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Show HN: I Relaunched, Blink – Your Personal Amazon Shopping Assistant (blink-ai.vercel.app)
16 points by aviavinash 1048 days ago
Hey everyone,

I wanted to share something cool I've been working on lately - Blinkn.shop, a slick new way to supercharge your Amazon shopping experience. Being an online shopping enthusiast, I've often found myself lost in the Amazon jungle, searching for that perfect item. Frustrated with the process, I decided to create something that could make this a whole lot easier. And that's how Blinkn.shop was born.

Blinkn.shop isn't your usual shopping tool. It's designed to be your shopping buddy, helping you find what you're looking for with minimal hassle.

Check it out: Blinkn.shop
3 comments
KMnO4 1048 days ago
Seems broken.

I asked it to find me a cable to connect my iPad to a tv screen. It returned a JSON message with some random filler content and links to “example.com”.

Next I asked it for some help finding a light backpacking tent and it gave me options for suitcases and said they were on sale for “$$0” [sic].

https://i.ibb.co/wwkvLpB/IMG-0824.png

Also, the follow up questions are wholly useless. Why would I want to ask the chatbot if it “wants to see other options”? That should be a command, ie “I want to see more options”. It also gave me the exact same options when I tried it.

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aviavinash 1048 days ago
Sometime it get broken, but will improve as soon as i can get access to the amazon product advertising api, which require 3 sales for approval. Also have added 50+ product guide to prepare for approval.

After next update it should have access to nearly all the amazon product, currently working on scrapped nearly 20k products

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swah 1048 days ago
Quick feedback: as soon as I type, add a response message there saying "One moment... <loading indicator>". I feel like that works better than the subtle loading indicator you have now.
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aviavinash 1048 days ago
Yes, i'm thinking of adding loader like bing chat that shows it's in between thought progress such as "Searching on amazon..." "Curating best product list..." and other intermediate steps that makes more real and interesting.
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aviavinash 1048 days ago
Please upvote and support, i need help in getting 3 sales to get amazon api that unlocks unlimited products for this tool and will vastly improve search.
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