Well, I'm thinking of morphing it so that you can create a wish list page by simply doing a general product search. And to be able to change the name from your own name to something like "mom". This way, you can organize a wish list purchase for your mom and you share the link with your siblings and when the total amount is reached, you have to type in the address manually.
Currently, an advantage of riding the Amazon.com Wish List is that they can take care of the shipping address without me getting involved. But I think it's more fun to organize a gift to someone else other than yourself.
Believe it or not, I had an extremely similar idea 3 years ago (pre-Amazon Wish List) but never executed on it. My concept didn't include the crowdsourcing angle but it did have a couple of other angles that would help get traction & monetize simultaneously.
Drop me a line if you want to kick around some ideas.
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Well, I'm thinking of morphing it so that you can create a wish list page by simply doing a general product search. And to be able to change the name from your own name to something like "mom". This way, you can organize a wish list purchase for your mom and you share the link with your siblings and when the total amount is reached, you have to type in the address manually.
Currently, an advantage of riding the Amazon.com Wish List is that they can take care of the shipping address without me getting involved. But I think it's more fun to organize a gift to someone else other than yourself.
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Believe it or not, I had an extremely similar idea 3 years ago (pre-Amazon Wish List) but never executed on it. My concept didn't include the crowdsourcing angle but it did have a couple of other angles that would help get traction & monetize simultaneously. Drop me a line if you want to kick around some ideas.