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As many of you already know, the Huddler platform was a great fit for us, in part, because it's geared towards product-oriented communities. When the system's at its best, you'd be able to click on a product name and see all related forum topics, classified listings, and reviews, along with a price comparison from various online stores. We can also include some of this information in different modules in the forums themselves. The goal is to save everyone the time and frustration of having to search all over the site when we can, instead, gather everything in one place.
One of the challenges we've encountered is that it's difficult to get access to product prices and information from all of the trustworthy independent sellers out there - and with the prevalence of fakes on eBay we've opted not to include them in our system.
Amazon has recently emerged as an interesting option. In the old days, sneaker fans wouldn't even bother searching for, say, a Jordan Retro on Amazon as they simply didn't stock it. While they still don't sell high end Nike/Jordan shoes directly, more and more independent sneaker sites, like JMSneakers, are becoming Amazon affiliates. So, when you search for a sneaker on Amazon, you essentially search all of their affiliates' inventory systems as well.
We want to make NikeTalk more useful for you. At the moment, we only have Eastbay product prices in the system - and it's designed to offer a comparison, not to promote a single outlet. It's actually very easy for us to include Amazon as well, but before we take that step I wanted to get your thoughts on the subject.
Have you ever purchased shoes from Amazon? If so, how was your experience? Do you believe that they're screening their affiliates effectively?
Let us know what you think.
One of the challenges we've encountered is that it's difficult to get access to product prices and information from all of the trustworthy independent sellers out there - and with the prevalence of fakes on eBay we've opted not to include them in our system.
Amazon has recently emerged as an interesting option. In the old days, sneaker fans wouldn't even bother searching for, say, a Jordan Retro on Amazon as they simply didn't stock it. While they still don't sell high end Nike/Jordan shoes directly, more and more independent sneaker sites, like JMSneakers, are becoming Amazon affiliates. So, when you search for a sneaker on Amazon, you essentially search all of their affiliates' inventory systems as well.
We want to make NikeTalk more useful for you. At the moment, we only have Eastbay product prices in the system - and it's designed to offer a comparison, not to promote a single outlet. It's actually very easy for us to include Amazon as well, but before we take that step I wanted to get your thoughts on the subject.
Have you ever purchased shoes from Amazon? If so, how was your experience? Do you believe that they're screening their affiliates effectively?
Let us know what you think.
