[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":357},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7273553":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":35,"aspects":36,"strip":43,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":80,"maker_in_thread":204,"shape":214,"grid":218,"attempts":319,"same_week":320,"maker_shows":44,"maker_hidden":349,"reader_version":350,"card":351},"7273553","Zinc Save","Automated Discounts on Amazon","title","Show HN: Automated Discounts on Amazon","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.zincsave.com","zincsave.com","FriedPickles",1392930045,2014,43,44,742,2272,33,"shown","web_saas","shopping savings","browser_extension",[24,25,26,27],"amazon discounts","coupon automation","credit card rewards","price savings","curious",0.043,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},3,20,1,2,26,{"pricing":37,"docs":39,"execution":40,"idea":41,"privacy":42},{"positive":33,"critical":38},0,{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":38},[31,31,31,31,38,31,38,31,38,31,31,38,31,38,31,33,38,38,38,38,38,38,31,31,38,38,44,31,31,44,38,31,38,31,31,31,44,31,31,33],5,null,{"problem":47,"audience":58,"pricing":69,"motivation":45,"time_to_build":45,"stack":77,"openness":78,"stage":79,"team_size":78},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Amazon shoppers miss available discounts and credit card rewards on purchases.","inferred",[51,54],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},"7273704","Yes, our API (more info at zinc.io) places the order on the user's behalf, applying any promo codes, using the best rewards offers, etc. We guarantee the savings.",{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"7273730","balbaugh","\"We use a number of strategies to maximize savings, including discount codes, optimized credit card rewards, and strategic order timing. You can expect to save between $1 and $5…",{"value":59,"source":49,"evidence":60},"Amazon shoppers who want to save money on orders.",[61,65],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"7273789","GuiA","Heavy Amazon user here (for 99% of my non-fresh food purchases, I order it on Amazon). This looks neat at first glance, because I order things on Amazon all the time, and I like…",{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"7274044","crazygringo","Wait, so what kinds of savings are actually available on Amazon in the first place? I mean, I order tons of stuff. How exactly is Zinc saving me money? The books I order don't…",{"value":70,"source":71,"evidence":72},"Customers pay Zinc for orders; savings are guaranteed and Zinc keeps extra savings found.","maker",[73,74],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},"7273994","We do not use Amazon Associates (the affiliate program) in any manner. Sometimes the API finds savings beyond what we've guaranteed, which is how we make money.",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":81,"objections":97,"requests":138,"questions":152,"alternatives":182},[82,90],{"value":83,"source":84,"evidence":85},"Fast delivery and a good customer experience reported by a user.","commenter",[86],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"7279268","arh68","I use Amazon. I found Zinc here yesterday. I rolled the dice, ordered ~$100. My CC gives 5% cashback on amazon, 1% normally. The Zinc advantage over the 4% difference was slim,…",{"value":91,"source":84,"evidence":92},"Saved money on book orders.",[93],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"7274114","SatvikBeri","This saved me 10% on a few books I just bought, so it clearly seems to work. I'd definitely like to know how though.",[98,109,117,124,131],{"value":99,"source":84,"evidence":100},"Unclear whether the service is legal or might draw action from Amazon.",[101,105,108],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"7273903","ultimatedelman","I... can't see how this is legal. If I were Amazon and I heard about this, you'd have a cease and desist order at your doorstep the next day... If this is legal, though, please…",{"id":106,"by":103,"text":107},"7274047","Actually, it is doing something illegal. It's injecting a button on Amazon.com's webpage (without their consent) trying to swoop your business from them by offering a slightly…",{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},{"value":110,"source":84,"evidence":111},"Orders may not appear in Amazon order history.",[112,113],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"7274275","xur17","Do the orders show up in your amazon history? If not, is there some way to access them? Their website is a bit sparse on details. I'm guessing they have some way to provide…",{"value":118,"source":84,"evidence":119},"Browser extension injects content into Amazon pages without consent.",[120,121],{"id":106,"by":103,"text":107},{"id":122,"by":103,"text":123},"7274225","Ok, let's modify my example from \"some guy\" to \"some guy you know\" and imagine that a lot of people know this guy, and he's always standing outside that store. The store would…",{"value":125,"source":84,"evidence":126},"Extension requests access to all websites.",[127],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"7273985","jordn","As you only offer discounts on Amazon and Walmart can your chrome extension please just request data from those domains and not ‘all websites’? I'm very conscious of extension…",{"value":132,"source":84,"evidence":133},"Does not work for some users on Amazon or Walmart.",[134],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"7274147","sapmittal","dont not work for me. I tried amazon am walmart",[139,146],{"value":140,"source":84,"evidence":141},"Support Firefox.",[142],{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"7273800","hayksaakian","You could increase your potential user base by 50% by adding firefox support https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FUsage_share_of_web_browsers seems to indicate firefox has about half…",{"value":147,"source":71,"evidence":148},"Support one-click purchasing.",[149],{"id":150,"by":11,"text":151},"7273823","Thanks for the feedback! We're hoping to make the extension work for one-click users soon. Establishing trust is a big challenge for us. The best we know to do is provide an…",[153,161,168,175],{"value":154,"source":84,"evidence":155},"How are returns, tracking and customer service handled?",[156,157],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"7273951","rdudek","What if I need to make a return on an item? 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Do they have a pool of free prime accounts that they will use to order your…",[183,193],{"value":184,"source":84,"evidence":185},"Honey",[186,189],{"id":187,"by":173,"text":188},"7274152","There's a Chrome extension called Honey (I believe one of the devs posts here occasionally) which does this (well, you click a button and it tries a bunch of codes for you, it…",{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"7273763","kookiekrak","so you're like a combination of honey + intercepting and storing my order information on your servers to wrap around canceling and returning?",{"value":194,"source":84,"evidence":195},"Quidco",[196,200],{"id":197,"by":198,"text":199},"7274064","agilebyte","Well if you are in UK you can use Quidco and their extension: https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fquidco-cashback-reminder\u002Felfdpdgmnodokhbiabbcjabmhpdajcog Which tells you…",{"id":201,"by":202,"text":203},"7274214","lazyjones","This possibly refunds buyers part of the Amazon affiliate fees they get for intercepting the order. 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