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Show HN: I built a Free price comparison tool for Amazon, eBay, and AliExpress (oneclickcompare.com)
ibdf 19 hours ago [-]
I would argue that this is not a price comparison tool, more of a multi-search tool. When I search for an item I get somewhat similar products which doesn't help me find the best price for what I am looking for, just helps me find similar products. Ebay results is also the reason why I avoid similar tools like Google Shopping because you get so many bad results that's easier just going to eBay.
blancotech 17 hours ago [-]
I really like the idea behind this site and the goal of finding best deal across the web.

But what you said is exactly what my buddy and I have felt. Google Shopping also injects all these advertisers who have similar but different products. There isn't a good place to just say "Here's the exact product I want, now find it for me for the best price" that we've found.

We built and use https://www.lowlow.bot for price tracking specific item urls. Next we were thinking of doing it across sites just like you described, so it's good to hear from someone else who prefers that.

ibdf 14 hours ago [-]
Nice! I will give it a go.
pogue 12 hours ago [-]
I think, like others have said, if you could find the exact items, like searching by ASIN number or sku or something else it could be much more helpful.

If you could do something like camelcamelcamel.com where it allows me to find the exact product & then put my email to watch for price drops of the product I'm looking for, that would be ideal. Keep up the good work!

dubious2 14 hours ago [-]
thanks.gave me good results.looked up item I searched other day this would have saved me a lot of aggravation.
average_r_user 20 hours ago [-]
Nice Job!

Genuine Question: what is the source of the underlying data?

krisozy 19 hours ago [-]
Thanks!

Data is scraped live from the marketplaces.

average_r_user 18 hours ago [-]
Did you find some walls put in place by these sites to block scraping?

I have a little project like that written in R that has surprisingly worked well over a year without maintenance but some marketplace were off-limits without specific proxies

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