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by chillacy 2953 days ago
Have you considered making it a browser extension? It would be good to maintain the amazon interface I'm used to.

On another note I heard from folks who have tried starting companies like this that it's hard to change habits (hard to get people to stop going to amazon and start going to your site, even if you add a bunch of extra useful info).
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system_error 2953 days ago
I initially looked into making a browser extension but my reading of the Amazon Product Search API led me to believe it would be a violation of their terms of use. I have seen some similar extensions using their API since then which has made me reconsider.
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chillacy 2951 days ago
Another possibility: if you scrape the data from the page directly, amazon would never know.
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