Archive for the “ecommerce” category
35 Excellent Ecommerce User Interface Designs
by Vandelay Website Design on November 16, 2009
While user experience is important on all types of websites, it is especially critical for ecommerce websites where visitors will be making purchases. A poor user experience will result in visitors having difficulty finding what they want, frustration during shopping, and many lost sales. In this post we will showcase the design of 35 e-commerce websites for your own UI design inspiration. The sites that are showcased in this post have also been featured at CartFrenzy, our gallery of the best ecommerce web design.
9 Characteristics of Well-Designed E-Commerce Websites
by Vandelay Website Design on July 29, 2009
E-commerce web design and development presents some unique challenges that you won’t always face with other types of web design. For sites that exist primarily to sell products, it’s very easy to look at sales and have a measuring stick to use when evaluating the success of the website. However, there are any number of factors that can influence the success of an e-commerce site, and identifying areas of strength and weakness is not always so simple.
In this article we’ll look at nine specific factors that are generally present on well-designed e-commerce websites.
20 Inspirational, Clean E-Commerce Website Designs
by Vandelay Website Design on July 28, 2009
This post is part of e-commerce week, which features e-commerce related content on DesignM.ag and the Vandelay Design blog, as well as e-commerce design inspiration at CartFrenzy.
Many e-commerce websites tend to get very cluttered and suffer from not being user friendly. In this post we’ll showcase 20 e-commerce sites that have taken a different approach. All of these sites have very clean designs, leaning more towards minimalism rather than clutter. While this style of design is common with other types of websites, it’s not that typical for e-commerce sites. These sites may help to show that e-commerce designs do not need to be cluttered use excessive design elements.
“Add to Cart” Button Showcase
by Vandelay Website Design on July 27, 2009
As you look at various e-commerce websites you will notice a lot of variety in buttons that are used by visitors to add an item to their shopping cart. Once an item has been added to the shopping cart, you’ll also notice that most e-commerce sites will have some method for displaying what items are in the cart, or at least the number of items in the cart.
In this post we will feature more than 60 items for your design inspiration. First, we will showcase the “add to cart” buttons. Then, we will also showcase the display of shopping cart icons and items.
Add to Cart Buttons:
If you’re designing an e-commerce site, hopefully these buttons will provide some inspiration for your own work.
