Comments on: Shopping baskets http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shopping-baskets The Outdoors. Online Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Logan http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Logan Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:11:46 +0000 http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/#comment-31 Hi James, Great Blog. Another recent outdoor retailer start up that I have been frequenting as a customer here in the US is: http://lifeviewoutdoors.com/store/ They serve a niche in wilderness survival preparedness and started this retail product site after shooting a video on the subject. Your screen shots appear to have a more polished and complex set up than they have. Especially since they don't offer any sized products (e.g. clothing). They use Yahoo for their checkout system and I have always found it very straight forward to use. It may serve as a simple example to complement the high volume retailers you profile in this article. Cheers, Logan, California, USA Hi James,

Great Blog. Another recent outdoor retailer start up that I have been frequenting as a customer here in the US is: http://lifeviewoutdoors.com/store/

They serve a niche in wilderness survival preparedness and started this retail product site after shooting a video on the subject.

Your screen shots appear to have a more polished and complex set up than they have. Especially since they don’t offer any sized products (e.g. clothing). They use Yahoo for their checkout system and I have always found it very straight forward to use. It may serve as a simple example to complement the high volume retailers you profile in this article.

Cheers,
Logan,
California, USA

]]> By: James Balmain http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/comment-page-1/#comment-30 James Balmain Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:05:53 +0000 http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/#comment-30 nice effect. We've gone down the more traditional route of showing the basket page (as opposed to keeping the customer in place), but it was a hung jury in the Webtogs camp. Hope we got it right :) nice effect. We’ve gone down the more traditional route of showing the basket page (as opposed to keeping the customer in place), but it was a hung jury in the Webtogs camp. Hope we got it right :)

]]> By: Will http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Will Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:20:59 +0000 http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/#comment-27 I still get excited by my animated "in to basket" widget see: http://www.gltc.co.uk/fcp/content/back_to_school/cmsproductcategory and click on any buy buttons I still get excited by my animated “in to basket” widget

see: http://www.gltc.co.uk/fcp/content/back_to_school/cmsproductcategory and click on any buy buttons

]]> By: James Balmain http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/comment-page-1/#comment-24 James Balmain Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:11:15 +0000 http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/#comment-24 Hi ben. We'd looked at this and some similar drag and drop type systems, but it gets very difficult to get this right for say a pair of walking boots. You also need to show things like lead time, delivery costs, etc, which the simple style view here doesn't do. The other big issue is your products have to have size and colour pre-selected (or you can't drop them..). This has been tried by a few people (amazon included), but they found customers were checking out stuff in the wrong size, as they hadn't been made to make the choice on size. But, still looks cool! Hi ben. We’d looked at this and some similar drag and drop type systems, but it gets very difficult to get this right for say a pair of walking boots. You also need to show things like lead time, delivery costs, etc, which the simple style view here doesn’t do. The other big issue is your products have to have size and colour pre-selected (or you can’t drop them..). This has been tried by a few people (amazon included), but they found customers were checking out stuff in the wrong size, as they hadn’t been made to make the choice on size. But, still looks cool!

]]> By: Ben Saunders http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Ben Saunders Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:07:38 +0000 http://blog.webtogs.co.uk/2007/08/07/shopping-baskets/#comment-23 Panic Software's shopping basket is worth a look - http://www.panic.com/goods/ - I've no idea how it works, or if it could be scaled up beyond t-shirts, but it couldn't be simpler to use... Panic Software’s shopping basket is worth a look – http://www.panic.com/goods/ – I’ve no idea how it works, or if it could be scaled up beyond t-shirts, but it couldn’t be simpler to use…

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