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Best Buy API Aims To Expand Store's Reach Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the right-way-to-encourage-business dept.

surely_you_cant_be_serious writes "Best Buy has opened up proprietary product catalog data in its online store through an open API. Through the Remix API, Best Buy can track how many people are using its information, while users can check to see where a certain product is available without visiting Best Buy's site. Web developers and bloggers can also sign up to become an official Best Buy affiliate. If approved, they can get a small percentage of a sale if someone makes a Best Buy purchase through their site."

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  1. I'm torn by Bryansix · · Score: 4, Funny

    I really am torn about this. On the one hand it is cool technology and it prevents me from having to actually go into a Best Buy and talk to one of the khakis pants army of morons who work there. On the other hand this means more revenue for Best Buy and that means they will expand and build more stores which will then cause me to vomit upon sight of said stores... I'm torn; really I am!

  2. LEAKED CODE FROM BESTBUYS API !!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    if request.instorepricecheck()
    {
          return 2*item.price;
    {
    else
    {
          return item.price;
    }