Scalliwag Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 This is something Evanslight and I are working on. If you have ever been to [url="http://www.pricewatch.com"]http://www.pricewatch.com[/url] you already know the premise to this concept. I just bought the domain name [u][b]Hookahwatch.com[/b][/u].Products included are everything from hookahs, shisha,hoses, and all other accesories you can think of. It will be searchable in many ways as well. General to find the lowest priced hookah or lowest specific hookah like MYA QT will be a popular search you can bet. For vendors that throw in freebies there will be a flag to indicate that while the vendor may not have the lowest price he has extra goodies that may make you more inclined to take that deal. Clicking a vendor name will take you to a page you can check reviews as well as all items they currently have listed and the prices. It will also have their address info etc. Even on those pages a click on a product will take you to a price comparison with other vendors. There are many pros to this idea I think. It gives new vendors a place to establish themselves. Everything from reviews to products to vendors in one place. This will take a while to get going to full speed. We are still working through all the gory details. We have not started on the scripts yet because we don't want to miss out on any ideas some of you may have that we need to consider before launch. So opinions, ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 yup anything you can input is welcome. Ill be handling most of the scripting and design end of the site. Beyond that scally is public relations and also the main dude.Also any web programmers that know php and looking for a new project, we need ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 The problem is like, EBay, dishonest guys will raise the S/H and drop the price. Amazon tells them exactly how much they can get and standardizes it. I would recommend this. You know what I've been thinking about, Scalli? What a great contributing member you are to this forum, always with good ideas, always with new inventions, always with good opinions...we're lucky to have you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']The problem is like, EBay, dishonest guys will raise the S/H and drop the price. Amazon tells them exactly how much they can get and standardizes it. I would recommend this. You know what I've been thinking about, Scalli? What a great contributing member you are to this forum, always with good ideas, always with new inventions, always with good opinions...we're lucky to have you.[/quote] yea thanks for the idea tang. At first it will be the store putting up there prices and products, then from there we will update them, along with showing shipping costs, to try and show that.And we will include the shipping thing in our rules :Dand scally is da pirate man !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']The problem is like, EBay, dishonest guys will raise the S/H and drop the price. Amazon tells them exactly how much they can get and standardizes it. I would recommend this. You know what I've been thinking about, Scalli? What a great contributing member you are to this forum, always with good ideas, always with new inventions, always with good opinions...we're lucky to have you.[/quote] Thanks Tang!!! Especially coming from you. I have a huge respect for someone like you that actually makes a very viable and respected product. Most people just talk and that is okay. I appreciate all compliments, but some have more impact than others like you. We like to roll the sleeves up and get stuff done. We still have plenty of time to chat still ya know? Waiting for others to get things done just does not work for me.If I spend too much time just yakking tho I feel like I am just wasting too much time. I need things to show for my days or I am not happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldavis Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 this is a great idea (and if you need a logo, just let me know pauldavis@turnonyourlights.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 we might, i suck at logo creation im a web designer not a logo maker!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 oooh, logo design contest maybe? Maybe a guy standing between two identical hookahs with ficticious .com names above them. One with a $20 tag and the other with $100 and his reaction to finding the lower..... maybe? ARRRR??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwieise Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I think it will really help the new retailers get their businesses going. It would be cool to have a "Featured New Store" section so they could get some exposure. I see a lot of innovation in the smaller stores but it is generally lesser quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 this is a damn good idear! i'll def get the word out to people once its done to those who wanna buy a new hookah. cant wait to see the finished product. excellent stuff gentlemen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Like I said in chat earlier... You need to have a "shopping cart" of sorts. One that will enable people to see what the lowest price would be to get a list of items all from the same place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCShisha Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I wonder if you could use the Froogle engine to do this; build a front-end geared toward hookah products. Google typically exposes their APIs to make this sort of thing really easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 that was one of the best ideas Diz!!! Especially if we can have it give the costs both ways. One column from if it came from one vendor and one that shows the costs from several sites. Any places that have free shipping should be listed before the others as well. That way right off you know the lowest price where shipping is already figured so you know the bottom line the others have to beat. Places that have free shipping over a certain amount need to be notated as well. Ideas like the one Diz had is exactly the input we need. If it's done right it should be good for everybody. Before a vendor buys product for inventory they can check and see if they are getting it at a low enough price to compete. That way they can concentrate on profitable stock with their money too. Businesses can research from this as well in other words if they use it as a tool as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben5082 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Sounds like a really cool idea. Message me when its done and I'll send some traffic your way.-Ben[url="http://www.hookah-bars.com/"]www.hookah-bars.com[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteshadow Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 so how does this work exactly? do the vendors have to update the prices themselves or do you guys have to do all the work? or is there some code that I wouldn't understand that does this automatically?either way, kickass idea and I'd like to help anyway I canstart a myspace for it too, people love that shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Scalliwag:How can I help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 [quote name='Whiteshadow']so how does this work exactly? do the vendors have to update the prices themselves or do you guys have to do all the work? or is there some code that I wouldn't understand that does this automatically? either way, kickass idea and I'd like to help anyway I can start a myspace for it too, people love that shit[/quote] We have to play and find out what works. I am hoping we can grab data through search features. Vendors should submit their site for search and answer a list of questions, such as shipping costs, shipping policies as far as how long before they ship. And other questions on the form that we can import into the database. It will be free to everybody. The only charges would be vendors wanting to advertise. Look at Pricewatch for an example. Paid ads would link directly to the vendor site for more info on the sale it. All would be clearly noted it is a paid advertisement. And paid ads would help defer the cost of running the site which includes but is not limited to keeping me and Evans drunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenWizard Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Freaking awesome. You guys don't mess around!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 Well we're just dumb enough to try anything and lucky enough it just may work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 keep the ideas flowing everyone :Das for prices, due to the variations of sites coding, at first i have planned that the vendor will first post all there products and prices, along with shipping costs, and all the info we need. Then for the most part we will update prices as they change. Wouldnt be to hard, just get alot of u guys to help us keep us up to date on the prices :Doh and paid adverts, and donations to our site will go to the drunk and smokin fund for pirates and el's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 boo, I'm not elegible to draw from said fund :/ Lol, I really wish I kept on programming, it would have made things easier on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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