Work · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites. Buybye – An anti-consumerist's checklist (a weekend project) launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Escape the Expected▲55

   The secret psychology of selling to skeptical consumers

   2015 · escapetheexpected.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Spent▲62

   Sex, evolution, and consumer behavior

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Ownfeedfrom $1/mo▲140

   A social feed of people who need your product

   17d ago · ownfeed.dev · its alternatives →

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   What Women Want▲67

   The science of female shopping

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Anthropologic▲185

   The zero distance consumer research platform.

   Sep 2026 · anthropologic.quilt.ai · its alternatives →

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   Exponent - Competing Against Non-Consumption▲63

   Apple's earnings and Twitter's troubles

   2016 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →

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   Neuromarketing▲61

   Understanding the buy buttons in your customer's brain

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Decoded▲62

   The science behind why we buy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Cheap▲95

   The high cost of discount culture

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Attack of the Customers▲55

    Why critics assault brands online

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Matchmakers▲61

    The new economics of multisided platforms

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't▲12

    A fresh way to understand why we buy

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Buycott▲106

    Vote with your wallet.Align your purchases with your beliefs

    2018 · buycott.com · its alternatives →

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    Pattern Matching▲11

    A snapshot of modern consumer culture and hipster esoterica

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Re/code Decode - Co-CEO's of Warby Parker▲103

    “The eyewear industry is kind of messed up”

    2016 · dfkfj8j276wwv.cloudfront.net · its alternatives →

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    Misbehaving▲62

    The making of behavioral economics

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Brainfluence▲62

    100 ways to persuade consumers with neuromarketing

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Crossing the Chasm▲82

    Selling high-tech products to mainstream customers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Checklist Manifesto▲108

    How to get things right

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    ThinkTwice▲124

    Do you really *need* to buy something?

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    The Culture Code▲66

    Why people around the world live and buy as they do

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Cognitive Surplus▲63

    How technology makes consumers into collaborators

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Retail in Real-Time▲70

    Visualizing how the US spends its money

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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