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Originally Posted by BornToPun
This is a good reason why I like coming at it from a monthly expenses angle. Probably 90% of people are paying too much for some service. I imagine there are whole regions where everyone should be using Service A but are instead using Service B simply because they've never heard of A or can't be bothered to switch on their one. But if you offer to switch people, getting them the save service at the same price and taking 50% of the savings for the first year, that could be a good deal for everyone.
This is right where I am coming from. A similar example is when I see people buy hundreds of dollars worth of groceries with cash/checks/debit cards when I know there's a 6% cash back American Express card that will save them hundreds per year, they just don't know about it or understand how to do it or are afraid of something like this. (I realize there are various reasons why not everyone can do this example but I believe a lot of people can, to some degree).
I would love to find a way to master this stuff, teach people about it, save them money and make a little money for myself.
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Originally Posted by mmbt0ne
To this point, while I'm sure something like this exists already, it would be cool to see an ecommerce site that was "Only the Best" or something along those lines that would only sell one of each particular item type, but it's the best one as judged by whatever criteria you want.
You want a small TV? "Only the Best" has picked out the best TV below 27 inches. There there's a medium section for 27"-42", and a large section for over 42".
You wouldn't even have to hold inventory or make a real "store" if you wanted. You could just get an Amazon affiliate account and run everything through that. At that point it's strictly a marketing and conversion exercise.
** I trimmed your quote down, I hope that's OK.
Also exactly where I am coming from. Some sort of "member's only" service, they just say what they want and all the research and recommendations are done for them. Ranging from TV's to new credit cards, to bulk toothpaste purchasing, to savings accounts, etc. Start out with a list of "mastered" topics and expand.
The long term value being that things are constantly changing and one recommendation is going to be different from the recommendation a month ago.
To your Amazon affiliate point, i don't think I want to be limited to one retailer as my products / services I provide would be generated from the entire internet. I am more of a purchasing / personal finance consultant rather than a store. I might have mis-understood what you meant though.