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fishbacon · 2020-04-28 10:28:59

Accessing the link from Denmark just takes me to a generic google products landing page with no mention of a Google Pixel Bud.

Found this page https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_buds which links specifically to the US store where I can see the price (for the US) and specs.

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wodenokoto | karma 15554 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2022-10-06 10:18:23

When I visit that link I am asked to log into my Google account.

If I open the link in private mode, I get redirected to a region picker, where Google reluctantly lets me choose US ("are you _sure_ you want to visit the US store?") From there I have to navigate to the new pixel phones, having completely lost where the link pointed.

I can't believe how difficult Google, a company that claims to have its mission to organize the worlds information, makes it to access their marketing webpages!

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wodenokoto | karma 15554 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2018-10-09 16:47:56

Is there a way to deep link to a country specific google store? I get redirected to a locale that doesn't sell any of the pixel products, so they just don't exists on the product pages when I follow the links

spankalee | karma 8445 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2015-03-11 18:40:21

It's not the product page, it's the store. The product page is at http://www.google.com/chromebook/pixel/

rzwitserloot | karma 2501 | avg karma 9.47 · | 2020-09-30 18:26:14+00:00

Headsup, for me (Mainland europe), this instantly redirects to the general google store homepage, which is currently selling the 'nest audio' product above the fold.

To visit, try: https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_5?hl=en-US

If that doesn't work: First open a private browser window, then go to: https://store.google.com/us/?hl=en-US&regionRedirect=true

then in the menu, pick 'Pixel', 'Pixel 5'.

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yCloser | karma 59 | avg karma 0.94 · | 2021-10-20 02:01:31

from my country the page redirects to "buy pixel 4a, 389€"

google doesn't even want to to know that later model exist

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wodenokoto | karma 15554 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2021-10-20 02:13:24

How do you get to the product page, if visiting from a country that does not have the pixel for sale yet?

Google has this shitty policy that if they aren't selling it to you, you are not allowed to see it, so they redirect you away.

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Buge | karma 3961 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2018-02-18 00:13:39

That "Google products" link doesn't show a single Google product.

wodenokoto | karma 15554 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2022-10-06 11:59:45

I imagine you are in a market where the pixel is sold directly by Google.

Google has a history of trying to block users who they don’t ship to, from viewing item details in their online stores.

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ksec | karma 41816 | avg karma 3.09 · | 2020-10-01 07:08:57

I think this is "wrong" in terms of UX.

I click on the link, and it should show me all the information of Pixel 5, because that was my intention when clicking on it.

If it is not available in my country, simply show a big banner saying it is not available. Why are they deferring me to somewhere else.

Users: I know I cant get it, but can I at least look at it? Google: Nope you cant. Go Somewhere else.

And this is Google's fourth year into selling Pixel Phone.

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myko | karma 4192 | avg karma 3.2 · | 2023-01-05 13:48:13

Google also sells computers, though: https://store.google.com/product/pixelbook_go?hl=en-US

tibiapejagala | karma 268 | avg karma 3.53 · | 2019-05-07 21:19:34+00:00

store.google.com: "We aren’t in your country yet"

This is bizzare. We have Apple/Samsung/Huawei/xiaomi stores on every corner somehow. At least they offer google search here.

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Abishek_Muthian | karma 6255 | avg karma 2.61 · | 2019-05-30 16:45:35+00:00

Understood, I think Google features those products in the shopping tab. But the results may vary depending upon the country you're in as I think they ran into some trouble for that in EU.

the_mitsuhiko | karma 13985 | avg karma 3.97 · | 2017-06-27 12:03:58+00:00

Not sure how good google's search for this type of stuff in the US is but I have never seen the google product shopping results to take me to a store I want to buy from. So if user experience is concerned they are not doing a good job there.

tazjin | karma 4475 | avg karma 5.0 · | 2016-04-08 14:53:05+00:00

Google still loves doing this with Chromebooks. They have human-translated marketing websites for the Pixel in Norway and their buy button is just greyed out.

simonk | karma 672 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2013-05-21 00:18:35

Google Checkout was US/UK only.

auggierose | karma 4751 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2019-02-07 14:07:47

Actually didn't know we have a Google store :-)

worldhello | karma 7 | avg karma 0.44 · | 2009-05-26 20:24:45+00:00

google checkout is not available outside the us and europe i think, same with amazon

daremon | karma 145 | avg karma 5.8 · | 2009-06-11 15:59:28+00:00

http://googlestore.com/home.asp is the USA+Canada official Google store. Probably it runs an older shopping cart script written in MS asp.

http://google-store.com/index.php is the official Google store for the rest of the world . It uses osCommerce!

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pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2018-03-08 05:36:39

Google sells at outrageous prices for everyone on 2nd and 3rd tier countries.

Additionally it isn't even available in most of the world.

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