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I created this app out of frustration with how hard it is to find low priced items online. You usually have to drill way down before you can filter by price. Do you think this is a useful service?

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I worked on a similar side project a little while ago that focused on items that were below ten dollars. Like 1 Dollar Things, I used your typical affiliate data feeds. It was an interesting development exercise, but I failed to get any steady traffic/interest in the site.

I think the idea has some merit, but my execution wasn't good enough. Good luck with 1 Dollar Things!

What do you mean by "affiliate data feeds"? I am using live API calls. Is that what you mean?

I consumed product data feeds from companies that ran affiliate programs through companies like Commission Junction, filtered/stored the product data offline, indexed it, and displayed it in any number of ways through the web.

In retrospect, I should have spent more time marketing the site and getting feedback from users instead of focusing on the technical infrastructure :-)

Yeah, but where's the fun in that!

The fun in that is gone, it has trickled into your wallet.

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