On 18 Sep, 02:54, yawnmoth <terra1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Websites like amazon.com, newegg.com, bestbuy.com, etc, have pages,
> replete with information, for each and every single product they
> sell. My question is... where do they get this information from?

I suggest you use pliers, and the vendors' fingernails. 8-(

Given that you're trying to sell the vendors' products for them, it is
still _ridiculously_ difficult to get product information from them,
particularly in a machine-readable form. Most vendors regard this as
some sort of attempted copyright theft and can become downright
aggressive over refusing to supply it.

The few industries I've seen personally that aren't quite so clueless
are mobile phones and DIY power tools. It seems to be an attribute of
the market sector: maybe once one vendor gets a clue, they all have to
to keep up. Fashion is still terrible, and the cost of re-doing good
quality product photography is massive.

If anyone wanted a technical solution, I could witter for days about
the many lovely ways in which we could now do this quickly and easily,
with huge cost savings for all concerned, and better product
descriptions that ed to sell more products. Back in reality
though, it's still a matter of butting heads with the perversely
unful idiots to be found in most sales or marketing departments.