Author Topic: Shop Lurker (Read 12091 times)

Lou Strux · « **Reply #90 on:** February 14, 2024, 06:19:17 PM »

Just took a stroll around the new/updated/public site & it’s working real nice, I gotta say.
Searches yielded accurate results that can be sorted based on my specification.
As smooth & easy a site for skate commerce as I’ve yet used. Props to you (& Michele) as you have built something that is both functional AND very, very useful.
For me… it’s as though you’ve filled the Parade niche better than they ever were able to do.
I salute you for your work.
THIS is my go-to skateboarding e-commerce site from this day forward.
Thank you for your service.

kookdusoleil · « **Reply #91 on:** February 14, 2024, 06:42:25 PM »

Quote from: tkp on February 14, 2024, 06:05:54 PM

hey everyone, the site is now open to the world.

hopefully everything works as intended, but there may still be issues here and there. feedback is welcome.

shout out to my partner michele for spending a copious amount of time on this with me. her ideas and code helped make the site what it is.

Really, really cool. Thank you to you and your partner for this.

JM · « **Reply #92 on:** February 14, 2024, 06:57:40 PM »

Whoooooooooooaaaaah.

This is very, very cool.

Now no one has an excuse anymore that they can’t support small, “local” skate shops!!

Lou Strux · « **Reply #93 on:** February 14, 2024, 08:09:34 PM »

And, I might add, just in time for Skate Shop Day “24, so that thems what gots no solid local shop can still support a solid local shop somewhere else.

tkp · « **Reply #94 on:** February 16, 2024, 10:21:50 AM »

thanks for the comments y'all. it's good to hear from those who are finding use in the site.

still have more shops and features to add. for now, it seems to do the job.

finding obscure products has been one of the unexpected use cases. perhaps it's the childhood nostalgia, but looking at the different types of skate wax in shops brought me back to the days of using it for the first time on a street spot.

CossRooper · « **Reply #95 on:** February 20, 2024, 02:36:35 PM »

Quote from: Lou Strux on February 14, 2024, 06:19:17 PM

you’ve filled the Parade niche better than they ever were able to do.
I salute you for your work.
THIS is my go-to skateboarding e-commerce site from this day forward.
Thank you for your service.

This and this !!! i was missing Parade so bad, i'm so hyped to be able to support local shops over the web while still finding the exact shit i'm looking for.

overwaxed · « **Reply #96 on:** February 20, 2024, 03:05:32 PM »

Quote from: tkp on February 16, 2024, 10:21:50 AM

thanks for the comments y'all. it's good to hear from those who are finding use in the site.

still have more shops and features to add. for now, it seems to do the job.

finding obscure products has been one of the unexpected use cases. perhaps it's the childhood nostalgia, but looking at the different types of skate wax in shops brought me back to the days of using it for the first time on a street spot.

This is so so so sick! I'm a dev turned sales engineer, so if there's anything I can do to help (lots of connections for free SaaS and Cloud stuff) hit a brother up!

The Big Dawg · « **Reply #97 on:** February 20, 2024, 03:26:56 PM »

I wanted to wait until I actually got the board to post this, but thanks to Shop Lurker I got a free Girl board. Last week I checked Shop Lurker when this thread got bumped and typed in “deck” and filtered the results by price - lowest to highest. There was a Girl Rowan Davis board from Identity Board Shop listed for $0.00. I went through with the purchase and paid $5.99 for shipping, but didn’t know if I’d actually get the board. I checked the board through Shop Lurker again and it was now sold out. Fast forward to 30 mins ago and the board just showed up. No receipt, no packing slip, just a board in a box.

Major shout out to tkp for Shop Lurker, saved my frugal ass $70.

Cuban_Lynx · « **Reply #98 on:** February 21, 2024, 04:18:41 AM »

Dude, this is amazing! Late to the game, but just found some boards I’d been searching all over for.

Jim and Dan · « **Reply #99 on:** February 21, 2024, 05:34:56 AM »

Same boat as Cuban_Lynx, this is fucking fantastic! Did a couple searches just now and the functionality is great, saves me a ton of time looking through every shop I can remember (and some I can't). Very much appreciate your efforts and hope that this project just keeps expanding and being supported.

Rick Trapasso · « **Reply #100 on:** February 21, 2024, 05:59:39 AM »

Great stuff here @cossrooper

Thank you for your service

144p · « **Reply #101 on:** February 21, 2024, 07:04:12 AM »

Thank you for doing this, big ups.

weregoingunion · « **Reply #102 on:** February 21, 2024, 05:17:45 PM »

amazing work! thank you!

Szechuan · « **Reply #103 on:** February 21, 2024, 05:30:31 PM »

Just copped 2 pairs of blazers with it! So sick thanks TKP and Michele!

opesorry · « **Reply #104 on:** February 22, 2024, 07:24:42 PM »

This is incredible, thank you for this!

