Feeding the Gold Box

26 Jul 2003

Amazon has syndication feeds? So what? The current version inspires a big yawn. I don't want to subscribe to a category of products, I want to subscribe to my Gold Box. It's a well-defined list of items, updated on a regular schedule, and I want a reminder when it changes. Seems like a natural fit to me.

Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2003 at 1:47 PM

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anil dash - archives Anil suggests that Amazon should look into allowing feeds against the Gold Box as that would be more useful. What about even more useful stuff like providing a feed to order status? Or price alerts on... Read More »
Feeding Order Status | July 29, 2003 10:15 PM

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Oh, I forgot to mention that PB covered this stuff in terrific detail, for those who are interested.

Anil | July 26, 2003 5:43 PM | Reply

Did you see the feeds Chris and I did before Amazon released theirs? Ours has more info plus images. I'll see if the current Amazon API has hooks into the Gold Box and see if we can do custom feeds for those. Good idea!

Jason D- | July 29, 2003 10:41 AM | Reply

Don't forget the ur-project: amazon light - amol

amol | July 30, 2003 6:04 PM | Reply

The Gold Box is a useless piece of shit. Routinely, I find my Gold Box filled with just a random assortment of crap that has nothing to do with what I've bought or searched for. Why would anyone want a feed of what is basically Amazon's random clearance neurosis? Gold Box my patooey, more like the Tin Box, says I.

tom | July 31, 2003 9:57 AM | Reply

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