Small Bear - Store Front Makeover!

Arcane Analog · January 10, 2013, 02:25:42 PM

It appears Small Bear has updated the ordering page interface. Much improved!

http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/StoreFront

smallbearelec · January 10, 2013, 11:57:34 PM

I am working on it. What you saw was a first look at a new template set that my shopping cart vendor is tweaking for me. The change will happen this quarter and will include a re-org of categories to allow easier drilling down. I knew it was needed, just had to make time for a fairly large projerct.

Regards
SD

Mugshot · January 11, 2013, 02:53:08 AM

noice! i find the old page difficult to navigate. im eyeing some boxes and pots and knobs.

kodiakklub · January 11, 2013, 09:35:14 PM

oh thank god!!! i suggested this MONTHS ago. i even live in park slope and can pick up orders but the website was stuck in 1996. CAN. NOT. WAIT. to see the new site. and to be a customer again. i was so worried months ago when you said you were about to release a big project venture and it wasnt going to be a new website. i figured you were never going to update the site. i hope you understand that in this day and age, looks and functionality are everything to a website. (stellar customer service helps too

) cant wait for the final version.

Droogie · January 12, 2013, 12:29:58 PM

Fellow Park Sloper here. These guys have been rockin' it! I've ordered at 3pm and been able to pick up after 6. Amazing service!

smallbearelec · January 12, 2013, 02:18:11 PM

Quote from: Droogie on January 12, 2013, 12:29:58 PM
Fellow Park Sloper here. These guys have been rockin' it! I've ordered at 3pm and been able to pick up after 6. Amazing service!

Pls note: The first four months of the year have historically been our Season, when all of the boo-teeks stock up for the year. We do our best to turn around quickly, yea, but it is a little more difficult through abough mid-April or so.

SD

kodiakklub · January 12, 2013, 03:50:09 PM

Quote from: Droogie on January 12, 2013, 12:29:58 PM
Fellow Park Sloper here. These guys have been rockin' it! I've ordered at 3pm and been able to pick up after 6. Amazing service!

yeah i just wish the people in the shipping store didnt act like i killed their dog when i go pick something up from SB.

Processaurus · January 12, 2013, 06:33:04 PM

Nice. Less pages in the categories (Switches, for example) with a lot more items per page would be good, if possible. A lot of the categories have 10 pages or so, and it's hard to go back and find something you looked at previously (DPDT center off, short lever switches, for example, 5 pages back) without loading a bunch of wrong pages. Also it would make it easier to stumble onto alternatives and new additions one might otherwise miss with short pages.

kodiakklub · January 12, 2013, 08:11:34 PM

its very simple. copy mammoths website. the ability to to checkmark a list of items and tweak quantities like for pots is the best thing ever. copy that steve. please.

azrael · January 12, 2013, 09:00:08 PM

Looking forward to it.

Any other planned additions to your service/store?
I would love to see those low profile Lumberg DC jacks in there, hehe.

http://www.banzaimusic.com/Lumberg-PSU-1614-09.html

Kipper4 · December 11, 2013, 05:06:57 PM

Thanks for a great service SD. As you know I've been looking forward to reading RG Keens book.
Fantastic super fast postage. I'd recommend you to anybody.

I see you also carry EE101 too now.

tubegeek · December 12, 2013, 01:06:06 AM

Glad to see all the 11215 action here! I'm just across the mighty Gowanus on Union near Smith. (11231) So I have to ride my bike up the hill to collect my stuff.

zombiwoof · December 12, 2013, 11:23:41 AM

Hey Steve, is it possible to save your cart on your web store?. I haven't figured out how to do it.
Thanks,
Al

smallbearelec · December 12, 2013, 12:39:10 PM

Quote from: zombiwoof on December 12, 2013, 11:23:41 AM
...is it possible to save your cart on your web store?.

Hi--

When you create a cart, it's preserved for 72 hours. Can't make it longer than that because of capacity limits on the server. Also, I have often been asked whether it would be possible to create Bills of Materials that could be loaded with a single click. It can be done with a script that runs on top of the shopping cart, but I need to work with my hosting company on implementing this in a way that doesn't crash the server. I will be looking into it next year.

Regards
SD

gena_p1 · December 13, 2013, 03:36:45 AM

It's good idea to edit captcha terms for multiposition orders.

Time ago I made order for 30+ positions. After 20 positions, or so on, site sent me captcha for every new position, it was real torture to make long order.
It looking fine to sent captcha on every 5 or 10 new positions, to prevent spam.

But at all, Small Bear Electronics is best store for diyers. I even made searcher for it. I put multiposition bill of materials, and it searching all postitions on Yours site.

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