[jonknee]

What a terrible headline, Ztail doesn't even sell any merchandise. They are no competition to Amazon. In fact, they may even add Amazon as one of the merchants you can purchase through.

Ztail is selling a put option on retail products (well sort of, with eBay being involved too), interesting but not revolutionary. Considering all the bail outs we're having to do for firms that wrote tons of paper they couldn't back, who knows if Ztail will even be around next year when you want your $50.

It's sad that the HN headline is less reactionary than TechCrunch.

[corgan1003]

I guess I have always looked at Amazon as a portal to buy other merchants' merchandise. ZTail is doing that.

Do you think it is in ZTail's best interest to add Amazon? I read that Amazon does not pay for referrals anymore.

The truth is, I posted the article right after I read the TC article, and was super hyped about it. I thought to myself: "For once, I might actually buy some stuff from ZTail as opposed to Amazon" (Big deal for me). Looking back, I agree that this idea is certainly interesting but not revolutionary.