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We worked the last months on a new completely ad-free database for European products, brands, services and companies. A few days ago we released the site. The website focuses on usability with a simple search form and a clear structure. After the technical development we are now in the process of filling the database with content.

If you have any feedback, we would appreciate it. If you like it and want to share it, we appreciate that too. :)

Thanks in advance!

https://buy-european.net/

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[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] buyeuropean@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, you’re free to use whatever resource you like. If you want my biased opinion: the difference is like night and day. I find it slower and less structured, so I definitely prefer our approach. But I’m sure some people might prefer the other one - it just depends on what you’re looking for. I also read that they use(d) Google Analytics which is weird to me. But I mean we use .net and not .eu (as catchy .eu domain names were already registered) - so I guess nobody's perfect.

Another difference: The website you mentioned can be discussed here. This is a one-way street as I learned as my post about our website on the related subreddit got deleted and another user's post about our website got deleted too.

The biggest issue we face right now is filling the database but people are already submitting lots of suggestions using the form on the website which helps a lot :)

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, using Google analytics is definitely weird.

[–] tidbyts@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

This! Didn’t know about either but seems like this one has a wider collection, while I found your website easier to navigate (since it’s a catalog).

Just found out there is also https://european-alternatives.eu/

Any chance you guys can join efforts?