kiliancgn

I was a complete beginner and had a hard time setting it up years ago since I didn't know much about it. Here's how I did it:

https://www.amalytix.com/en/blog/home-assistant-with-conbee-...

Note: This guide is based on an older version of Home Assistant, but it might still be useful for someone just starting out to understand some general concepts.

It is typical in the "Private Label Business" to generate the first reviews using this technique. And Amazon only allows this in their TOS if the product was provided for free.

I would be interested to build a tool which tries to analyze the reviews e.g. using Natural Language Processing (NLP) or Machine Learning techniques to get the "real" picture for a given product. NLP could help to identify the most criticized aspects for a given product so a potential buyer does not have to go through any single review.

I am not an expert in NLP/ML though. Any ideas how this could be done?

Yes, I did it with significant monthly profits. I solved a problem many eBay sellers had at that time. Tips from me:

1. Try to outsource as much as possible and do not try to solve everything yourself. Upwork & Co. is your friend. There are people who are better in coding, designing etc. than you. After a while I outsourced time consuming customer first level support too. Of course you need some money to do it but you will make way more progress if you have a great team. Be VERY careful in selecting the people you work with. There are several good ones out there but a lot of not so good ones too.

2. Developing the Saas platform is not the difficult part. Winning/getting customers is. Customers won't come just because you published your site.

3. Think twice before you want to start something where you face a 2-sided-market. Building this next to your job might be very challenging.

4. Go for it! You (and others) will never know until you built it. Don't let others stop you but consider their feedback.

Good luck!