Recipe Site
A chrome extension to make using and reusing recipies simple
View in the store.
key features
recipe Site has a simple set of functionallity:
- scrape a recipe sites to get only the recipe
- display them in a mobile first and concise web page
- store them on local storage for option offline usage
- share recipe via evernote
install
git clone https://github.com/chrisUsick/recipe-app.git
- cd recipe-app
- npm install
- grunt build
Then go to chrome and load the unpackaged extension.
When running the app it returns many errors when pa
When parsing a site it returns a lot of errors in the console. These errors are just not being able to load the images with the html so they can be ignored.
zip for chrome store
7z a app.zip build/ js/ css/ fonts/ manifest.json
competing products
- the main competitor is probably evernote
- the recipe sites that this extension will be scraping are also competitors
competitive advantage
- light weight: a simple solution that doesn't have ads, or is a big application
- open source parsers: parsers for the recipe site will be open source. Anyone can contribute a parser or improve an existing one. The goal is for the app to become the best web-crawler/scraper for any recipe site.
monitization strategy
There are multiple routes to go here:
- freemium app with ads, pay to get ads removed and add some features like evernote sharing
- the full functionallity of the extension is free. There are only ads on the page where you put a recipe url in to get parsed. You can also pay to have ads removed here. Also have a donate option
The main difference is that option 2 focuses on providing a solid ad free experience. This sharpens our competitive advantage of being a site that displays recipes without any ads.