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BernieBl · New Member Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

Hello,

I am new here as I am currently looking at purchasing a stock photo software/web template. I have looked around but cannot find an answer, please excuse me if this has been covered.

Pixera is in my list of the top 3 finalist for my selection.

Am I the only one that thinks that the link to purchase a file is fairly well hiden?

I've looked at a couple of portfolios and the only way to get to the purchase is via a link in the middle of the box. The fist time I went on a site, I almost gave up because I couldn't find where to buy.

Is this a customization or is this the way it is?
I assumed that since the purpose of this site is to sell stock photography, it would be a main feature of the site.

If anyone has a different method to purchase files, would you mind posting a link to your site?

Thanks
Bernie

Mark · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:18 am Post subject: Re: Purchase Option in Gallery.

BernieBl · New Member Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

Thanks for the reply, but not exactly matching my question.

It's not for the buy option of the Pixaria software.

What I did is that went and visited some of the featured sites online in addition to some of the links to sites in this forum. I wanted to see how easy it was for someone to purchase a file from the Pixaria software.

On all sites that I visited, while I was viewing a photo for sale, finding where to click to purchase that stock photo was not obvious. I found it by taking all my time reading the entire page and found a link in the middle of a box.

I would have thought that the purchase option would be more prominent. Anyone have an example of something more than a link with text?

Bernie

Mark · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:50 am Post subject:

patoconnor · Senior member Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 43

This was discussed earlier and would probably suit what you are thinking.
many sites based on Pixaria have added modifications to enhance the shopping 'experience'.

http://www.pixariacentral.com/viewtopic.php?t=2650

Regards Pat

BernieBl · New Member Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

Thank You to Both Markus and Pat,

Markus, I understood you well and I think that you get the idea of my post. This is exactly what I was saying, have the "Purchase" more prominent with the details of the purchase in the forefront instead of the details of the image.

Pat, thanks for your reply, I had seen this post while I was doing my searches and thought that it came very close to what I was looking for. For me, I would rather see the "Purchase" option on the first tab with all the information and price, ready for the user to click "buy"

I am really struggling with this because I really like the look and feel of Pixara over all other software, but for me, it has to be easy for the visitor to buy my photo. Real easy.

Bernie

Mark · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject:

BernieBl · New Member Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

Thanks for your support on my ideas Markus, of course what would count is if others would think that it's a good enough idea to make it a feature.

I just found this site:
http://www.inmagine.com/
does this look like a Pixaria site to any of you?

If so there is a pretty good implementation of a purchase option as seen here on this picture.

http://www.inmagine.com/ins045/ins045115-photo

Althugh I would probably like to see it on the right side of the image myself.

Bernie

Mark · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:08 am Post subject:

BernieBl · New Member Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

Yes,
Definitely getting closer to what I am looking for.
Good find.

Now if only the pricing could be displayed on the first tab (although the big icon helps), I would definitely purchase this web template.

Bernie

Adrian Wackernah · Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:44 pm Post subject:

patoconnor · Senior member Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 43

Here is an example of something that looks very simple from the customers point of view.

http://www.backprint.com/view_event_photos.asp?PID=bp%1EsA&EVENTID=63336&PWD=

At the moment it looks miles away from the Pixaria default, but , with a vivid imagination that comes from no programming experience, I think that an implementation of a javascript thumbnail viewer like http://highslide.com/ with some mods could create a very user friendly buying experience. If anyone wants to try this and post there results up on the custom theme section I know that I would definitely appreciate it!!!! Maybe Jamie might think this was worth implementing at source!

Regards Pat

BernieBl · New Member Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

Thanks to all that have replied.

By the way, I did purchase Pixaria as I thought it had the best feature of what I was lookfing for as far as a stock photo site.

My original comment was more to the effect that to purchase an item, I had to find a link, honestly it took me a while to find it. I would have much prefered some type of a colorful button that I could click either located at the bottom or the side of the image that would bring me to a purchase screen. Just looking for something that stands out.

I did write an email to Jamie about this before my purchase, and although no promises were made, he did say that I would put it on a list or review. That was good enough for me.

Bernie

jamielongstaff · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:53 am Post subject:

I'm working on improvements to the UI for purchases but these won't come until version 3.0 because I don't want to give everyone headaches with constant changes to the front end templates. I appreciate all the feedback on this and I'll try to incorporate as many of these ideas as I can.

Jamie

BernieBl · New Member Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

This is really good news Jamie!
I really appreciate that you took this suggestion into consideration. I surely can wait until V3 for this feature, in the meantime, I am really happy with the new features newly added and the direction that this software is taking .... great job.

Bernie