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The internet is enormous and a big part of it is, online shopping and e-commerce. In this article we have written down best practices to run Online shoe stores and after that there is a showcase to inspire you. The main goal and purpose of every online and offline shop and store is To Sell. The online sale as an event is influenced by multiples factors, let us list the main ones:
There’s probably not much difference when creating the design for the flowers, cushions or shoes online store, those several principles outlined above always remain the same and can be applied to any industry. Still and if you want to stand out from your competition there’s something unique you have to offer to your potential customers.
The style of design of your new future online shop should be determined by the brands that will be presented on the website. If that’s a one brand website you can allow a splash page with the huge photos of the products and a few introductory words. If you’re selling the costly designer shoes your website should transmit a sense of luxury and style. If that’s a stock shoes site for whatever shoes in the world there are- you should make an emphasis on the variety of choice, and if that’s a low price that you can boast then you should create the banners featuring not the products but your pricing.
The showcase of some nice online stores below is meant to help the designers who are facing the task to create a unique, nifty design for the shoes store that Will Sell. Here you will see one brand websites with the huge images and get some tips on creating the “sale” banners that work. You will see websites with the “glamour” structure and websites with clean layout; you’ll learn to build both horizontal & vertical user friendly products navigation and combine the style of different brands into one. Let the force be with you and feel free to share your own designs or links to the other cool online shoe shops you were lucky to see and visit.
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 16:39
Good list but your als missing http://simplyfootwear.net!
Dirt Cheap is good when the products are the same as everywhere else.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 14:07
awesome , many designs are so beautiful , i like simple design .. shoeguru
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 10:45
Hi ,
thanks for a great article and display of what is possible with a good design. As a copywriter and a bit of a grammar and spelling freak I could not help but notice that Birkenstock has been spelt wrong but the chosen sites all show a good balance of balancing design with the need to get those conversions and sell shoes.
Monday, May 16th, 2011 09:49
high heeled
Thanks for the posting. Loads of excellent writing here. I wish I had found this site sooner
An impressive share, I just given this onto a colleague who was doing somewhat analysis on this.
Friday, August 13th, 2010 01:10
You have to look at these sites from an objective standpoint when placing them in a list titled “Awesome” online stores. If I came to either the Cinti or especially the Born site, I have absolutely no idea what they are selling. Or even what they do. Their homepages give me no idea. Probably clothing, but I’m not sure with the Cinti site. Looks like Born sells all kinds of clothing, aside from having to wait a while for their huge Flash to load. Shoes should be the first thing you notice on a shoe site.
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 13:06
This is perfect timing, I’m re-designing another shoe site right now for ShoeMall. Check em’ out. New look coming in Spring. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 06:54
SHOE GURU still my favorite. Simple – but good!
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 09:59
ShoeGuru is really great … minimalistic and simple as possible. Nice inspiration, thanks.
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Rene
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 09:59
ShoeGuru is really great … minimalistic and simple as possible. Nice inspiration, thanks.
Tim
Friday, August 13th, 2010 01:10
You have to look at these sites from an objective standpoint when placing them in a list titled “Awesome” online stores. If I came to either the Cinti or especially the Born site, I have absolutely no idea what they are selling. Or even what they do. Their homepages give me no idea. Probably clothing, but I’m not sure with the Cinti site. Looks like Born sells all kinds of clothing, aside from having to wait a while for their huge Flash to load. Shoes should be the first thing you notice on a shoe site.
Sarah Hicks
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 13:06
This is perfect timing, I’m re-designing another shoe site right now for ShoeMall. Check em’ out. New look coming in Spring. Thanks for the inspiration!
Erwin
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 06:54
SHOE GURU still my favorite. Simple – but good!
Ted
Monday, May 16th, 2011 09:49
high heeled
Thanks for the posting. Loads of excellent writing here. I wish I had found this site sooner
An impressive share, I just given this onto a colleague who was doing somewhat analysis on this.
Keith
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 10:45
Hi ,
thanks for a great article and display of what is possible with a good design. As a copywriter and a bit of a grammar and spelling freak I could not help but notice that Birkenstock has been spelt wrong but the chosen sites all show a good balance of balancing design with the need to get those conversions and sell shoes.
ARVI
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 16:39
Good list but your als missing http://simplyfootwear.net!
Dirt Cheap is good when the products are the same as everywhere else.
Toko Online
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 14:07
awesome , many designs are so beautiful , i like simple design .. shoeguru
Pantofi
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 00:14
These are the top shoes stores in my opinion too.