Is there an aggregator for online shopping that isn’t Google Shopping?
I would love to give Amazon less business, but Google’s results aren’t super helpful a lot of the time either.
I would love to give Amazon less business, but Google’s results aren’t super helpful a lot of the time either.
The fact that there is not some global “hey i have x for sale” machine readable message bus is sort of crazy to me.
Eg: review fraud, selling stolen items, counterfeits, inventory comingling, inconsistent return policy, warehouse worker/driver treatment, terrible search/discovery, bad ux, etc.
I'd worry about that problem when it's a reality not before.
But they seem to have died out
Knowing if some random store is safe is more of an issue I suppose. Usually I find it pretty easy to tell and avoid them. Trustpilot (and a couple of similar services i forget) seem to be pretty reliable, in Europe at least.
Not familiar with Shopify, is it obvious if a store is using their platform? I guess if they do some due diligence on the businesses they host that provides a basic level of safety.
Also, I don’t have a favorite alternative store, nor do I know of very many alternatives in the first place. An aggregator would be helpful, or even an index.