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Re: Ideas! (Was Re: S@H bulk pages are too slow)
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:56:43 GMT
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I was not complaining about the main page at the Shop at Home page. I was
complaining specifically about the bulk LEGO page.
The front page, http://shop.lego.com/gateway.asp , loads quickly.
Loading the US Shop at Home page, http://shop.lego.com/default.asp , takes about
a minute and a half to load this page which isn't bad, but loading the bulk
page,
http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?Type=4&CatID={14254972-55ED-4E4D-9539-4EE9BAFCF1EA}&Menu=Shop%20At%20Home%20Exclusives&SubMenu=Bulk%20Bricks
, takes 3 to 4 minutes. Maybe they need to break this page up into smaller pages
Chris
"Peter A. Vogel" wrote:
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> That's interesting. Using IE 5.5 on my DSL line from home, I have no
> complaints
> *at all* about the performance of http://shop.lego.com
>
> That said, I think they could take a couple of LARGE hints from well-done
> B2C
> e-commerce sites like Amazon, etc. and make the site much more customer
> friendly, in terms of ease of navigation AND performance. The cascading
> Java menus are a serious waste, and they make navigating the site MORE
> difficult (too many levels of cascade, etc.) not less.
>
> If *I* were doing this site, I'd make a series of tabs across the top:
> Baby
> Duplo
> Themes
> Technic
> Video Games
> Bulk/Brick assortments
> Sculpture
> Misc (for Gear, Books, Watches, and park tickets)
>
> Within each top-level page, I'd present top sellers in each sub-category,
> possibly
> even keeping track of the current customer's favorites based on past
> clicking and/or
> buying habits. What are currently sub-menus would find their way onto the
> top-level
> pages, etc. Finally drilling down to a specific set. I'd allow shoppers to
> post reviews
> of sets and let other shoppers read the reviews. I'd also have at least one
> LEGO
> employee tasked with reading the reviews and generating a monthly report to
> Sr.
> LEGO management as to what the reviews are saying. YES, this would
> generate
> a skewed viewpoint, but I would argue that the skew is to LEGO's benefit
> because
> the people who have net access and are shopping the LEGO web site:
> 1. Have the money to buy or influence with the people who have the
> money to buy
> sets.
> 2. Have enough interest in LEGO to be browsing the web site
>
> If I were running the show, I *might* even ask LUGNET to handle the reviews
> part, etc.
>
> Finally, I'd take a page from websites like the barbie site, where my
> daughter spends
> a great deal of time, and provide services like:
>
> Design your own set
> This could be as simple as selecting the bricks, colors + quantities,
> basically a tweak
> on the current bulk system, or as complex as allowing people to post
> MPD/DAT files
> that would generate a set with the necessary pieces and a cool cover
> with a rendered image
> of the file. This would encourage kids + AFOLs to $pend, with the added
> benefit of
> encouraging kids and adults to learn CAD with LEGO.
>
> Out of print set ordering
> Set a threshold # of orders required to "resurrect" a set for a
> production run, perhaps with
> graded pricing levels (i.e. N orders gets one price, if there are N*2
> the price goes down to
> something else, etc. a'la Mercata.com). The resurrection wouldn't have
> to include the box
> printing (huge cost) or even the instruction printing, just the bricks
> provide instructions online
> a'la brickshelf.com, the pumpkin, some of the alternate models for
> recent sets, etc.
> Doubt me on this LEGO? Check out the ENORMOUS sums of money people are
> willing
> to spend on ebay, etc. for out of print sets. Wouldn't it be better for
> LEGO to get some of
> this money instead of scalpers? (Forgive the strong word, but that is
> what I think people who
> buy up huge quantities of sets for later MISB auctions are,
> effectively).
>
> I'm sure others have ideas???
>
> -Peter
>
> "Ice" <icestorm@inwave.com> wrote in message
> news:39F0E1C1.EEF418D2@inwave.com...
> > Christopher Masi wrote:
> > >
> > > I just went to the Shop at Home Bulk pages to check the price of the • transparent
> > > thin walls. Wow, is that site slow.
> >
> > snip...
> >
> > > These pages are so slow that I do not want to access them to do my • shopping.
> > >
> > > Chris
> >
> > I agree too. When web pages are designed to be fancy rather than • functional,
> > I try not to surf them. Thing is, lego.com doesn't look fancy. It just • takes
> > forever to look at, and the wait isn't worth it, IMO.
> >
> > Mark K.
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