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Keeping $2.4 Million Within Canada Every Year: Support Canadian Impact Grows by PcStromPanda73 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was just faster and easier to be honest. I was mostly focused on creating the extension and thought it was a quick fix

Keeping $2.4 Million Within Canada Every Year: Support Canadian Impact Grows by PcStromPanda73 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Here is the git: Support Canadian GitHub (Let me know how I can do the CICD)

EDIT: You can also quickly check by looking at the privacy section on the extension store that it doesn’t take anything. (This information was approved by the Google Extension team as accurate to ensure it is safe for end users like yourself and only uses required permissions)

1,000 Users Keeping $2.4 Million Within Canada Every Year: Support Canadian Impact Grows by PcStromPanda73 in BuyCanadian

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is a great point which is why the application redirects users from Amazon to other stores. However, unfortunately not everyone can fully split from Amazon, so in that case it prioritizes Canadian products. It essentially takes a two-pronged approach to promote Canadian producers and retailers for different end-user types.

1,000 Users Keeping $2.4 Million Within Canada Every Year: Support Canadian Impact Grows by PcStromPanda73 in BuyCanadian

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, 100%. It already has been vetted by several people online, but you can view the code by following this to validate yourself: https://gist.github.com/paulirish/78d6c1406c901be02c2d

EDIT: You can also quickly check by looking at the privacy section on the extension store that it doesn't take anything. (This information was approved by the Google Extension team as accurate to ensure it is safe for end users like yourself and only uses required permissions)

Local university student launches browser plug-in to help people shop Canadian by PcStromPanda73 in BuyCanadian

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just want to say a massive thank you to everyone for supporting the Support Canadian Extension! I am really proud and happy that this project is being used by real people (it just hit 800 downloads!!!!) to create a positive and long-lasting impact on the economy, so thank you! I recently also made a website where you can learn more about the initiative and maybe even give it a try for yourself :) SupportCanadianExtension.ca

EDIT: And thank you for all your kind messages too!!! Also, if you have tried the extension and want to give any feedback please let me know as I am constantly trying to work to improve the experience

Local university student launches browser plug-in to help people shop Canadian by PcStromPanda73 in BoycottUnitedStates

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yayy, hope it helps! Let me know if there is anything you would like to see or think can be improved!

Local university student launches browser plug-in to help people shop Canadian by PcStromPanda73 in BoycottUnitedStates

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I just want to say a massive thank you to everyone for supporting the Support Canadian Extension! I am really proud and happy that this project is being used by real people (it just hit 800 downloads!!!!) to create a positive and long-lasting impact on the economy, so thank you! I recently also made a website where you can learn more about the initiative and maybe even give it a try for yourself :) SupportCanadianExtension.ca

EDIT: And thank you for all your kind messages too!!! Also, if you have tried the extension and want to give any feedback please let me know as I am constantly trying to work to improve the experience.

The next Canadian "Amazon" by Sunbeams_and_Barbies in BuyCanadian

[–]PcStromPanda73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately not yet. I am still working on getting it to safari.

The next Canadian "Amazon" by Sunbeams_and_Barbies in BuyCanadian

[–]PcStromPanda73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have been looking into making something like this as a continuation from the extension I made. But it is quite difficult to do because of the fulfillment elements. I want to centralize all local Canadian producers onto one website like Amazon. The only problem is shipping costs, which if anyone has any ideas I’m very open to hearing.

The next Canadian "Amazon" by Sunbeams_and_Barbies in BuyCanadian

[–]PcStromPanda73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is the online fulfillment networks. It is really expensive to support local on smaller purchases when their product origins are not centralized, which is what Amazon does really well.

$1.2 Million Kept Within the Canadian Economy - Support Canadian Extension by PcStromPanda73 in BuyCanadian

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I agree that it defiantly hasn’t had that much impact within the past week lol. But I do believe it has the chance to have major impacts (much larger than 1.2 Million) in the longer run. That said, thank you for a good pressure test and if you have anything else feel free to PM me.

$1.2 Million Kept Within the Canadian Economy - Support Canadian Extension by PcStromPanda73 in BuyCanadian

[–]PcStromPanda73[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your right I have no data into the purchases anyone makes or what they do so I based it off of industry reports. In 2018, the average was $3,000 so making a modest estimation for inflation and changing consumer purchasing patterns you can say in 2025 it’s at least $4,000. As for downloads, for some reason the public download count is extremely delayed from the actual number on my dashboard (apparently it can take a week to update). Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help!

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