Fabric for shopping research

You're buying a new mattress. Or a laptop. Or a camera. Or a winter coat. The research begins. You open ten tabs: review sites, product pages, comparison articles, Reddit threads, YouTube reviews. You screenshot a spec sheet. You bookmark three options. You text a friend a link. You read a review and mentally note that the second option has better battery life but worse build quality. Then you close your laptop, and the next time you come back to the decision, half the tabs are gone, the screenshots are buried in your camera roll, and you can't remember which product had the feature you cared about. So you start the research over. Or worse, you buy something without the information you'd already gathered, because finding it again would take longer than just picking one.

Fabric is where shopping research lives. Save every product page, review, screenshot, and comparison, then search across all of it by meaning when you're ready to decide.

Save the research once, find it forever

The problem with shopping research isn't doing it. It's retaining it. You do the work of comparing options, reading reviews, and evaluating specs, and then the research evaporates because it was spread across tabs, screenshots, and mental notes.

The web clipper saves any product page, review article, or comparison with one click. Screenshot a spec sheet or a price on your phone. Forward a product recommendation email to email-to-note. Every piece of your research lands in one searchable library.

When you're ready to decide, AI search finds everything by meaning. Ask "the laptop with the best battery life under 1500" and find the review, the spec page, and your own notes, even if you saved them weeks apart. No scrolling through bookmarks. No reopening tabs.

Compare options with your own research

The hardest part of a purchase decision is holding the details of multiple options in your head at once. Option A has better reviews but costs more. Option B has the feature you want but a concern about durability. Option C is the wild card someone recommended. The comparison gets fuzzy because the information about each option lives in different places.

The AI assistant can compare options using your saved research. Ask "compare the three laptops I've been looking at on battery, weight, and price" and it pulls the details from the product pages, reviews, and notes you've saved. The comparison is grounded in what you've actually researched, not in a generic recommendation.

Annotate product pages and reviews with your own notes: "this one has the colour I want," "reviewer mentioned durability issues," "friend recommended this model." Your annotations become part of the searchable record, so your thinking is findable alongside the sources.

See options visually

Some purchases benefit from seeing options side by side. Furniture, clothing, home decor, electronics with different designs. The canvas lets you arrange screenshots, product images, and notes spatially. Lay out your shortlist with images, prices, and key specs alongside each other. The visual comparison helps with decisions where the feel matters as much as the features.

Similar search finds visually similar products across your saved research. Found one option you like the look of? Drop in the image and find everything similar you've saved.

From research to purchase to receipt

After you buy, the receipt, the warranty, and the order confirmation become important documents. Forward the purchase confirmation to email-to-note and it joins your library. If you need to return the item, claim the warranty, or check the order details, search for it. The shopping research and the purchase record live in the same searchable place.

For the full household-documents workflow, see life admin.

A shopping research workflow in Fabric

The research begins. You start looking at options. Every product page, review, and comparison article gets saved with the web clipper. One click per page. Close the tab. It's saved.

You narrow down. You annotate the options you like with notes about what stands out. You ask the AI assistant to compare your top three on the criteria that matter to you.

You step away. Life happens. You come back to the decision a week later. Instead of restarting, you search "camera options I was comparing" and everything is there: the pages, the reviews, your notes, the comparison.

You decide. The purchase confirmation goes to email-to-note. The receipt is searchable alongside the research. If something goes wrong, the warranty and the product details are one search away.

Next time. Someone asks for a recommendation. You search your library for the research you did and share the best option with confidence, because the comparison is still there.

Get started

Stop losing shopping research to browser tabs and start keeping it all in one searchable place. Try Fabric free.

For saving web content in general, get the web clipper. If you're a chronic tab hoarder, see Fabric for tab hoarders. For keeping receipts, warranties, and purchase records organised, see life admin.

FAQs

Can I save product pages with one click?

Yes. The web clipper saves any product page, review, or comparison article to Fabric with one click. The content is captured and searchable by meaning.

Can I search for a product by describing it?

Yes. AI search finds saved pages by meaning. Ask "the running shoes with the white sole and good arch support" and find the product page, even if you saved it weeks ago and can't remember the brand.

Can the AI compare products I've been researching?

Yes. The AI assistant can compare options using the product pages, reviews, and notes you've saved. Ask it to compare on specific criteria like price, features, durability, or reviews.

Can I annotate product pages with my own notes?

Yes. Annotate any saved page with comments like "best value option" or "concern about durability." Your annotations are searchable alongside the product information.

Can I compare options visually?

Yes. The canvas lets you arrange product images, screenshots, and notes side by side. Similar search finds visually similar products across your saved research.

Can I save screenshots of prices and specs?

Yes. Screenshot anything on your phone or desktop. Fabric reads text inside images, so a captured spec sheet or price is searchable by its content.

Can I save product recommendations from email?

Yes. Forward any email to email-to-note and it joins your library, searchable alongside the rest of your research.

Can I come back to my research after stepping away?

Yes. Everything you save stays in your library permanently. Come back a week or a month later and search for what you were comparing. The research is there.

Can I save my purchase receipt and warranty?

Yes. Forward the purchase confirmation to email-to-note or save the receipt as a photo. The purchase record is searchable alongside the research that led to it. See life admin.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. The mobile app lets you save links, screenshot products, and search your library from your phone. Everything syncs across devices.

Is this free?

Fabric has a free tier you can start with. See pricing for details.

Is my shopping research private?

Yes. Your library is encrypted and only visible to you. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption and is CASA Tier 2 compliant.