I'm currently working on a side project. Is there any interest in a website that directs you to trusted online stores based on what you're looking for? For example, if you search "oven mitt" it will bring up results from Bed Bath & Beyond and Target (or some other "trusted" store). If you search for "headphones" it will bring up results directly from headphone manufacturer websites.<p>My motivation for this project is to solve the problem of fake products on Amazon and eBay, but I'm not sure how big a problem this is for other people. (Please be as skeptical as possible!)
Why would someone trust the proposed site? I search for "Filing Drawers" and it makes a recommendation ... why would I trust those recommendations rather than Amazon or eBay?<p>Trust is a difficult problem to solve ... any one can put up a website with search results and claim that they are trustworthy.
I think there is a pretty large interest in something like this. But I don't think it will as simple/automated as you would like.<p>At the minimum, you would need to test/review each product. Provide truly valuable insights, and touch/feel each product side by side.<p>There are several people that do this in their respective niches, and make a quite a good living for themselves. But keep in mind it took them years of doing it for fun and acquiring taste before anything worked out.<p>Based on your original post, if I visited the site.It would feel like one of those low quality affiliate link stuff websites.<p>But if you add some truly valuable insight,data etc. It could be worth it.