# Gosh APP notes -
## Alex Walker

### 1. The User onboarding

When I started, it was obvious that Gosh wanted to know which brands/products I liked. But I wasn't 100% clear what it was offering to help ***ME*** with. At various times I guessed :

- Is this a 'hot customized deals' app?
- Is it 'social communities forming around brands'? (kinda like a StackOverflow / Discord for brands)?
- Is it a 'shopping helper bot' - like "if you like Asics, you **really** should check out Hoka"?
- Am I getting access to 'special/secret /limited edition stuff'?

So, I think just really clearing up that value prop so users are like "Right! I'm here to save/get deals/whatever!".

### 2. Mobile vs desktop

I've looked at Gosh on mobile and desktop and the design seems slanted heavily towards mobile. That's not a criticism - makes some sense actually. After all, Instagram has a desktop app, but mostly users are on phones.


However, even allowing for that, I find that bar at the bottom almost completely invisible on desktop. Maybe it's more of an issue for Dark Mode users (like me), but maybe a color choice would help?

Assuming it IS a 'mobile-targeted UI', I'm happy to switch to a mobile view to review from now on.  

### 3. Adding Brands

~~Obviously there isn't much to do until you have some brands in there. Funny, when it first asked me for brand names I liked, I honestly struggled to think of any on the spot.~~

~~Anyway, a few minutes later I suddenly thought of Brands I liked, and immediately went to the hamburger looking to add them (which didn't help).~~

~~Not sure if that was just a 'me thing'?~~

~~Take that for what is it.~~

Am I right in saying this 'Follow a brand' link wasn't always here? I looked to add a brand here when I first set up, but didn't notice this.


### 4. The Search

It wasn't clear to me what I was searching here.


- Is this stuff in MY collection?
- Is this the Gosh product database?
- Is this brands / external doamains?
- All the above?

I started typing in a brand name (i.e 'Jack and Jones'), hoping it might help me, but there didn't seem to be an auto-suggest giving me hints.

Clearing up the proposition I mentioned in point #1 probably clears the search up too?


### 5. Email sign in


I like email sign-ins but would be good to just be able to click this as a link.

### 6. Why do the cards look semi-transparent sometimes?


### 7. 'The Drop'

So I got the email a few days after I set up the Gosh account, clicked on a product and got this - which is probably the point where it 'clicked' with me a bit.


Now that price tracker is potentially quite useful to me! I churn through runners pretty quickly. Being notified when my runners are half price somewhere would be great.

Currently there's no legacy data in that system yet, but once there's 3-6 months of data, that graph might be cool.

Reckon I'd love a 'booze alert' that would fit that model too. Who is discounting 'Canadian Club 24 cans' this week?

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I recorded a 5-minute loom video of me just working out the app as I went - which might be of some value.

https://loom.com/share/edf8b666434446c883fe703bf185ae29?src=composer