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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. Old news? by Chabo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sounds kinda like what Amazon did several years ago, so you can link to a specific product on Amazon, and get a cut.

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    1. Re:Old news? by timeOday · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I sure hope that's not all it is. If one API for product info predominated across most companies, it would be great, basically froogle.google.com without all the heuristics of trying to find and parse the price out of a web page (since that would be explicit). You would hardly need ebay anymore, since the search engine would be the marketplace.

  2. Re:One way to change the character of online comme by bugnuts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Speaking of bestbuysucks.com/org/net/tv/co.uk/etc, has anyone heard of the disposition of those illegal detentions and arrests they made when people wouldn't show a receipt for their own purchased items?

    I remember a couple posted on slashdot a few years ago, and one was particularly egregious.