Yeah, this is totally true. I think we'll be adding a notification system with saved searches soon, but we wanted to see if anyone liked the idea at all first.
Also with the 14 days thing - we're trying to build something that can crawl dealership websites as well, and are hoping to have this going nationally sometime soon. The entire idea is that Autotrader sucks and basically raises the prices for everyone while presenting a shitty interface - for things as large and expensive as cars I think the internet could literally track all instances available, allowing a rational decision process behind purchasing sans prioritization of pre-existing distribution channels or advertising budgets
Before you do much crawling of car dealer websites, you should talk to the companies who build the sites. (Dealer.com/Vinsolutions..etc) They have systems in place that package up the car listings for their dealers and send them in csv/xml format to many sites like Autotrader/Cars.com on a daily basis.
no kidding?! That would make my life soooooooo much easier. If you have any contacts would be stoked to make the connection - my email is dw5ight@gmail.com, else I'll shoot them a line and see if anyone wants to talk to two guys in an apartment :P Thanks!
Also with the 14 days thing - we're trying to build something that can crawl dealership websites as well, and are hoping to have this going nationally sometime soon. The entire idea is that Autotrader sucks and basically raises the prices for everyone while presenting a shitty interface - for things as large and expensive as cars I think the internet could literally track all instances available, allowing a rational decision process behind purchasing sans prioritization of pre-existing distribution channels or advertising budgets
Also will fix the make thing. Thanks!!!