GCU Forum - After the Artist's storefront

Tom_133317

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After the Artist's storefront
Feb 2^nd, 2010, 11:58pm

The storefront does a good job of introducting products to shoppers, but on subsequent pages I would like to see:

1. The product gallery default to 128 cards per page. Showing only 20 per page makes paging very irritating and likely drives shoppers away. It also makes it very hard to compare a card on page 1 to a card on a later page. Actually adding a compare feature would be smart too. I have 5 pages of bridesmaids cards, and making these changes would really be embraced by the shopper as they simply have one page to scroll to see them all and compare, for instance. A "Show all on one page" button might work in addition.

2. Do not display the testimonials on any page other than the main storefront page. Once shoppers are off of page one, they are there to browse and buy, and so I think it is best to use the space to do that.

Both of these quick fixes should improve the capture rate. Also, I'd suggest Idea #1 be implemented on the sitewide browse pages. The default of 32 cards/page just seems too low imo.

Respectfully submitted,

TOM

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cheryl_133782 Gold Member artist Posts: 1350	Re: After the Artist's storefront Reply #1 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 12:03am Whole heartedly agree with No. 1.....there needs to be more cards shown on the page. I have always thought so. Maybe we or the shopper can choose how many cards per page we want shown, have seen that option on many sites. Cheryl
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Janet_134086

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Re: After the Artist's storefront
Reply #2 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 1:13am

As Usual..Wonderful Suggestions Tom!
Id also like to add...making the "Search My Store Module" go across the top of those changed pages...like we see *in blue...but, have the blue color changeable so we can match it to our store colors. I think that will make it even easier for searchers to find what they are searching for...since they are searching more pages.
Does that make sense?
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Rosanne_132497

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Re: After the Artist's storefront
Reply #3 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 1:36am

Excellent suggestions, Tom! I think that the compare feature would get a lot of use. I know that I like to use it when I come across it when online shopping. Also, any improvements to the site search engine would be much appreciated. I know that it's a work in progress but an update on that would good too.

Cheers,

Rosanne

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Doreen_137017 Gold Member artist Posts: 5273	Re: After the Artist's storefront Reply #4 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 9:00am Tom has my vote on these suggestions as well!! Great ideas Tom, thanks for adding them to the wish list!
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Leonilde_137327 Senior Member artist Posts: 360	Re: After the Artist's storefront Reply #5 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 10:31am These are excellent suggestions, Tom. Thanks for being a pioneer. You are a real motivator in this forum Leonilde
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Audrey_132599 Senior Member artist Posts: 429	Re: After the Artist's storefront Reply #6 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 11:21am Thanks for suggesting these changes, Tom. More cards on each page would keep the buyers looking longer without getting bored and impatient. ~Audrey
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Pamela_135500

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Re: After the Artist's storefront
Reply #7 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 1:19pm

Friends I know who have visited my store have had the same frustrations Tom noted and each time I feel like I have to apologize for keeping such a disorganized store. embarrassed

Also most marketing done by artists directs the customer to their store, and it's likely the person is there because they like what that artist does, instead of a specific occasion in mind. So I think it would be great to improve on what we have.

So great Ideas Tom,
Yes please to ALL if it's possible

Pamela

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Linda_132742 Gold Member artist Posts: 1796	Re: After the Artist's storefront Reply #8 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 1:22pm You've got my vote...excellent idea . Linda
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Penny_134243 Gold Member artist Posts: 1337	Re: After the Artist's storefront Reply #9 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 2:37pm Excellent suggestions, Tom! Penny
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Bambi_136382 Full Member artist Posts: 135	Re: After the Artist's storefront Reply #10 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 2:39pm Great suggestions!!! Thank you for thinking all the time. I tend to think only part of the time Bambi
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eugenia_131318

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Re: After the Artist's storefront
Reply #11 - Feb 3^rd, 2010, 4:43pm

Yes more images per page load - would be fantastic - give the customer the option of how many they want to load at a time. I just realized how much better Bing Images is in this respect compared to Google Images!

Also in Manage Cards do we really need that mainly empty column down the right hand side? I would prefer more columns of cards and just the search box at the top rather than on the side,

I would also like to see a more streamlined way of editing our cards in manage cards and a faster way of deleting cards in create a card.

Tom, you are the stats guru... dare I say I have seen a steep decline in sales from the associated companies since profiling ceased. anyone else seen this too? Perhaps I should just check my own numbers.

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Eve_138255 Ex Member	Re: After the Artist's storefront Reply #12 - Feb 5^th, 2010, 12:14am Another vote in favor. Great idea.
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