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ieaturheart · May 13th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Twinge


	Well, I wouldn't really recommend this either - splash/intro pages, even if they aren't flash, aren't usually a good thing. Generally speaking, this adds one extra click, and the fewer clicks from start to checkout the better.

see your point and it makes perfect sense. the only thing, in my opinion, is if i have just shirts then a checkout it is not so asthetically pleasing to the eyes. i guess i get all my website and t-shirt selling influence from the sites i buy stuff from. this are all that come to mind for the moment being, but you might see a trend in most of them or maybe its just me:

Rock Rebel Clothing
((*BLEEDING*STAR*CLOTHING*))
WWW.RIDETHEROCKETT.COM
Metropark - Fashion. Music. Art.
HEARTCORE
Affliction Clothing
CARDBOARD ROBOT
BEAUTIFUL/DECAY
I heart drop dead!
R3mnant

thanks
-austin

Escograffix · May 16th, 2007

Wow those are some really great sites. In your opinion which sites grab the your or the customers' attention and draw them in the most often? We're getting ready to set up a site for our t-shirt line and I was just wondering which way would be the best to gear our site.

Rodney · May 16th, 2007

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Originally Posted by ieaturheart


	see your point and it makes perfect sense. the only thing, in my opinion, is if i have just shirts then a checkout it is not so asthetically pleasing to the eyes. i guess i get all my website and t-shirt selling influence from the sites i buy stuff from. this are all that come to mind for the moment being, but you might see a trend in most of them or maybe its just me: Rock Rebel Clothing ((BLEEDINGSTARCLOTHING)) WWW.RIDETHEROCKETT.COM Metropark - Fashion. Music. Art. HEARTCORE Affliction Clothing CARDBOARD ROBOT BEAUTIFUL/DECAY I heart drop dead! R3mnant thanks -austin

Nobody said just have "shirts and then checkout", but the message you quoted talked specifically about "flash intro pages", which don't help the shopper at all and just waste time.

I checked a few of the sites you linked to and they mostly have standard shopping carts and checkout processes.

They just "styled" the store to match their brand. Nothing wrong with that as long as it doesn't get in the way of people shopping.

Nobody is saying your site has to be "boring" or "bland"

TripleT · May 18th, 2007

I liked the sites you listed also, but I don't like Flash Intro Pages - most are too long and that makes the site boring

monkeylantern · May 23rd, 2007

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Originally Posted by farennikov


	hey, I saw that Flash site, it looks pretty plain actually, even though it's Flash. Here's a link to the sickest flash jeans company website: hem_main - check it out

AARGGGGH! Not only flash, but MYSTERY MEAT NAVIGATION! It's like the love child of 2007 Flash and 1995 HTML.

monkeylantern · May 23rd, 2007

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Originally Posted by Parlophone


	flash is only effective when the user cannot tell it's flash.

This is a good maxim.

monkeylantern · May 23rd, 2007

I think the most important thing, and the key issue that splits the real businesses for the also-rans, is....

....drumroll....

BRANDING

Looking at some of the sites with flash that some here like, it is not the Flash per se (such as the second jeans site), it is the quality branding.

Same when people say they like music. It is not the music. It is the fact that those sites have been well branded (and the music, in my opinion is still a mistake).

Take away the controversial things from those "But this is an exception!!" sites, places that contain things the majority of us here despise, and you'll see that it wasn't those features that actually appealed to you.

It was the branding. Branding is why Rodney placed Oddica in the Big Boys list. Branding is why that flash-centric jeans place was liked.

BRAND IS GOD
(and SEO is your mistress)

Solmu · May 23rd, 2007

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Originally Posted by monkeylantern


	Take away the controversial things from those "But this is an exception!!" sites, places that contain things the majority of us here despise, and you'll see that it wasn't those features that actually appealed to you.

Agree 100%, and well said.

monkeylantern · May 23rd, 2007

Do I get a gold star?

Solmu · May 23rd, 2007

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Originally Posted by monkeylantern


	Do I get a gold star?

If I had any, sure

Rodney · May 23rd, 2007

Where's Nick been hiding all this knowledge?

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Originally Posted by monkeylantern


	Branding is why Rodney placed Oddica in the Big Boys list

It seems like he's right inside my head

Makes perfect sense when I think about it.

oddica · May 23rd, 2007

still trying to get off Rodney's Big Boy list

small is the new big, as the extraordinarily prescient Seth Godin tells us.

Seth's Blog: Small is the new big

MotoskinGraphix · May 23rd, 2007

BRANDING Yeah...its totally laughable but then there IS hollister and Pac Sun. i STILL DONT KNOW WHO OR WHY hOLLISTER EXISTS.

jack_diddly · May 23rd, 2007

Designs are always important, but traffic is king. Get as many eyes that want to see t shirts to your site as you can. If they find it, they will buy. Good looking girls in your shirts don't hurt either. The ladies that see your designs say I will look good like and buy. Men go to see the ladies and buy. Not to mention women spend the most money and love to compete in the cute and new impulse purchase department. I don't mean to be a pig with this post.

monkeylantern · May 23rd, 2007

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Originally Posted by Rodney


	Where's Nick been hiding all this knowledge?

Are you suggesting my input is usually vacuous?

To be honest, I've been slightly naughty, and working against the spirit of the forums.

As we come closer and closer to our re-launch, I've discovered all sorts of wonderful hints and tips. However, I've been sort of holding my cards close to my chest. When I find a spectacularly good marketing strategy, or printing method, or new method of 2c woven labeling, I don't really want to give that away until we've launched, else be pipped to the post.

You may have noticed I've dried up a little.

It'll come out in time.

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