CossRooper · « **Reply #105 on:** March 01, 2024, 09:11:38 AM »

just found a good deal on a Real hoodie, thanks @tkp and partner

tkp · « **Reply #106 on:** March 01, 2024, 11:20:48 AM »

glad to read about people finding deals.

thanks for the donation @CossRooper , that's going straight into server costs.

there are a couple things in the works:

- sort results by distance. this will allow you to enter in an address or get your current location, and show results from the closest shops first. the "support your local" filter.

- still have a lot of shops to add. will start adding more once the distance option is complete.

Cuban_Lynx · « **Reply #107 on:** March 01, 2024, 12:49:07 PM »

Just found that Bones Brigade Series 15 I couldn't find anywhere, thought of this site and found them right away. Thanks again!

planman · « **Reply #108 on:** March 01, 2024, 01:07:49 PM »

Wow dude great job! This is super sick, definitely will be my go-to for online purchases.

tkp · « **Reply #109 on:** April 08, 2024, 01:52:25 PM »

hey everyone, there are a couple new additions to the site.

https://i.imgur.com/bTkxyBj.mp4

- you can now sort results by distance from a location (manually enter an address or geolocate yourself).

- there is a map of the physical locations of shops that are currently searchable as well as a few that are not. this will be an ongoing work in progress, as there are hundreds of shops out there.

- a few new shops have been added to the index since the last update. still have a lot to add.

GauchoAmigo · « **Reply #110 on:** April 09, 2024, 05:53:45 PM »

Quote from: tkp on July 11, 2023, 09:32:34 PM

Hey y'all, I've spent my free time building a site that allows you to search multiple skate shops' online stores at a time. The site currently supports limited searching of 510, Atlas, DLXSF, FTC, and Low Key.

Here is a short demo: https://i.imgur.com/fIXInmr.mp4

If anyone is interesting in trying out the site, which is located at https://shoplurker.com, reply in here and I will send a username and password.

The goal is to eventually open it up to everyone, but I've yet to see how well the server handles multiple users at once.

Shout out to Michele for the QUAX (Quality Assurance / User Experience) guidance along the way.

This is absolutely incredible. You really should have a "donate here" button in the corner of your homepage. I want to give you money for the money you just helped me save.

CossRooper · « **Reply #111 on:** April 09, 2024, 08:15:52 PM »

Quote from: GauchoAmigo on April 09, 2024, 05:53:45 PM

This is absolutely incredible. You really should have a "donate here" button in the corner of your homepage. I want to give you money for the money you just helped me save.

Killer update!! The distance filter will help me find stuff that will ship to me fastest. Badass.

+1 for donate button request 🙂

pugmaster · « **Reply #112 on:** April 09, 2024, 10:24:09 PM »

For real...

@tkp should add some ads or something to provide compensation for all the work he put into it. Great concept and execution with continual updates.

nocomplylover · « **Reply #113 on:** April 10, 2024, 11:46:04 AM »

user and pw ? pls

tkp · « **Reply #114 on:** April 25, 2024, 03:26:08 PM »

appreciate the support.

Quote from: nocomplylover on April 10, 2024, 11:46:04 AM

user and pw ? pls

no username and password is necessary. just head over to https://shoplurker.com

No1hypocrite · « **Reply #115 on:** April 27, 2024, 10:32:08 PM »

bumpiń this hella useful tool, really appreciate u putting this site together man 🫡

Cuban_Lynx · « **Reply #116 on:** April 28, 2024, 06:33:37 AM »

I've been using this almost weekly now. It's been really helpful for nerds like me who are always trying to track down rare boards and big shoes.

I know there's only like 2-3 of us out there, but if I could make one request it'd be to add size 15 to the filter. I think it stops at 14.5 now.

JM · « **Reply #117 on:** April 28, 2024, 08:40:10 AM »

Hey speaking of rare decks, there’s a shop that doesn’t have a good online store, but they’ll have decks sitting in there for a long time because it’s not the popular shop in town.

For example, they STILL had a gold Ishod skate shop day deck last weekend.

They had a signed Daewon Thank You deck for almost a year (finally sold when someone was smart enough to buy it and take it to the Mullen/Hawk speaking engagement and got their signatures).

tkp · « **Reply #118 on:** April 29, 2024, 07:04:34 AM »

Quote from: Cuban_Lynx on April 28, 2024, 06:33:37 AM

I've been using this almost weekly now. It's been really helpful for nerds like me who are always trying to track down rare boards and big shoes.

I know there's only like 2-3 of us out there, but if I could make one request it'd be to add size 15 to the filter. I think it stops at 14.5 now.

size 15 has been added

JM · « **Reply #119 on:** April 29, 2024, 09:01:37 AM »

Quote from: tkp on April 29, 2024, 07:04:34 AM

Quote from: Cuban_Lynx on April 28, 2024, 06:33:37 AM
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I've been using this almost weekly now. It's been really helpful for nerds like me who are always trying to track down rare boards and big shoes.

I know there's only like 2-3 of us out there, but if I could make one request it'd be to add size 15 to the filter. I think it stops at 14.5 now.
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size 15 has been added

There’s a size 15 court purple dunk out there if that’s what your looking for

it always shows up when I search “dunk”