,38,41,38,38,41,31,33,38,38,41,38,41,41,38,41,33,41,41],null,{"problem":46,"audience":57,"pricing":67,"motivation":78,"time_to_build":44,"stack":85,"openness":97,"stage":98,"team_size":99},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Lets people pool contributions to buy an expensive wish list item for someone.","commenter",[50,54],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},"6809977","jack-r-abbit","I like this. Just yesterday I added an item to my wish list that is quite expensive. I know that a single person is not going to want to buy it for me. But if several of them…",{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"6810171","It sounds like you like the idea and you are using amazon wish list. So let me ask you, did you use the site? I suspect the site is one of those \"Great idea! ...but I wouldn't…",{"value":58,"source":59,"evidence":60},"Friends and family who want to gift someone an Amazon wish list item.","inferred",[61,64],{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"6810196","The advantage of using only Amazon.com is that I don't need to store the person's address. Also, I don't really need to store anything about the item. I might morph it into any…",{"id":65,"by":11,"text":66},"6810777","The intention with the site is not be get rich but it would be fun to have a profit at all. Having said that, any product link is very very different from a product link that a…",{"value":68,"source":69,"evidence":70},"Users pay a $1 transaction fee per contribution; the maker also earns affiliate referral revenue.","maker",[71,75],{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"6811752","chavesn","The $1 transaction fee seems crazy wasteful to me on purchases under $50 or so. I would consider just buying the whole item for a friend (through Amazon, letting Amazon eat the…",{"id":76,"by":11,"text":77},"6810690","Affiliates referral. There's a small revenue also on top of the charges and fees that Balanced cost but that part is primarily to cover the cost of shipping.",{"value":79,"source":69,"evidence":80},"A side project built for fun and to learn; the maker is not aiming to get rich.",[81,84],{"id":82,"by":11,"text":83},"6810762","It's easy to make money on anything that is popular. The \"profit\" made on top of adding a small fee. on top of Balanced's fee, is so minuscule and quickly eaten by shipping…",{"id":65,"by":11,"text":66},[86,91],{"value":87,"source":69,"evidence":88},"Balanced Payments API",[89],{"id":90},"post",{"value":92,"source":59,"evidence":93},"Python",[94],{"id":95,"by":11,"text":96},"6809804","Here's a little blog post about how it started http:\u002F\u002Fwww.peterbe.com\u002Fplog\u002Fwishlistgranted","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":101,"objections":123,"requests":146,"questions":166,"alternatives":180},[102,113],{"value":103,"source":48,"evidence":104},"Good idea and well-executed MVP.",[105,109],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"6810175","hootener","yeah, sorry if I gave the impression that \"OMG this site NEEDS THESE FEATURES RIGHT NOW!!!\" That wasn't my intent. It's legitimately a great idea and a seemingly well executed…",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"6810043","joeframbach","MVP. If they had went for bells and whistles, it would never be released.",{"value":114,"source":48,"evidence":115},"Personal messages and a single item feel personal.",[116,120],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"6809914","pmclanahan","Nice!",{"id":121,"by":11,"text":122},"6810705","Lists in plural, yes. One single item, not so impersonal. I kinda think it's neat and very personal to say \"This is what Norman REALLY wants\". Did you see, also, that after…",[124,128,135],{"value":125,"source":48,"evidence":126},"The $1 fee is expensive on small purchases.",[127],{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},{"value":129,"source":48,"evidence":130},"Wish lists feel impersonal.",[131],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"6810350","normloman","Wishlists are so impersonal. Donating funds to someone's wishlist takes just a few minutes, and you don't even have to speak with the recipient. If the point of gift giving is to…",{"value":136,"source":48,"evidence":137},"Fraud risk from stolen cards.",[138,142],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"6810064","thesimon","Fraud will probably be quite a problem, but nice concept.",{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"6810115","jc4p","A common use case for stolen cards is to do small transactions and see if they are successful or not to let you know if the card you found\u002Fbought actually works or does not. This…",[147,157],{"value":148,"source":48,"evidence":149},"Support international Amazon sites.",[150,154],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"6811012","jfoucher","Is there any chance this could be made to work with international amazon sites? I tried to enter my amazon.fr wishlist URL, but it said that no such wishlist was found on…",{"id":155,"by":11,"text":156},"6810210","Let's race! :) I'm going to add UK, CA later. Maybe FR and DE too. BUT only IF this is a success which I don't know it will be. Getting onto HN just means traffic but not…",{"value":158,"source":48,"evidence":159},"Allow multiple wish lists and other retailers.",[160,163],{"id":161,"by":107,"text":162},"6810010","Knee jerk reaction: Great work. I had a similar idea floating around in my mind and it's cool to see something like it come to fruition. Incoherent Rambling: How about expanding…",{"id":164,"by":107,"text":165},"6810188","\"wishlists that span multiple site APIs \" Sure, but not all wedding gifts come from amazon... EDIT - I stand corrected: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002Fgp\u002Fregistry\u002Funiversal\u002F",[167,173],{"value":168,"source":48,"evidence":169},"How will the site make money?",[170],{"id":171,"by":52,"text":172},"6810261","You mentioned $$$ in another comment. May I ask how you will monetize this? (obviously you don't have to answer... just curious)",{"value":174,"source":69,"evidence":175},"Why people would not sign up for the site.",[176,177],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"id":178,"by":52,"text":179},"6810235","Well... I mostly use my Amazon wish list to keep track of things that I will likely buy myself in the future. I don't really expect people to buy them for me. So I did not sign…",[181,189],{"value":182,"source":48,"evidence":183},"Amazon's own wedding and universal registries.",[184,188],{"id":185,"by":186,"text":187},"6810160","j_s","Amazon does wedding registries",{"id":164,"by":107,"text":165},{"value":190,"source":48,"evidence":191},"Shoplify, a cross-site wish list.",[192],{"id":193,"by":194,"text":195},"6810028","hkbarton","Aha, nice hack, simple and interesting. 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