Collect in store – an elegant example from The Futon Company
This is an elegant example of offering a “collect in store” option. I think all too often “reserve and collect” on an […]
Tag: design
Site review: Zara Home
This site, launched in 2007, is run by a subsidiary of Zara parent Inditex, ITX e-commerce Ireland. The site apparently made a […]
How much should an ecommerce site cost?
This is a question I’ve been asked recently, and the easy answer is anything from £200 up to £2,000,000, with most sites […]
Online logs
Hearing it might snow again, I thought I would try and buy some firewood online… It’s interesting to compare the delivery strategies […]
Stop designing websites, start designing posters
This is an unusual use of .gif product images on a patterned background in an online shop – perhaps inspired this trend […]
What is the secret to a successful website?
This is a fantastic article – So true, I could have written it myself… I particularly like the closing paragraph: Management must […]
Building usability into ecommerce design
With a specialist website, selling one product or category of products, thinking early on about the best way to present products can […]
What to believe?
“Whizzy imagery out-performs ratings and reviews in Adobe survey” A survey by Adobe concluded the following are effective in increasing conversion rate. […]
Thumbnail images; Two ways to cope with different aspect ratios
Most online shops standardise the dimensions of thumbnail images – for obvious reasons of neatness. In fact, by default most thumbnail images […]
WordPress as a quick and free Ecommerce platform
I’ve been discovering how fantastic WordPress is – not just for blogging but as a CMS and also as an ecommerce solution. […]
ECommerce design – questions to ask sooner rather than later
These are two important aspects of managing an ecommerce site which may not be top of your list when developing a new […]
Multistore tabs – an interesting solution for businesses with multiple brands
This is an interesting trend from the US; businesses that operate different ecommerce sites under different brands using tabbed navigation at the […]