It would be an improvement to ajaxify the process so it doesn't refresh every time I choose a product.
Also, start marketing this like, pronto! Open a blog linked to it where you benchmark and review hardware and build a community as fast as you can around it. That way your idea is harder to steal by the big players (and they'll look bad by doing so exponentially), and you'll have a ton more leverage to have an affiliate program going on with the retailers.
Finally, implement user accounts so they can save their systems and configurations, and compare between them in with a spreadsheet like view. This can also go hand in hand with social features and will help create a community around your product.
I think the static page views are fine, for what it's worth.
As for protecting the idea, I think the only real concern is that one of these merchants hires a contractor to copy the concept. But their version will be fundamentally flawed because it won't have price history (against their interest) and price comparison.
It's not just protecting the idea, it's about creating a user base and rapport to go with it. I can go out and create a worse version right now, but market it immediately and create a community around it, and then boom I have a thriving business. This has a great potential not only to grow as an app to plan your machine ahead of time, but it can also easily become the go to place for hardware reviews and articles on DYI computer integration, and the number one spot for hardware searches.
This can become the Google of PC Hardware searches and as such MUST be protected and monetized by means of an affiliate program ASAP!
By the way, not a big fan of the name. Something like PCHardware.com seems like a better fit.
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Looks and works great.
It would be an improvement to ajaxify the process so it doesn't refresh every time I choose a product.
Also, start marketing this like, pronto! Open a blog linked to it where you benchmark and review hardware and build a community as fast as you can around it. That way your idea is harder to steal by the big players (and they'll look bad by doing so exponentially), and you'll have a ton more leverage to have an affiliate program going on with the retailers.
Finally, implement user accounts so they can save their systems and configurations, and compare between them in with a spreadsheet like view. This can also go hand in hand with social features and will help create a community around your product.
Good Luck!
I think the static page views are fine, for what it's worth.
As for protecting the idea, I think the only real concern is that one of these merchants hires a contractor to copy the concept. But their version will be fundamentally flawed because it won't have price history (against their interest) and price comparison.
It's not just protecting the idea, it's about creating a user base and rapport to go with it. I can go out and create a worse version right now, but market it immediately and create a community around it, and then boom I have a thriving business. This has a great potential not only to grow as an app to plan your machine ahead of time, but it can also easily become the go to place for hardware reviews and articles on DYI computer integration, and the number one spot for hardware searches.
This can become the Google of PC Hardware searches and as such MUST be protected and monetized by means of an affiliate program ASAP!
By the way, not a big fan of the name. Something like PCHardware.com seems like a better fit.