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 If you ask people what they want most in life, many will struggle to give a clear answer.

Some might say better relationship, money, or happiness. You’ll hear wishes for more vacations, social recognition, or time with family.

However, very few can define these terms, let alone provide a clear plan to achieve them.

I was reading Think and Grow Rich, and this quote jumped out at me. It’s a reminder that wishing alone won’t get us where we want to be.

Clear plans and persistence are what truly drive success.

I believe people must find their curiosity and purpose. Then, they must act on that curiosity.

  Action Step:

Take one idea or desire you have and write an action plan to achieve it.

🚀 Start A Moneymaker: Build an AI Shopping Agent

Opportunity Size: 💰 Earn up to $160,000/year

 Shopping online can be time-consuming and overwhelming.

With major stores like Amazon, Shein, or TikTok shop, today's shoppers want the best deals and fast delivery.

But what if an AI agent could handle all of that for you?

That’s where the AI Shopping Agent comes in!

In previous issues, we discussed building an AI Stylist and an AI Personal Shopper. This week, we have a more powerful tool to explore.

Give it a cool name: ShopSmart or BuyBuddy

Here’s how it works:

You tell ShopSmart what you're shopping for. It could be clothes, electronics, or groceries.

The AI listens to your needs and gets to work. It checks many online retailers, compares prices, and adds items to your cart. Once it finds the best deals, it handles the checkout for you!

That’s not all. ShopSmart can access your calendar. It will suggest items for upcoming events and holidays. It also gives personalized recommendations based on your past purchases and browsing history.

You can build a game changer that saves time, finds the best deals, and makes shopping hassle-free.

👀 Your Mission: Help people find the best deals with AI

Let's get to the action plan.

🏆 Your Action Plan 🏆

🔧 Step 1: Research and Learn

• Study popular shopping assistant apps. I found this one online—Fetchr—which offers similar services.

• Analyze existing e-commerce and AI-powered shopping platforms.

• Explore AI and machine learning models for real-time price comparison and personalized recommendations.

• Think about what your app needs to do and create a list of features that will make it stand out.

🔧 Step 2: Design simple features

Some neat AI-powered features for your app 👇:

• Real-Time Price Comparisons: Automatically compare prices across multiple online retailers.

• Shopping Assistant: Let users tell the AI what they need, and the AI finds the best options.

• Personalized Recommendations: Suggest products based on the user's past purchases, browsing history, and preferences.

• Occasion-Based Suggestions: Link with calendars to suggest items for holidays, birthdays, and events.

• Seamless Checkout: Manage everything from adding items to the cart to buying them.

• Deal Alerts: Notify users of special deals and sales based on their interests.

• Product Reviews Aggregation: Compile product reviews from various platforms. This will help users make better choices.

🔧 Step 3: Build

AI coding has become faster and more accessible. Here are some resources to help you build:

1. Cursor, Claude, and Cloudflare: These tools help streamline app development with AI.

2. Replit: A great tool for coding collaboratively and iterating quickly.

• Test your app with a small group of users.

• Try Replit Agent.

• Integrate with major e-commerce platforms (like Amazon, Walmart, or Shopify).

🔧 Step 4: Sell it

• Create compelling marketing content: Showcase how ShopSmart makes online shopping faster and easier.

• Offer free trials: Let users experience how the app can save them time and money.

• Make a basic free version with paid upgrades for extra features.

• Partner with social media influencers. Create a referral program to boost app users.

• Collaborate with companies to offer exclusive shopping deals or corporate partnerships.

With ShopSmart, online shopping becomes effortless. You can save people hours of searching and ensure they always find the best deals.

If you've ever wanted to start a side hustle in the e-commerce world, this is your action plan.

👇 More Business Ideas To Build:

•  Build an AI Gift Buddy

•  Build an AI Newsletter

•  Build a Snack Buddy

Keep building Doers!

⚒️ TOOLS

• Cursor - The AI Code Editor

• CursorCasts - Free screencasts to help you build fast

• Anthropic Quickstarts - Easily build with Anthropic

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