Amazon-like product recommendation engine to power open-source eComm
Hi HN! I wanted to share our product search and recommendation engine that we’ve built for our eCommerce api startup - Rye. For context, Rye lets people query and dropship products from almost any Shopify and Amazon store. One feature we wanted to have as part of our developer experience was a way for them to search and discover specific products to query. We’ve put together a demo marketplace to showcase the engine. Check it out here: https://search.rye.com/ Here’s a blog that outlines how we built it and how you can to:…
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Rye is a product search and recommendation engine for eCommerce developers who query and dropship products from Shopify and Amazon stores. The engine powers a demo marketplace and helps developers discover and search specific products. Built for the Rye eCommerce API platform, it includes documentation on how to build similar systems and is available for developers who want to open-source or extend the technology.
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Hi HN! I wanted to share our product search and recommendation engine that we’ve built for our eCommerce api startup - Rye. For context, Rye lets people query and dropship products from almost any Shopify and Amazon store. One feature we wanted to have as part of our developer experience was a way for them to search and discover specific products to query. We’ve put together a demo marketplace to showcase the engine. Check it out here: https://search.rye.com/ Here’s a blog that outlines how we built it and how you can to: https://blog.rye.com/a-beginners-guide-to-building-a-product... If you’d like to build on it, we’re also down to open source it for folks that want access.
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