sprite Report post Posted September 6, 2009 Spent the last few days creating http://www.myitemtracker.com Still need to clean up the visual aspects of the site, get a proper logo, etc, but from a functional perspective it should at least be functional now. Basically it lets you track the price of any item from Amazon. You enter your desired price and condition [new, used, refurbished] and then website will shoot you an email if the product becomes available for that price. Things on todo list: -Clean up design and logo. -Graph price history for products. -Add categories and pagination to search. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hovik Report post Posted September 6, 2009 Okay looks like it works, although I'll probably have to wait to get email when the product becomes available at my set price to know if it works 100%. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pockmark Report post Posted September 6, 2009 Do they have something like this for eBay? I think the site looks good. OT. I actually had a really good idea for a website/business, but I know shit about webdesign. I know basically what I want from the website, but not sure where to go with it. I have a friend of mine that also graduated from fullsail, and I'm thinking about asking him for assistance. It would be a complex travel site. Any thoughts/ recommendations? I don't believe anyone out there has come up with anything in the same context. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANG Report post Posted September 6, 2009 cool sprite, you gonna take it LIVE? If the concept works for eBay somehow, they will buy you out! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite Report post Posted September 6, 2009 I will run some promotions for it and whatnot when I have polished it up a bit. Until then consider this a LP beta test LOL. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilhelm Report post Posted September 7, 2009 You should be able to enter the direct link on your site. 1) Find a product on amazon 2) past the http address on your site 3) set desired price Also a rework of the design would be CHEAP for a site like that. Get some professional web designers to make it look good but you can do that after the programming is tested I guess Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LamboJay Report post Posted September 7, 2009 So it's like a stripped down pricegrabber? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chipster Report post Posted September 7, 2009 Very cool idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawny Report post Posted September 8, 2009 Cool concept. How about adding text messaging? I Googled a couple of similar sites to see what they have to offer, but I haven't seen any offer texting or something along those lines. Maybe incorporate Twitter and Facebook to it? Have the product alert post it on their facebook when it becomes available at the desired price so alerts their facebook friends as well. As for the design, I would design something simplistic. Maybe have the home page show Popular Products, Search Products and What Is MyItemTracker. It will fill definitely fill up the page more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite Report post Posted September 8, 2009 Thanks for suggestions. I will definitely add the text messaging and twitter when I get a chance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackberry Report post Posted September 8, 2009 Nice! By the way, how is everything coming along with VIPWITHME? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Nice! By the way, how is everything coming along with VIPWITHME? Good. Still under development, but most of the functionality is done. Concentrating mostly on school with 2 months left then I will get around to finishing it up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Added graphs. Still need to clean them up a bit. http://www.myitemtracker.com/products/xbox...ro-60gb-console Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irvin Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Added graphs. Still need to clean them up a bit. http://www.myitemtracker.com/products/xbox...ro-60gb-console I had no idea prices fluctuated like this on Amazon. Cool concept. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawny Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Added graphs. Still need to clean them up a bit. http://www.myitemtracker.com/products/xbox...ro-60gb-console Very nice addition with the graph! Its looks great. I would recommend having the lowest price for the month be highlighted or even a box displaying it somewhere. Also, bing.com has the cool thing with airline tickets which tells you when is the best time to buy. If you can incorporate something like that, it would be awesome! Just throwing out more ideas, stop me if I am getting too carried away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBGallardo Report post Posted September 20, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/l3hlej The new graphs and buttons look great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilligan740 Report post Posted September 20, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/l3hlej The new graphs and buttons look great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
intence Report post Posted September 20, 2009 hey sprite did you make the whole site with ruby? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite Report post Posted September 20, 2009 hey sprite did you make the whole site with ruby? Yeah. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
intence Report post Posted September 20, 2009 do you have any recommendations for a newbie for learning ruby? books or websites? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite Report post Posted September 20, 2009 do you have any recommendations for a newbie for learning ruby? books or websites? Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition and The Ruby Programming Language Once you get the basics down, you mostly learn from practicing. Find little projects that you want to do. Every time you run into a problem try to find the solution through Google. At least that's the way I learn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedracer38 Report post Posted September 21, 2009 Great concept and nicely put together I'll definitely use it to track some items. I see Joey is tracking his baby cribs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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