trading goods or services over the internet.
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6answers
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Preventing a user from pasting from the clipboard into a mandatory form field
In my online checkout process I, like many checkouts, have a field for the customer's email address along with a field to confirm the email address. They are both identical text boxes and accept email ...
7
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5answers
1k views
Should registration be optional on an e-commerce site?
I am developing an e-commerce web site which will sell tourism services (airport transfer, accommodation, excursions, etc.). I am on a path here that I need to decide if I will provide a membership ...
35
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6answers
2k views
Infinite scroll vs Pagination in E-commerce websites
Infinite scroll has been around for a while now, however I have not seen infinite scroll being implemented on any successful or well known e-commerce sites.
Does anyone know of any e-commerce sites ...
25
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17answers
5k views
Form for inputting operating hours of a business
I am designing an interface where restaurants need to input their operating hours. I am thinking of using a slider control for timings for a single day, and then let the user choose days of the week ...
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14answers
6k views
Is it good practice to force users to give us their email address before showing them our site?
Our company has a website that sells wine. Our idea is that we will ask user to sign up using their email address before they can see any products.
The reasoning behind this is that if a user comes ...
34
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5answers
2k views
Do “promo codes” or “coupon codes” do more harm than good?
My clients seem to love coupon and promo codes, but I've recently become very skeptical of them. When I'm shopping there's times I'll see a promo code field and I'll wonder off to other sites to find ...
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9answers
826 views
Is it user-friendly to make the main navigation bar disappear when the user proceeds to checkout?
On e-commerce websites (e.g. Amazon), I noticed that the main navigation bar is not displayed any more when the user proceeds to checkout. Why?
If the user wants to go back, he can only do it by ...
9
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2answers
800 views
What is the best eCommerce add-to-cart flow? [closed]
I'm working on an eCommerce website. I found two predominant approaches as to what happens when buyers click the add-to-cart button:
Send them to their cart where the main action button is ...
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3answers
112 views
Form for property rent prices depending on season and length
Seeing the similar post about Form for inputting operating hours of a business, I am hoping you might help me with a similar issue.
We run a holiday property rental website. Properties can be rent on ...
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4answers
317 views
Does highlighting the potential for discounts negatively impact on non-eligible customers?
I'm interested to know peoples opinions on this. Does clearly showing a voucher/coupon/discount code field within a quote or payment process negatively impact on the customer experience for people who ...
6
votes
3answers
124 views
Where should I display 'free shipping if payment by debit card'?
I've been working on an e-commerce website, and the stakeholders want to add the following text: 'free shipping if payment by debit card'. Where should I display this on the website?
I think the most ...
5
votes
6answers
529 views
Best way to select quantity of items for an eCommerce mobile application?
I'm designing an e-commerce app, and I'm looking for some options for the best way to select the quantity of an item before adding to the cart
The first (on the left) is when the user selects the ...
4
votes
3answers
334 views
Pagination usability in eCommerce
I've started to read that pagination in eCommerce is bad practice because of the implications it has on SEO (seo source 1 and seo source 2) . However, I feel like every site out there users pagination ...
