Shoppers struggle to verify where products are made
Shoppers trying to favor or avoid goods from particular countries cannot reliably tell where an item was made while shopping. Packaging and barcode lookups may not provide a clear answer, and consumers also want details beyond a country label, such as where a company is based or ingredients are sourced. A useful service would need to distinguish those facts rather than treating them as interchangeable.
For values-driven shoppers checking product origins. Mentioned from Feb 2025 to Apr 2025 on Bluesky.
5 different people described this problem in 6 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 2.0/10
- Pain
- 4.7/10
- Frequency
- 6.5/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- Medium
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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Question: is there an app or can I use Google lens to scan the barcodes of products to see if something is made in the US, so I can leave them in the shop, like the Danes and Canadians already do?
Question, is there an app out there, or can I use "Google lens" e.g. to scan the barcodes of products to see if something is made in usa?
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