Dupely

How do you balance finding the cheapest option with ensuring shoppers still get a reliable seller and product quality?

Yeah, the unit normalization is exactly where it gets ugly. In extraction work the title and the structured pack field disagree constantly, '90ct' in the name but a 3x30 variant underneath, and whichever one you trust is wrong a surprising share of the time. What worked for us was treating price-per-unit as low-confidence unless two signals agreed (title regex plus the variant field), and just hiding the per-unit number when they didn't rather than showing a wrong one. A wrong savings figure kills trust faster than a missing one.

Building in the shopping space myself, so this one hits close. The gap between "is this product legit" and "is this seller legit" is bigger than most people realize — which one is Dupely actually scoring, or is it both? Curious which signal turns out most predictive: review-pattern anomalies or seller history. Congrats on the launch, the problem is painfully real.

The part nobody's asked about is the matching itself. Deciding two listings are the 'same product' is the whole game, and Amazon makes it ugly: a serum sold as 30ml vs 1oz, single unit vs a 2-pack, a renamed variation ASIN, a bundle with a free sample tacked on. When I worked on product matching, title plus image similarity got us to maybe 80%, and the last 20% (unit counts, pack sizes, refurb vs new) was where every wrong dupe call came from. A wrong dupe stings more than a missed one, since you're steering someone to buy the cheaper thing that isn't actually the same. How are you drawing that line today?

The Trust This Price flag using 90 days of history is the part I'd actually rely on, since fake "was $X, now $Y" drops are exactly what trips me up. When I'm on an Amazon listing with the Chrome extension, does DupeScore surface the cheaper identical product inline on the page, or do I have to open the app and search for it myself? And does the price history cover third-party marketplace sellers, or only the main buy-box?

Logan's question in this thread, whether the badge becomes the new thing to optimize around, is the one I'd push on too. I build in a category where dark patterns are the default and the honest answer is you never eliminate gaming, you price it up, so Ryan's framing rang true. What happens when a seller earns the badge legitimately and then quietly degrades, is there decay built into DupeScore?

Congrats!! Can users customize what matters most, like price history, seller trust, or return rates?

I'd love browser pop-ups explaining exactly why a seller earned or lost their credibility badge. What do you think?

This is a cool idea. How frequently is the seller trust data refreshed as new reviews and returns come in??

How does DupeScore actually identify identical products versus just similar ones, and does it factor in shipping costs when showing cheaper alternatives?

finally something that actually shows price history instead of pretending everything's on sale. caught a "30% off" listing that was literally higher than its 90 day average, that feature alone is worth the install.

the 90-day price history behind Trust This Price feels like the kind of unglamorous plumbing that actually changes how people shop. love that you built the trust layer first instead of another coupon hunt.

finally a tool that calls out fake price drops directly. tried it on a few listings and the 90 day price history actually made me rethink a couple of purchases.

The 90-day price history check for Trust This Price is such a sharp move—fake "was $50, now $25" listings fool almost everyone, so grounding the verdict in actual data feels genuinely useful.

Love that you pulled real price history into Trust This Price instead of just slapping a percent off label on things. The 90 day window is such a smart, grounded way to expose fake sales.