Some of these are further out than others, but this is where our heads are. None of it is promised, and we might change the roadmap and shift between different suggestions as new ones come in from users such as yourself, but this is what's on our whiteboard right now!
Helping answer "if I don't want to buy this, what should I buy instead?" without turning Vinegar into another pay-to-play affiliate recommendation system. This is the biggest new system we've got going right now and serves as our top priority.
When you're searching for a product or browsing a category and half the results are indistinguishable pseudo-brands, we want to make that visible at a glance. Not by blocking them, but exposing ownership at a glance without needing to click through.
As a completely optional setting, visually dimming search results that don't fit your preferences and ownership signals, so the products that match your preferences and ownership signals stand out, and you can find the good stuff faster.
A visual whiteboard where contributors can build out entire ownership chains at once by connecting nodes, instead of submitting one relationship at a time. This one came from a dream about Vinegar, and we're still figuring out if it's viable, but it's a fun idea and something those who enjoy contributing might look forward to.
Check ownership at the shelf, not just online. Point your phone at a barcode and see who really owns what you're holding, in the typical detail you expect from us.
Upload a receipt and get a summary of who actually owns what you bought, a quick audit of a whole shopping trip at once.
If anything seems interesting to you, or you have thoughts on what should come first, we'd like to hear it! Open a ticket and tell us what you think.
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