New Buy Button customizations

Baldy

Hi everyone,

We've been hearing requests to make the Buy button more discoverable, mostly in the Thumbnail, Collage Landscape and Collage Portrait modes. So we added some new customization options to help it stand out:



Here's a help page that will guide you on how to find those options within the customizaton menu.

In the background, we've been collecting data on different wording for the buttons, such as Add to Cart, Buy, and Buy Photos. It appears that Buy Photos seems to be the winner for most potential buyers, so we switched the wording to that.

Let us know if you have questions, suggestions.

Thanks!
Baldy

photoclick

Thank you. Perhaps allowing users to pick the wording for the Buy button (as you mentioned: Add to Cart, Buy, Buy Photos) and even using custom text would be a good addition to too?

Allen

Funny you should now just post changing the buy button. I remodeled mine just last week to go with my design.

mbonocore

photoclick wrote: »

Thank you. Perhaps allowing users to pick the wording for the Buy button (as you mentioned: Add to Cart, Buy, Buy Photos) and even using custom text would be a good addition to too?

Thanks for the feedback! One problem I could see arising from custom text, or longer strings is that it would quickly take over the photo thumbnail if it was too much...but that is something we will weigh in future updates.

Jtring

mbonocore wrote: »

... One problem I could see arising from custom text, or longer strings is that it would quickly take over the photo thumbnail if it was too much...

Not necessarily for L, XL, or X2 sized images. While I don't much care about the buy button, I do like the possibilities big images in Collage Landscape open up. There can be room for longer captions and more story-telling -- or more purchase guidance -- right there on the Collage Landscape page. Do think of these three styles, CL, CP, and Grid/Thumbnail, as more than mere lists of little thumbnails.

leftquark

photoclick wrote: »

Thank you. Perhaps allowing users to pick the wording for the Buy button (as you mentioned: Add to Cart, Buy, Buy Photos) and even using custom text would be a good addition to too?

Yea, might be nice to not have to use my CSS customizations for this

mbonocore

Jtring wrote: »

Not necessarily for L, XL, or X2 sized images. While I don't much care about the buy button, I do like the possibilities big images in Collage Landscape open up. There can be room for longer captions and more story-telling -- or more purchase guidance -- right there on the Collage Landscape page. Do think of these three styles, CL, CP, and Grid/Thumbnail, as more than mere lists of little thumbnails.

Yes, true. But this is a more complicated case that requires more detailed development to make sure that string lengths look acceptable on certain sizes. This is just an initial change that we are collecting data and feedback with.

Jtring

mbonocore wrote: »

Yes, true. But this is a more complicated case that requires more detailed development to make sure that string lengths look acceptable on certain sizes. This is just an initial change that we are collecting data and feedback with.

Of course. I'm just interested in making sure SmugMug design thinking includes the use-case of CL, CP, or thumbnail/grid being the primary display for viewing pictures and their back-story. Your earlier post seemed to be aimed at an alternative use-case: smaller CL, CP, or thumbnail/grid images serving as a navigation tool with all the details to be found by clicking through to the lightbox. Both use-cases should be in mind when you (SmugMug) introduce tweaks and improvements.