DO you think it is a good idea to actually "name" your shirts on your website
eg Fat Face
Also the descripton of the shirt, should it be as short and to the point as possible or (especially for selling online) stretch it out abit to help with SEO ?
DO you think it is a good idea to actually "name" your shirts on your website
I do it, but I wouldn't say it's a good or a bad idea. For me it's mostly just a habit from titling artworks and the like. It can be useful for reference (rather than referring to "that white shirt with the blue duck" people can refer to the "Majestic Duck" shirt), but that's hardly necessary (okay so "Majestic Duck" means everybody calls it the same thing, but unless you have two white shirts with a blue duck you'll probably be fine either way...).
The title can add a dimension though: plenty of Threadless shirts are jokes that only really make sense if you've read the title.
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Originally Posted by mamabloom
Also the descripton of the shirt, should it be as short and to the point as possible or (especially for selling online) stretch it out abit to help with SEO ?
Short and to the point, without being too curt. If the text is too long humans won't read it, and ideally it should serve for both SEO and providing an enticing description to the viewer. You can stuff all the most important keywords into a short paragraph, you just won't have redundant synonyms.
The other factor, which I think Lewis was also referring to is with names, the order form from your shopping cart makes more sense to you when you are fulfilling the order. This is especially true the more similar products you have on your website.
The other factor, which I think Lewis was also referring to is with names, the order form from your shopping cart makes more sense to you when you are fulfilling the order.
Yeah. Everything I do has an SKU anyway, but I prefer thinking in terms of "Majestic Duck" and not "801502".
I'd kind of assume you'd at least have some kind of descriptive title for the customer in the cart though, otherwise they're looking at their cart and thinking "801502? I wanted to buy an 801502? What the hell is an 801502?". But I'm happy with abstract titles ("See! It Crests!") or less abstract titles ("Majestic Duck") and prefer either to just a description ("Blue duck shirt").
You'll need some kind of text to describe the shirt, but it doesn't have to be a title.
My own thoughts were if i named the shirts this would add to the sense of ownership i wanted to create within my store.
By this i mean i want customers to feel they are treated as individuals and build a sense of community. To be different is a good thing.
With the descriptions i do find it hard to keep things brief, & trying to remember to state the benefits of the shirt as appose to just a listing of it's features is good to remember.
I agree, it helps tremendously to inject a bit of warmth and personality into your site, and it's always better than blocks of numbers... by the way, do you know where I can find a good 801502 in a Large?? haha
Naming your shirts & descriptions 
haha
