{"id":91,"date":"2005-05-06T14:03:56","date_gmt":"2005-05-06T12:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/05\/06\/how-to-find-your-amazon-wish-list-link\/"},"modified":"2005-05-25T22:43:20","modified_gmt":"2005-05-25T20:43:20","slug":"how-to-find-your-amazon-wish-list-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/05\/06\/how-to-find-your-amazon-wish-list-link\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Your Amazon Wish List Link"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I\u2019m all in information architecture books this week, I started exploring given examples, especially the Amazon.com<\/a>. I haven\u2019t been in touch with it before, simply because I live in a country far away from America and only recently they started to deliver books and stuff all the way to here. This article is about finding your ways through the part of Amazon.com<\/a> jungle.<\/p>\n

Yesterday evening I gave it a run. After initial browsing around and learning the interface, I started interacting (sounds so cool). Searching and scanning went quite smoothly \u2013 facets (category blocks of links like on Yahoo!<\/a>) are really speeding things up. I like the possibility to add items even though I\u2019m not logged-in. No unnecessary registration, I can do that later, when I\u2019m ready… After a while I decided to create a wish list. That was easy \u2013 there was nice unobtrusive link \u201cClick here to sign in\u201d right near the wish list logo. Cool. Few registration steps and I had my wish list created. I thought to myself \u201cOh, great, there\u2019s a link near the cart, so no problem finding it latter. Let\u2019s search for some items I can add.\u201d Adding to a wish list was quite easy and I love the suggesting feature under \u201cYour Store\u201d with those \u201cI own it\u201d and \u201cNot interested\u201d buttons for each item \u2013 this I found very useful. I added some items and logged out for my dinner with the family.<\/p>\n

When Luka fell a sleep, I called my wife to show her where she can see what books I\u2019d like to have in case she gets extremely generous. I didn\u2019t want to log in, I wanted to show her the process in case she would browse from her office without my login details. \u201cIt\u2019s easy, just type in my e-mail address and the system will show you my wish list\u201d. Since she visits my blog (she\u2019s my wife after all), she asked me if I could place a direct link at the blog home page, so she don\u2019t have to type in my e-mail. Naturally, I simply copied the URL from the browser\u2019s address bar and pasted it in my \u2018Dear Santa\u2019 link list…<\/p>\n

This morning I followed the link to the wish list from my blog to continue exploration of Amazon.com<\/a>. And where did it get me? To a Cindy\u2019s<\/em> wish list! Whata…? OK, calm down, it could be that I made a mistake by copy-pasting link directly from the address bar \u2013 they probably add some session IDs and track users. That\u2019s okay, I understand. I\u2019ll just log in and find the link at my profile page…<\/p>\n

Where the heck is login link? Geez! Am I going nuts? I know I registered yesterday, so I\u2019m going to try the \u201csign in\u201d link \u2013 maybe the system remembered I\u2019ve already registered with this e-mail. Oh, there it is! The login form. It\u2019s after the \u201cSign In\u201d link!<\/p>\n

\"Amazon<\/p>\n

But why? Couldn\u2019t they add it separately and make it clear the difference between signing in (once, the first time) and logging in (more than once, every other time)? Never mind, lesson learned. I just need that wish list link and now that I\u2019m in, how hard can it be?<\/p>\n

Searching my wish list page for a wish list link… But where it is? Maybe I\u2019m scanning too fast or maybe my English is too poor or I\u2019m overlooking the keyword or… \u2018Share your wish list\u2019? Is that it? Hm… I don\u2019t want to share it, I just want the damn link, but I guess this could be it. Clicking… Another web form to fill, no links, no trace of any relevant information. OK, now I\u2019m really pissed!<\/strong> If this is not what I do for a living I\u2019d probably close this page!<\/p>\n

Even though I\u2019m not sure that I\u2019m going somewhere, I\u2019m typing in my e-mail. But wait! Something might go wrong (again). Maybe I should provide a different e-mail, since the system could tell me I can᾿t send to my registration e-mail? This seems logical. Oh, well… Backspacing and typing another domain… Sending an e-mail to myself… Opening my e-mail client… Received an e-mail from Amazon… Let\u2019s see… Voila! I received a link to my wish list! Yay! What a procedure to get this!…<\/p>\n

Wifey, if you are reading this, could you please, please buy me something<\/a>? At least for the efforts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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