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by lgabraham 4y ago
We may soon. Are you asking for yourself?
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Oh my. Furniture does seem to elicit strong feelings. The moment someone decides their home is worth more investment than they have ever invested before is a special moment, indeed.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Yes, you are right. We recently found out that Wayfair spends $69 to acquire a customer, and then recoup $59. They have built a machine. It is true that long as there is margin, they will sow confusion. We hope to stay ahead of them.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
The Home Depot url seems to be working in the U.S. I wonder if they block, rather than redirect, European customers. It's good idea to look at access codes for urls. Thank you. We have received quite few requests from users to expand i
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by lgabraham 4y ago
I would say it is quite useful to see your preferences so clearly communicated. Thank you for taking the time to share them with us. May I ask, when you say "overstuffed" do you mean the make, as in having the entire frame covered
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Yes, this is a great idea, and something I have been thinking about. A clear risk of our site right now is decision fatigue. Some users we have spoken about wanting to be guided through their purchasing journey. I think you're right ma
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by lgabraham 4y ago
We built this precisely because we believed users didn't care much about which shop the item came from. We see the context of viewing items through the stores as a marketing tool that leverages established brands. We hope that being ab
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by lgabraham 4y ago
We will soon test charging a transaction fee on the items, which will be fulfilled by the stores.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Interesting points. It is true high quality furniture can retain value. I hope that if someone has a fixed budget, but can be confident they are finding the best prices, they will by definition buy higher quality goods. We certainly could o
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Yes. Cheap furniture has a place. Marked up cheap furniture does not.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Yes, we do envision Spoken becoming a "power search" tool, with sorting. What criteria would you like to search on?
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Yes, even deciding on preferences, including time horizon, is difficult in the first place. I think rental models like Pabio (YC S21) will catch on for the optionality they provide. I do agree that IKEA, which is vertically-integrated at sc
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by lgabraham 4y ago
I was not simply not aware of the controversy around Trust Pilot or, more importantly, their business model.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
This is an interesting point regarding brand aversion. We are also looking to add collaboration tools for partners attempting to navigate preferences together.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
A great point.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
These are great points. The lemon problem is ultimately a problem arising from asymmetry of information. We are hoping to empower our users with more information to tilt buying more in their favor.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Thanks!
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by lgabraham 4y ago
We found extensions like Honey to be invasive, so we designed ours to be low profile. It will alert you only when we've found item elsewhere. Right now, this is around 200,000 products.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Thank you! Yes, we intend to expand filtering with time. Thank you for the suggestion.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Oof. Thank you for this feedback. This particular item (the tables vs the set) happened to be human error. We will improve. It is interesting to note you prefer browsing sites directly. We do have a Chrome extension that is light weight, an
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by lgabraham 4y ago
The "sales," yes. Once we have enough price data to show how "sales" change over time, we might be able to help users plan their purchases. Some "sales" are evergreen, while some are episodic but also predictab
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by lgabraham 4y ago
What a crazy story! It makes me wonder if we can aggregate manuals, too. Soon, we'll allow you to sort by discount you can search yourself. In the meantime, I did find a set of outdoor furniture selling for ~$7,000 on Pier 1 Imports th
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by lgabraham 4y ago
I understand your disillusionment. I certainly respect those who choose to buy used.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Interesting point. We have only started to look into the international market and want to understand dimensions such as shipping costs, shipping times, quality, etc. We have considered also including secondary markets for the price-consciou
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by lgabraham 4y ago
It is a fair point. In making this site, I have come to respect quality furniture makers most of all. I do think there is a place for cheap furniture. Not just as junk, but as a piece of a home when someone doesn't have the budget they
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Thank you for pointing this out. We are currently updating our prices every week. Indeed, this isn't quick enough for how quickly the sellers change prices, and especially given by how much they sometimes change them.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Oh my, that is very strange and interesting. Thank you for this note!
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Interesting points. Our site does, for now, mainly aggregate the stuff that can be found at more than one place. We don't think all of it is merely cheap. We found that we ourselves sometimes became "siloed" in styles. One go
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Great points and excellent research. It impresses upon us the importance of diversifying the source of our reviews and ratings, and introducing our own means of validating sellers.
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by lgabraham 4y ago
Thank you! We did have something like this on our site for some time. We recently simplified our language. You have pointed out for us that something was lost. We did make these fun Instagram posts: https://www.instagram.com&#x2F

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