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Ask HN: Review my startup wuggee.com/find-a-laptop.html

4 points by rohitkundaji ↗ HN
I am thinking of quitting my full time job to work on this full time. Would appreciate your feedback.

More about the website: Wuggee helps users make quick, informed buying decisions.

We scrape all pertinent information including specs, all available prices, user and expert reviews, seller ratings, etc. Users can filter and find what they are looking for. Non-techy users can get customized recommendations without having to understand jargon.

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hiphopopotamus
I like this. I'd definitely use it. Could do with a little sex-ing up, but the functionality is very useful.
rohitkundaji
Thanks for the feedback @hiphopopotamus. Yes, I agree wrt sexyness. Am planning to get help from a professional web designer.
27182818284
I think it has a lot of potential. I initally liked the idea a lot. It needs polish, but that goes without saying for an alpha version.

I worry a little bit about how actually useful it is. Because I choose a few options and then it, say, comes down to a couple of laptops that are close to each other in specs. A person is still left wondering which. That's not too different than two similarly speced machines next to each other on the shelf.

rohitkundaji
Thank you very much for the feedback.

Some other users have complained of options paralysis with the "find a laptop" page as well. Do you think the "Help me Decide" feature helps you with this issue?

Is there more information I can add to Wuggee notes to help out the decision making?

Please do let me know if you have any suggestions.

27182818284
I didn't try it but I went back and tried it today. I like the general idea behind it, and it was pretty slick. Still feels empty though. The idea behind explaining things like "more processor would be a waste" or whatever is great. I'd emphasize that more and expand on that. Might eliminate that "oh that's it?" feeling I had.