Where to tell people to buy things
I understand its encouraged to buy parts (HDDs, RAM) from ifixit to support it, but is it necessary for me to link everything back to ifixit's products? I mean for screens, keyboards, etc. I link it back to ifixit, and if its not available, then I'll link them to ebay. But HDDs and RAM, I find much easier to find to identify which computer they own, by model, and do a lot more clicking. But to find these products on newegg, its a simple trick of typing in the URL bar ne (space) [whatever I need to search for] and it will link me directly to what I searched for. No need go to thru newegg's main site then search.
One way to fix this may be to make finding products on the ifixit's site much easier, for example, it took me literally 10 minutes to find the 12.5" CD to HDD adapter, and it required a lot of clicking.
So basically my question is, do I need to link all products to ifixit's site or can I continue to link to newegg's? What if I say "Newegg offers it here, but you can support ifixit by buying it here"
Is this a good question?
2 Comments
I agree, that's an awkward part to find. I forget what to call it half the time. We are very open to feedback for ways we can make part linking as easy and fast as possible.
by Kyle Wiens
If you want to search using an URL we support that. You can type ifixit.com/search/Hard+Drive for a parts search and /guide/search/hard+drive for a guide search.
by Chris Cline