mustang guy Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I am getting ready to do a new website for my company, and I am trying to get some clear up some stuff in my pee sized brain about what works and what people like in today's websites. I did not include Klipsch's website in this questionnaire to be politically correct, but I actually really like Klipsch's site! If you would take a minute and fill out this 8 question multiple choice survey, it would help me with this project, and perhaps help us all glean some insight into whether modern is what people want and need. Here is a link to the questionnaire you can fill out. and Here is the summary of the answers so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 33 people is not enough to make too many conclusions. However, it is better than a couple people sitting around talking about what they think and like. Let's look at what the results of question 1 tells us. Rockauto.com is a little known website to non-mechanics, but well known to mechanics. On that website, you find a part you need in 1/4th the time any of the other websites and it is almost always far cheaper. The problem with the page is that it is plain and it is simple. In fact, it looks like it was made by a 1st year web student in 1992. Perhaps they believe mechanics are too busy to bother with fancy. Their ads are as simplistic as their site. Which brings me to the questions: Is there a way to modernize this website and keep it this functional which would build on their brand? If they made the site more modern, could they charge a few percent more on parts? Could they become to car parts what Newegg.com has become for computer parts/building? Amazon and Ebay are at an unfair disadvantage since finding specifics in them is like finding a needle in a haystack unless you have practice. It is true that you can usually find things pretty cheaply if you have the time and aren't worried about screwing up and ordering the wrong thing. Which brings me to the likes of Autozone. You can't find a part until you tell the website what car you are looking for. Now they know what kind of a car you have which is an advantage. (Ebay and Amazon do this too, but it is far less obvious, and half the time they don't even know you are shopping for a car part) What puzzles me is that of all the auto parts shopping places listed in the questionaire, Autozone is FAR AND AWAY the MOST EXPENSIVE place to buy auto parts of the 4 choices. Here is my research. I looked for a fuel pump for a 2007 V6 Toyota Camry sorted cheapest to most expensive: Ebay: 957 results, many of which were only strainers, I think they were $6 to $416.00, but with Ebay I would need to spend another 20 minutes to really narrow it down. Questionnaire rank 3rdRockauto: 11 different fuel pumps from $14.73 up, more than half were under $50 Questionnaire rank LAST PLACEAmazon: 17 results from 16.99 up, 15 were under $50, it was surprisingly quick to find! Questionnaire rank 2ndAutozone: 5 pumps from $106.99, and the most expensive one being $158.99 Questionnaire rank 1st The results speak for themselves. The highest ranked site is BY MILES the most expensive site to buy parts from! The lowest ranked sites are the cheapest to buy parts from. I will be digging into the other sites, but I think my mind is pretty well made up. It's not about simple, it's about likeable. Autozone and rockauto do EXACTLY the same thing and in about the same time, but autozone gets to charge way way more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I voted AFTER seeing the post directly above mine. ^^^ +++ Is that post with the analysis from @mustang guy? It was highlighted oddly for my browser. -Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 36 minutes ago, wvu80 said: I voted AFTER seeing the post directly above mine. ^^^ +++ Is that post with the analysis from @mustang guy? It was highlighted oddly for my browser. -Dave I think that happens when it's copied and pasted from another place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Done!😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Done but I wish there was a choice on some of them that you could choose if you hadn't used any of the choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 40 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: Done but I wish there was a choice on some of them that you could choose if you hadn't used any of the choices. I use the SWAG method....Scientific Wild *ss Guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 The best done website I ever used was the Akron Beacon Journal online newspaper. Unbelievable in simplicity. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadoc Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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