| Re: Amazon Parts Knowledgebase [message #296369 is a reply to message #296345] |
Sun, 28 February 2016 19:50   |
rcjordan
Messages: 1913
Registered: October 2012
Location: Elizabeth City, North Car...
Karma:
|
Senior Member |
|
|
Currently, 97% of it is based on a couple of known-to-me order histories I had permission to access. 1% is from a contributor who wants to build the knowledgebase (for tools, not GMCs). And another 2% was pulled in from searching your FB site. Third-party stuff is vetted (that's pretty easy if the person has a good track record. I don't go fact-checking Ken H, for instance), but Amazon's own review system really does that, too.
Yes, I'm able to insert a blurb under the item as I click it into the Amazon database.
I'm hoping others will contribute directly. Just a link and a quick comment as to why you can't live without it is all it takes.
It's really working already, I can sweep in anything that someone posts or I find by research in -literally- 2 clicks. Note, too that the catalog isn't just vehicle-related. But I doubt I'll get into many more categories.
The issue, though, (and why I'm down here in the basement) is how to use it properly when someone asks. For example, I've had more than a few requests for links to that battery jumpbox I posted a year ago. That thing was the devil to find in my order history. Another hot one now is that 4" round LED. Now I -or anyone else- could just point them to the public site, to the fixture itself but more likely just tell them it's in the LED directory.
Here's that 4" fixture with my notes, for example
http://astore.amazon.com/4geeks00-20/detail/B00UTCQJ3Q
A BIG bonus with Amazon (besides them providing the database management. I HATE database management!) is that they give me a tool to automatically sweep out dead, or no longer available items.
SOLD 77 Royale Coachmen Side Dry Bath
76 Birchaven Coachmen Side Wet Bath
76 Eleganza
Elizabeth City, NC
|
|
|
|
GMCforum
Search
Help
Register
Login
Home
