Organized Shopping Blog: New Hobby: Shopping Interface Design

March 3, 2005

I have decided to take up a new hobby: designing a next-generation interface for comparison shopping, regardless of what is practical or probable.

Reason #1: A vision is starting to materialize, and it is going to haunt me if I do not capture it.

Reason #2: I need to repent for the Nielsen-esque green and yellow of Organized Shopping.

Reason #3: If it is a hobby, then my work hours might get down to a respectable number.

I mention this because...

* If enough of the right sites offer APIs, I might be able to turn it into reality.

* If not, I would like to find a company with the resources to make it happen.

* If I cannot do either of the above, I will publish it on this site.

New Hobby: Shopping Interface Design (2)
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on March 3, 2005 at 8:15 AM
Archived at OrganizedShopping.com

Are you referring to building a consolidated interface for consumers, or an interface for merchants?

Posted by KeithP at March 3, 2005 11:21 AM

Keith, it will be a consolidated interface for consumers.

By the way, I have added your ShopTracker tool to the Vendors for Merchants page.

(I'm still trying to settle on a format for that page that will be useful, yet easy to maintain.)

Posted by Sean O'Rourke at March 3, 2005 1:37 PM