Re: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart (basket) design pattern

2009-10-25 Thread Sam Menter
Thanks Jared - really useful stuff. The project I'm working on has high value items with associated lower value items, so the upsell step between add to basket and checkout should work well. I've also been running some research interviews around our prototype and found that people are pleased to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart (basket) design pattern

2009-10-23 Thread Jared Spool
On Oct 9, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Sam Menter wrote: Jared - I'm sure you have a strong opinion on this, would love to hear it : ) Have you done any testing on this type of cart? Hi Sam, I have tested sites that look like this. There's a whole bunch of things happening here, some good and some I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart (basket) design pattern

2009-10-09 Thread William Hudson
...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Sam Menter Sent: 09 October 2009 12:04 PM To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart (basket) design pattern (apologies if this appears twice on the list) Hi all Working on a project where a client is keen to implement a shopping

Re: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart (basket) design pattern

2009-10-09 Thread William Hudson
Hudson Cc: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart (basket) design pattern Great, thanks for the info - can you provide an example? I had been considering a Buy Now button that on mouseover gives the user the option of Checkout or Add to cart and continue shopping

Re: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart (basket) design pattern

2009-10-09 Thread Amy Silvers
We use both behaviors on Audible.com. If the customer is on a page with multiple products--for example, a category page or a wish list--adding an item to the cart triggers an AJAX notification and keeps the customer on the page. If they're on a detail page for a single item, adding that item to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart (basket) design pattern

2009-10-09 Thread Harry
This article seems relevant to your question, Sam - http://www.getelastic.com/continue-shopping-means-what/ http://www.getelastic.com/continue-shopping-means-what/You’ve added your item to your cart, but you’re not finished shopping. So, you look for the “Continue Shopping” link to thrust you back

[IxDA Discuss] Shopping cart design...

2009-03-25 Thread Patrick Neeman
Or, the fun of committee decisions... What are people's studies/feelings about quantity box versus a link that reads edit quantity, and then they can change the quantity? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Shopping cart design...

2009-03-25 Thread J. Ambrose Little
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Patrick Neeman p...@usabilitycounts.comwrote: What are people's studies/feelings about quantity box versus a link that reads edit quantity, and then they can change the quantity? I like simple plus/minus signs to click and increment/decrement the quantity.

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Shopping cart design...

2009-03-25 Thread James Wanless
/- is good. I also agree on as few clicks as possible. What about an Ajax update. A live edit on the page much like the titles and descriptions of Flickr photos. Display the number and make it editable by clicking it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] shopping cart

2008-06-18 Thread Alexander Baxevanis
Hi Mark, I don't have a specific recommendation but you can do your friends a favour and forward them some of the excellent articles out there on good shopping cart design. Out of curiosity - why don't they want to build their shop on the etsy platform? Cheers, Alex On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at

[IxDA Discuss] shopping cart

2008-06-17 Thread mark schraad
No sure if this an appropriate forum, but a friend asked me for a opinion on a shopping cart solution. Anybody have a good or great recommendation for such a service? It is a small two person business shipping hand made products (think etsy). Thanks in advance, Mark

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Shopping Cart Examples

2008-05-20 Thread Jeff Gimzek
I like the bananarepublic.com one. the one thing that drives me nuts about it is that initial interaction makes it seem like it is a drawer that opens and closes, but when you click to re-open it, you leave the page. I did an improvement on that experience for an amex site: see

[IxDA Discuss] Shopping Cart Examples

2008-05-19 Thread Thomas Marks
Hey All, I am looking for some examples of really well designed shopping carts – I have been through a few dozen large e-commerce sites today, and having a very hard time finding examples that I would consider good. Thanks! Thomas Marks