Shop at Home Website Redesign (Sept 2016)

[tractorboy]

  On 9/6/2016 at 5:39 PM, grabbitfast said:

Just had a look at the all new lego website very depressing viewing.

Just take a look at the retired section,the nightmare has become reality Lego now Fishing for information  via wishlist on which sets to reissue .

Only way around this one is to time your buying and selling of popular sets very well or go for the less popular sets.

 

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Is that 'Add To Wishlist' button for the retired sets new?

[c_rpg]

Seasonal category gone? All categories for that matter... They seem to be replaced by the new "interests" and "extras", but some things are missing.

[Will 4]

FFS this dam thing crashed my laptop first time on.

Next I discover I cannot see all the themes then the sets blow up when you hover over them.

This is horrible and that's before I consider the fact that its a new thing and a change must be the EU's fault or Brexit to blame.

[Ciglione]

I've never seen it before.

Is this a joke?

[Deadfraggle]

  On 9/6/2016 at 6:26 PM, Ciglione said:

I've never seen it before.

Is this a joke?

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I can't seem to add any products to my wish list new or retired, but there is the button on the retired sets for sure.

[feed]

It’s the Lego Website. 
I’d put laziness and poor design before anything else.  Wish list will be on all products, irrespective of status.  
 

[cladner]

  On 9/6/2016 at 6:34 PM, Phil B said:

Correct. If this was a "resurrect old sets" feature, they would have to add all the oldies to their online catalogue first.

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some of the oldies are already there

https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Taj-Mahal-10189

 

i added it to my wishlist.

[Will 4]

Can some one please explain why there is a need it option on the retired product if someone actually needs a product they can buy it from me for an lucrative price.

[Phil B]

  On 9/6/2016 at 6:36 PM, cladner said:

some of the oldies are already there

https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Taj-Mahal-10189

 

i added it to my wishlist.

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Yikes. https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Fire-Brigade-10197

[Frank Brickowski]

  On 9/6/2016 at 1:28 PM, Val-E said:

Don´t like it Too laggy and I can´t see all items on one page like before (handy for seeing what goes out of stock).

Plus they seem to have designed it to be smartphone friendly - ie. normal size computer screen unfriendly. I wish companies would set up phone and PC separate sites....

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The new site looks horrible, why the hell does every website's redesign need to be optimized for mobile devices nowadays? I mean what percentage of users is buying via mobile device vs. PC / laptop. Is there any info on that?

 

[Phil B]

  On 9/6/2016 at 6:38 PM, Will 4 said:

Can some one please explain why there is a need it option on the retired product if someone actually needs a product they can buy it from me for an lucrative price.

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They will link that button to their banned users list shortly in the next update with a message "contact any of these folks".

[Will 4]

I read the other day that if a websites load time is above 4 seconds most people give up don't know if its true but the redesigned site certainly take longer than that for me.

[dcdfan]

  On 9/6/2016 at 6:41 PM, Frank Brickowski said:

The new site looks horrible, why the hell does every website's redesign need to be optimized for mobile devices nowadays? I mean what percentage of users is buying via mobile device vs. PC / laptop. Is there any info on that?

 

I'm told eBay claims its between 30-40% of sales.

[c_rpg]

  On 9/6/2016 at 6:41 PM, Frank Brickowski said:

The new site looks horrible, why the hell does every website's redesign need to be optimized for mobile devices nowadays? I mean what percentage of users is buying via mobile device vs. PC / laptop. Is there any info on that?

 

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This 1000x. I also hate the one page website trend where you have to scroll down - or excuse me, swipe down - to get the entire thing.

  On 9/6/2016 at 6:39 PM, Phil B said:

Yikes. https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Fire-Brigade-10197

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I'm nervous about what will happen when the number of people adding it to their wishlist reaches a certain threshold. What if 10000 people put it on their wishlist? What about 50000?

Edited September 6, 2016 by c_rpg

[feed]

If they wanted user data on which set to resurrect they'd focus group it, go to lugs, engage market research.  Not pool data from website wishlists.  How much of their product is sold via the website.  If they resurrect a set like Eiffel Tower, it’ll be because it fits their China expansion strategy

Anyone remember this.  
 

[Val-E]

Lone Ranger and Turtles are on my wishlist. 2 can play at that game.

[Alpinemaps]

  On 9/6/2016 at 7:06 PM, Val-E said:

Lone Ranger and Turtles are on my wishlist. 2 can play at that game.

Not legit until Prince of Persia shows up.

[tractorboy]

  On 9/6/2016 at 7:06 PM, Val-E said:

Lone Ranger and Turtles are on my wishlist. 2 can play at that game.

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Haha yeah. Everybody start pounding the wishlist button for Exo Suit.

[dcdfan]

  On 9/6/2016 at 7:10 PM, tractorboy said:

Haha yeah. Everybody start pounding the wishlist button for Exo Suit.

No. It only applies to sets we no longer hold.

[Manse1001]

  On 9/6/2016 at 6:41 PM, Frank Brickowski said:

The new site looks horrible, why the hell does every website's redesign need to be optimized for mobile devices nowadays? I mean what percentage of users is buying via mobile device vs. PC / laptop. Is there any info on that?

 

Regards the mobile responsive aspect, I think the percentage is as high as about 75% of users shop online using their smartphone, with approx. 65% of people have smart phones today. Also more then 50% of all website traffic is from mobile devices according to analytics which will continue to increase yearly. Plus, Google recommends all websites should be fully responsive to achieve best optimisation results. I agree sometimes a poorly built responsive website can be even more frustrating to use (even though it is suppose to increase usability) but today if any newly built website isn't mobile responsive it would be massively frowned upon.

[Will 4]

I really need Chima sets I suggest fellow members add this to the wishlist.

[thoroakenfelder]

  On 9/6/2016 at 7:49 PM, Will 4 said:

I really need Chima sets I suggest fellow members add this to the wishlist.

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I think you meant Galaxy Squad and Lone Ranger.

[Val-E]

  On 9/6/2016 at 7:45 PM, Manse1001 said:

Regards the mobile responsive aspect, I think the percentage is as high as about 75% of users shop online using their smartphone, with approx. 65% of people have smart phones today. Also more then 50% of all website traffic is from mobile devices according to analytics which will continue to increase yearly. Plus, Google recommends all websites should be fully responsive to achieve best optimisation results. I agree sometimes a poorly built responsive website can be even more frustrating to use (even though it is suppose to increase usability) but today if any newly built website isn't mobile responsive it would be massively frowned upon.

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They should have a landing page where you choose mobile or PC versions. On a PC it´s horrible to navigate these webs that provide less info on screen than a page out of The Hungry Caterpillar.

[Lordoflego]

Sooner or later all websites get a new design. One year from now, most of people that are complaining today will be navigating through LEGO Shop at Home blindfolded. 

Edited September 6, 2016 by Lordoflego

[Manse1001]

  On 9/6/2016 at 7:54 PM, Val-E said:

They should have a landing page where you choose mobile or PC versions. On a PC it´s horrible to navigate these webs that provide less info on screen than a page out of The Hungry Caterpillar.

Haha, my son loves that book!!!! But Unfortunately Google hates that because the website uses duplicate urls to display the same information (a mobile responsive page and a standard html/php page) and therefore the website SEO ranking is penalised. Also, you would have to effectively maintain two separate websites.