Fish-themed alternate URL for amazon.com

October 24, 2014 9:52 AM

I vaguely recall there being a domain name involving the word "fish" (or something similar and ridiculous) that would redirect to amazon.com. Was this a dream? I can't find any information about it anywhere.

Thanks for humoring me here on this super-important issue.

posted by caaaaaam to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

there's camel camel camel, that is a low-price something or other watchdog for amazon ..
posted by k5.user at 10:45 AM on October 24, 2014

I don't remember ever encountering a fish domain for Amazon, although camel camel camel is definitely a thing, and hidden fish Easter eggs are hardly unprecedented in software. That said, there is a semi-secret and seriously useful alternate URL for Amazon: smile.amazon.com, which makes Amazon donate 0.5% of their gross income from each transaction to charity.
posted by fifthrider at 11:22 AM on October 24, 2014

In the UK, CDs and DVDs ordered from Amazon would actually come from a company called Indigo Starfish in Jersey (presumably to avoid tax). Is this what you're thinking of?
posted by firesine at 11:34 PM on October 24, 2014 [1 favorite]

Two thoughts. Could it have been an Amazon Associates store? That can link to Amazon from almost anywhere under any name.

The other possibility would be a company that Amazon bought, but kept the domain for (e.g. for trademark protection). I can't find anything, uh, "fishy" in this list, but perhaps it could jog your memory.

Alan Taylor (MeFite, creator of The Big Picture and now the In Focus photo blog) once had a service using the Amazon API called Amazon Light, on his domain kokogiak.com (which might sound like Kodiak or otherwise remind you of the ocean). Just throwing that out there.
posted by dhartung at 12:07 AM on October 26, 2014