I Built A Site For Model Train Enthusiasts [100,000+ Products Featured]
I’m Mads Phikamphon. 47 and living in Copenhagen, Denmark.
About a year ago I started a website for comparing model train prices, i.e. comparing the prices of model train locomotives, wagons, track, and everything else that is needed to build a great layout.
The site started out with just a few shops and a few hundred products. Since then, the site has grown and there are now more than 1,000 shops on the site and more than 100,000 products.
The people using my site are model train enthusiasts and these people know that model trains are expensive, so it’s worth comparing prices before buying anything. They also most often know what they are looking for, i.e. they are looking for a specific model from a specific brand.
Users of my site often ask how I can keep adding prices and keeping the prices updated. My secret is my 20+ years of background in programming.
I don’t think it would have been possible to build a site like this without programming and lots of automation. Keeping the prices of 100,000+ products updated would surely have been impossible to do manually.
My tech stack is quite simple. A standard Wordpress installation with a child theme based on Flatsome + some custom coded...
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