Comments on: Bestcovery Lets You Shop Without Having To Think Too Much

By: Sammy

Sammy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:44:54 +0000

They have a suggest a category submission, so ask them to cover those.

By: Saul

Saul — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:55:20 +0000

I like this idea…I like it so much that I started a similar site over a year ago. We don’t have the marketing budget or techcrunch connections that Bestcovery.com has, but our products are hand-selected to be “most reasonable” in their product class. In these difficult economic times, you may not be able to afford the best, but reasonable is something you can always afford.

reasonablegoods.com

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:53:51 +0000

Errr….Am I the only one who doesn’t get it? I don’t understand why this commonplace site is featured on TechCrunch. Unless they paid TC for the infortisement.

Bestcovery offers a more limited set of features than Amazon IMO. On Amazon you already can find easily what the best item is in each category. Just sort lists of products properly and pick #1. Regarding comments, Amazon has many more comments from real users like you and me, and you can make up your mind easily.

I have no compelling reason to use this skimmed ecommerce site.

By: Zed

Zed — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:26:36 +0000

Too bad Bestcovery doesn’t emphasize environmentally friendly products. In fact, it doesn’t even seem to take that into account at all. It was an opportunity for them to make a difference to the planet, but they didn’t.

Much better is PristinePlanet.com.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:16:32 +0000

This is a fairly awesome idea. Assuming they up their product space, EASY mass market appeal. Two issues, however:

1. are they getting referrals for people clicking through?
2. where are the WOMEN’S products? They can’t be that hard to objectively rate.

By: john

john — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:40:29 +0000

I needed to get a good gift for my nephew. I checked out the site and got a cool ps3 game recommendation!

Nice site.

By: Ramano

Ramano — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:38:26 +0000

This site is great, It made my search for a new digital camera really easy.

By: EM

EM — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:19:57 +0000

Great implementation and should stand out and appeal to consumers at a time when lesser competitors will probably struggle.

By: Bestcovery – Discover the Best of Everything | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:04:29 +0000

[...] Pourzanjani, former CEO and co-founder of PriceGrabber, offers product reviews from a wide range of categories. To help the consumer decide, the service has a few pros and cons added in the review, so it gives [...]

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:46:29 +0000

…and it looks like Bestcovery nailed it…review aggregation is a good point of reference but sometimes you just want someone to tell you what’s the best…just tell me what to buy.

By: Jason Nazar’s Blog » Blog Archive » BestCovery - Find the Best of Everything

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:24:27 +0000

[...] Bestcovery, a new venture by Kamran Pourzanjani the co-founder and former CEO of PriceGrabber, was announced today on TechCrunch. [...]

By: jason@tinyComb

jason@tinyComb — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:18:05 +0000

Nice job Kam. Great looking site, very useful. To answer your question Cartman, lead generation on products. In a recession, converting leads for dollars is one of the most cost efficient play for advertisers and is lucrative for high SEO publishers like BestCovery. Kamran started PriceGrabber, so he knows the lead gen space in depth. This will make money.

By: Sebastian Gard

Sebastian Gard — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:06:21 +0000

Microsoft’s Live Search aggregates a large number of consumer and expert reviews online and compiles them into a handy “Opinion Index.” For me, this is a better approach because it comes from a diversity of sources. It does sentiment detection to see if the comments people are making about products and features are positive or negative. Here’s Bestcovery’s top LCD TV in the opinion index: http://tinyurl.com/6h4yfw

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:06:53 +0000

Love the idea; just tell me what’s best! I could see this site growing into something big as they add more categories.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:42:51 +0000

Their graphic design, and their model of picking “experts” looks very similar to Opposing Views. OV seems to abide by the expert model rather than the crowdsourcing model. Somehow I doubt there will be a $500 million exit for this one.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:15:48 +0000

I like the fact that there is an alternative option to the crowd-sourcing approach. I agree with you Jason, there are a number of items I just want to see what is deemed the best, and my personal taste is not as big a deal.

By: cartman

cartman — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:06:55 +0000

And how do they make money??

By: Sammy

Sammy — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:49:08 +0000

This is going to great for those impulse online purchases where you know you shouldn’t be buying something, but since you are doing it, you might as well be getting the best out there!

Wait, is it sane to justify impulse purchases like that?

By: Mike_C

Mike_C — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:45:41 +0000

Cool site! I like reading reviews for most tech products, but http://www.bestcovery.com will save a lot of time with the stuff I need but don’t want to read about.

By: glu

glu — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:43:09 +0000

No smart shopper uses a single site for comparison. Bestcovery is a great way to get a quick, top-level view of leaders in a given space.