Tikgu
Gemini-only buying engine

Tech buying advice for people who do not want spec-sheet homework.

Tikgu turns guided answers into three real device picks with USD prices, product images, purchase links, YouTube reviews, nearby stores, and plain-language tradeoffs.

Laptop
Smartphone
Headphones
Tikgu dashboard showing three grounded product recommendations
Grounded prices
Gemini checks current web sources before ranking.
No text onboarding
Card, button, toggle, and region choices only.
Nearby stores
Store options use browser location when the shopper allows it.
Evidence visible
Every recommendation keeps sources, freshness, and confidence visible.
Guided, not open-ended

A shopping flow made for non-technical buyers.

No prompt boxes, no spec jargon, and no blank screens. Tikgu narrows the decision with fixed choices that map directly to scoring.

1

Pick a category

Laptops, smartphones, headphones, tablets, and smartwatches each get their own question path.

2

Answer guided choices

Budgets, ecosystem, urgency, use case, features, and condition are selected with buttons and cards.

3

Review the top three

The result shows price, image, score, tradeoff, purchase link, review link, and store evidence.

Evidence model

The result page shows what the engine checked.

Recommendations are not just ranked cards. Each winner is paired with evidence that a shopper can inspect before buying.

Purchasable links

Retailer or manufacturer pages only.

YouTube reviews

Review evidence is embedded with each finalist.

Store options

Local maps if location is allowed, online fallback if not.

Freshness controls

Runs expire after 6 hours and can be refreshed.

Supported categories

Five purchase paths, not one generic quiz.

View categories

Laptop

Dedicated budget bands and buyer priorities.

Smartphone

Dedicated budget bands and buyer priorities.

Headphones

Dedicated budget bands and buyer priorities.

Tablet

Dedicated budget bands and buyer priorities.

Smartwatch

Dedicated budget bands and buyer priorities.

Launch ready

Built to support product, operations, and deployment needs.

The project includes documented setup, grounding rules, question banks, rubric, API routes, tests, and a clear Vercel deployment path.

Unauthenticated marketing pages
Email/password and Google auth via Clerk when configured
Gemini-only recommendation pipeline
Neon-ready persistence with a setup-safe fallback
Novus event hook surface
Public Vercel deployment path documented