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Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea! (lemmy.giftedmc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi folks! I'm here with another idea. Let's make an amazon alternative. I know! I know! That was asked for a couple times already but lets discuss some details.

Amazon is basically glorified dropshipping by now. What if we just made federated (not sure if over activitypub would work) ads and sales, powered by fediseer (the "trust" network of the fediverse).

Example 1: So you buy at toms groceries, you trust them. they have experience with tina's hardware store and they trust them. so you can buy both toms and tinas wares on both sites.

Example 2: So for example, I run a small business that sells computers. You run a small business that sells mice and keyboards. I have worked with you before so I mark you as trusted in my local website, which federates with yours, showing your products in my shop. If a customer buys my computer and buys your keyboard on top, my site sends you a buy order with customer address and payment. I get a small fee for my electricity of say 1%.

Can someone try and poke holes in this idea? It feels like this could work!

Have a nice weekend.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Reading the post, I found what I really want right now: a federated review platform.

[email protected] is a general review site. It currently covers media but, if you can get the data in (SKUs?) I can't see a reason it couldn't cover other products.

[–] someacnt 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot! Bummer that it is primarily for media. I wish it had more publicity/popularity, is there any way I can help?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

It's not a bunker per se, it is just that, if you are a review platform, the easiest initial targets would be Goodreads, IMDb, etc. Other types of stuff to review may take a little longer. However, if you can get access to a source of unique IDs, it may be possible to import the information. As it is written in Python there will be knowledgeable folks around who can better advise on this. I'd suggest post about it here: [email protected]. See what other people think about it.