Chris over at startupBLIPS has just posted a review of zlert. His blog is about startups and startup-related tech news. He is currently working on his second startup, after switchplanet.com, a site for trading DVDs, books, games and CDs.
He's clearly taken the time to write a thoughtful review. Thanks Chris! Best of luck with your new startup.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Top Ten Sellers
One of the things I personally enjoy on zlert is being able to easily view lists of top sellers in any category. It's easy to keep up with what items are hot right now.
All you have to do is select a category in the drop down menu on the search page and type "+TS" and hit the "Go" button. Putting the "+" in front is important - it marks it as a special search.
For example, here is a list of the top ten toys on Amazon.com, labeled 1 to 10.
On the search results page, you can change category and hit the "Go" button again, to see another categories top ten. I often spend time flipping between categories, just to see what folks are buying.
Drill down within a category to see top ten lists in various sub-categories. For example for Sci-Fi DVDs.
You can also set up an alert to have the top ten items in any category or sub-category emailed to you on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Liking movies, I have the list of top ten selling DVDs emailed to me every morning.
All you have to do is select a category in the drop down menu on the search page and type "+TS" and hit the "Go" button. Putting the "+" in front is important - it marks it as a special search.
For example, here is a list of the top ten toys on Amazon.com, labeled 1 to 10.
On the search results page, you can change category and hit the "Go" button again, to see another categories top ten. I often spend time flipping between categories, just to see what folks are buying.
Drill down within a category to see top ten lists in various sub-categories. For example for Sci-Fi DVDs.
You can also set up an alert to have the top ten items in any category or sub-category emailed to you on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Liking movies, I have the list of top ten selling DVDs emailed to me every morning.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Improved alerts for Amazon.com Electronics
When you are on Amazon.com, you may notice some items, in particular for Electronics, have a "Click here to see the price" link. For example, see this Samsung TV. Seemingly, they are prevented by Manufacturer agreements from displaying or advertising the price when it's below a certain amount. This, of course, is a bit annoying for customers, but it's not Amazon's fault.This has presented a problem for us too. Amazon, in the data feed they supply us with, do not list the price for these items. Kind of difficult to do price alerts etc. when we aren't given the price. In our search results too, we were not displaying the new price of these items.
Fortunately, we've just solved this problem. For search results, you will now see a "Select item to view price" for the new price. Selecting the item will display its price. You can always deselect it if you don't want to set up an alert or buy it right now. For example, see this list of the current best selling TVs.
When we check prices for Price and Price Guarantee alerts, we now also obtain the current price for these "hidden price" products. So, you can be assured that we will now find out about price drops for all Electronic items on Amazon.com. Happy Saving!
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