Solarpunk technology

2346 readers

53 users here now

Technology for a Solar-Punk future.

Airships and hydroponic farms...

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

An Old Idea or a Bad Idea? (slrpnk.net)

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

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I am working off not enough sleep, so this may already exist or be a bad idea, but this thread got me thinking and so I posted this idea on Mastodon:

What if there was an interoperability commerce-focused protocol (built like ActivityPub does for content) where sellers could connect their single listing/post/etc. to many websites without having to manage the item individually on each website and the websites made money by commissions through a sort of affiliate program if the purchase was made through them?

I'm not a tech/programmer person, I'm more of a systems person, so I'm a bit out of my element.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

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

But also, I think Amazon's website is just the visible part of their value. I have helped my wife set up shipping for a webshop, even just within Japan and it is a major pain. Automated interfacing with shipping, with customs (a pain of their own), owning warehouses, having a variety of payement options and litigation helps, all of that is part of the package.

If you are seriously going into this, first, I want to say good luck because I hope something like that exists, and second a recommendation: try Amazon as a seller, to see how it works on this side as well and have an idea of the experience to emulate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Those are great points, too. I know a few sellers and have noticed their complaints about Amazon have increased in recent years at the same time my satisfaction with the platform as a buyer has been going down. You have all given me a lot ot think through. Greatly appreciated!