How we find products
Okidokes helps people find things by how they feel rather than by product keywords. To do that we need to know what exists. This page explains where product information comes from, what we do with it, and how a brand takes control of it.
Where product information comes from
Three routes. A brand can move from any of them to the next.
A store's public product list. Most online stores publish a list of what they sell in a form software can read. It holds the same information a shopper sees on the page. We read that list, and we take a sample of a store's products rather than the whole catalog.
A brand connecting their store. Brand Studio will let a brand connect their own store. They choose which collections to include and see a preview before anything goes live. What a brand gives us replaces anything we read on our own. Brand Studio is not open yet.
A brand sending it to us. Some brands send their product list directly. Same result, a different route. If you would like your products on Okidokes, write to brands@okidokes.com.
What we do with it
We read each product and describe how it feels: what it is made of, its colors, its mood, and the moments it suits. That description is what lets someone look for a slow morning instead of looking for a mug.
We use AI models to write those descriptions.
When someone finds a product they like, we will send them to the brand's own store to buy it. Okidokes does not sell anything.
What we show
A brand's name, the product name, the price, the photo, and a link to the brand's own page.
We will write our own short description of a product rather than reusing a brand's words.
We come back to keep it right
A price we read in March is wrong by April if it goes on sale. A photo can be replaced, and a product can be discontinued while its page stays up. Any of those turns a good listing into a bad one, and the person who feels it is your customer, at the moment they click through and meet a different number.
So we check back at least once a month. We look at the price, the photo and the link, and we will update what we show or take the product down if it has gone.
If your prices move often, connecting your store through Brand Studio will keep them right without waiting for our next visit.
We describe the brand too
A brand will get a short description on Okidokes and a set of vibes, so people will be able to look for a brand the same way they look for a product. Someone who wants calm, handmade things will be able to find the brands that make them.
Those vibes will come from the brand's own products. We will read what a brand sells and work out the feel that runs through all of it. That means a brand will be findable by mood before they have told us anything about themselves.
We do not copy a brand's story or their About page. That writing is theirs. A brand can send us their own words when they join, and those replace ours.
How a brand takes control
Soon. Brand Studio will let a brand connect their own store. Your product information replaces anything we read, you choose what is included, and you can change it whenever you like.
Brand Studio is not open yet. Until it is, write to support@okidokes.com and we will make any change you want by hand.
If you would rather we did not
Write to us at support@okidokes.com and we will remove your products.
You can also stop our reader from visiting your site at all. The OkidokesBot page explains exactly how, and it takes one line.
The technical detail
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