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This could be a fun project idea. How would you imagine yourself finding what you are looking for?

Would you see yourself going to a website like "momandpops.com" and choosing from categories like "Household" "Clothing" "Outdoors" and subcategories like "Clothing > Men's" "Clothing > Kid's"? When you select the categories, you'd be shown a listing page of smaller retailers that sell products in that category.

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YES! I would love a site dedicated to quality products, with an emphasis on smaller shops or startups. I just want something curated by people with decent taste. Stuff that everyone already buys, but want a more quality/special offering. I love places that don't sell their stuff on amazon and are too small to get in department stores. I've seen a couple websites that do this, but it's mostly aimed at a niche(ex. Stuff for artsy moms, or toys for super single rich guys).

I'll post some links to give you an idea of the kind of stuff I'm into. Honestly I just want a website curating cool websites that sell physical products.

https://ramaworks.store/ https://ghostly.com/ https://www.muji.us/store/

This sounds very similar to Etsy or Amazon Handmade.

https://www.amazon.com/Handmade/

I imagine companies like Shopify could easily compete in this market too by curating stores that use their service.

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